Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

History of the Cruth Lowlands
years, leading to the progressive
depopulation of the area.
Later in the same year, Tribune Rosentus
leads a small expedition in the Blight
Swamp, but only few of his men ever
return.
AC 905 Surviving members of the
Ivanovich family settle near the ruins of
Vidlice.
AC 908 Oleg and Zlatan Ivanovich, with
the help of the dwarf Onyx Ironhand and
the halfling Meza Oakbridge (actually, the
Gold Dragon Azem in disguise), venture
into the Blight Swamp and slay the Great
Black Dragon Acramar.
AC 910 Taking advantage of the
distraction provided by the turmoil in the
human lands, gold dragon queen Azem
challenges and binds Vulomar, the new
black dragon ruler of the Blight Swamp --
an offspring of the previous ruler,
Acramar.
AC 920 Onyx Ironhand, now the master
smith of Highforge, forges Bedlam’s
Hammer from the remains of an earth
elemental, using the hide of Acramar to
give grip on the mithril haft.
AC 940 Cronak Onyxwarf Ironhand is slain
by giants at Three Axes Ford while trying
to reach Kurest Hurgon.
AC 944 Battle of Fire Rock: Orcish armies
gathering north of Wereskalot are
scattered by a Hin surprise attack. Many
Orcs flee into the Province of Traladara,
prompting the new Governor General,
Stefan Karameikos II (uncle of the current
Duke, and at that time heir to the Duchy
of Machetos) to order the construction of
the Riverfork Keep over the ruins of
Vidlice.
AC 948 Stefan Karameikos II is recalled to
Machetos to succeed to his father, Duke
Boris Karameikos. This causes a delay in
the completion of the fortification of
Riverfork Keep.
AC 950 By this time, the northern part of
the Cruth Lowlands is fully in the hands of
the Orcs. Achelos is completely
abandoned, with the surviving Traladarans
moving south to the safer bay of Halag, or
even to Specularum.
AC 952 Green dragon siblings Krolovaash
and Ahkriin arrive in the Cruth Lowlands,
establishing their lairs in the region.
AC 967 Taking advantage of the increased
protection given by the Riverfork Keep, the
Radu family establishes the Radu Quarry
on river Magos. Vucevo grows from a
single homestead to a small village.
AC 969 Red dragon Ulnag challenges and
binds Ahkriin, creating the first embryo of
his kingdom, Ulnagaar.
The Grand Duchy of Karameikos
AC 970 Stefan Karameikos III trades the
Duchy of Machetos to Emperor Thincol for
the Grand Duchy of Traladara and
independence.
AC 971 Ludwig von Hendricks, the
theatrical and bloodthirsty cousin of Duke
Stefan, “conquers” Halag, renaming it the
“Black Eagle Barony”.
AC 982 Lotharius Haakenberg, an
enterprising Hattian veteran of Stefan’s
infantry stationed at Riverfork retires from
the army and builds the Haakenberg
homestead.
AC 984 The dwarves of Kurest Hurgon
attempt another sortie from their mine.
They manage to capture some much
needed deer, and to collect assorted herbs
and plants, but are spotted by hill giants.
Most dwarves manage to flee back into the
mine, but a few are captured.
AC 989 Many Traladarans from Halag flee
to the Five Shires. Baron Ludwig von
Hendriks sends his troops in the Shires,
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