Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Pagh Clans

A Timeline of Events in the History of the Pagh Clans
For a full rendering of the game's timeline, start here with the Stone Age, or here for the Bronze Age.

Rounds 1 and 2: The Paleolithic Era
Year Zero:  The Earth Gathering.  The curiosity of the Pagh toward the reason for the earthquake leads them on a quest into the mountains, to learn why the earth moves.  Perhaps the Earth has rising and falling cycles, as do the Sea and the River.

Year 30,000:  The Abequa Enter The Great Valley.   After wandering for millennia in the high mountain passes where food is scarce, the migrating Abequa reach a valley where flora is lush and fauna is unimaginably plentiful.  The sudden surplus almost crumbles the discipline within the tribe, and there is a crisis of leadership.  Only Jebba the Healer can bring back the mighty huaca alive.  Reluctantly, she accepts that it is her Quest to lead her people, for among all of the Eagle tribe, she is best suited for the task.

Year 50,000:  The Hybesh Valley Is Burning.  Two distinct tribes of the Abequa have evolved:  the Ascenders, who are strong climbers, and the Leapers, who appear to be developing the capacity for gliding between the treetops.  The two tribes disagree how to handle the raging forest fires that are consuming their valley — is it their quest to stay and guard the trees, or to follow the herds?  The players elect to send the tribes in both directions at once.

Note:  the intervening years will be filled in as I have time.  Watch this space!  

Year 105,618:  The Pharaoh Takes A BrideThe female Matriarch of the Alvian was the first Pharaoh of the Dynasty of Sathad-Zin.  Since the people of Sathad weren't accustomed to being ruled by a woman, she had taken on the illusory appearance of a winged male instead, because that was the custom of the Sathad.  When it came time to produce an heir, she found herself in a pickle:  she would not marry her brother, in the Sathadi style, and she could not marry the brides that the Sathadi families were offering in their custom of bridal exchange.  Alvatheu elected instead to have the child herself. 

Year 106,129:  The Aquiline Republic Is Founded.  The four races of the Great Valley build a government based on the model of the Bronze Empire.

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