Chronology: Difference between revisions

| It becomes common practice for members of the Church Survey Brigade to stay in conquered areas after a successful expedition. They establish self-governing regions and become known as [[Lords]].{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| In order to further expand and stabilise its power, the Church begins to form mutually beneficial relationships with [[Lords of the Land]] by means of profit sharing.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Bribing powerful people within the Church becomes common practice for the Lords of the Land. It is also common for the Lords to fight amongst themselves. The lands the Lords govern become known as the "[[Land of Mountains]]" and the "[[Land of Forests]]."{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| For the first time, the Director of a Magic Academy is chosen from among the Lords of the Land. This reveals the corruption within the upper echelons of the Church, as the Director in question is not familiar with magic at all. Wizards of the Magic Academies grow restless.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

|Some young wizards become fiercely opposed to the continued election of Lords of the Land as Directors of the Magic Academies. They surround the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City and demand that the current Directors resign, but they are suppressed overnight. (White Revolt){{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| A large-scale famine breaks out. The food supply chain from the countryside into the city was severely disrupted for several years. As a result, it became commonplace for the local government and the upper echelons of the Church to trade money, weapons, women, and children to the Lords of the Land in exchange for food.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| A massive revolt by the Blue Order breaks out in the Cathedral City (Blue Revolt). They occupy the Central Magic Academy with the aim of abolishing the power of the Lords of the Land within the institution, and creating free and independent Magic Academies. However, the Blue Order is destroyed overnight by a large-scale Sealing Magic attack seen across the city. Eighty percent of the citizens living within two of the city's wards are used as catalysts for the Sealing Magic and die as a result. Meanwhile, the survivors go insane. Work begins to bury them alive.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Following the Blue Revolt, the number of wizard applicants approved by the Magic Academies decreases sharply. The local government and Church become more and more dependent on the military might of the Lords of the Land. Independent magical research and original magical research funded by the Lords of the Land becomes widespread. This leaves the Magic Academy and the Church in an uncertain position.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Finally, not a single Magic Academy Director across all the Magic Academies is a Lord of the Land. Although the Magic Academies found their independence, they also lost all support from Lords of the Land, leading to their somewhat ironic decline.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}