As a story driven, plot heavy roleplay game, Svajone has an ever-growing history of events. This page will provide an extremely brief overview of pre-game and in-game events in order to help current or hopeful members to develop their character backstories. We know it's still very long, but this is simply because we've been active for so many years!
If you'd like to read in more detail, you can find a full timeline here.
Svajone's story began six months after an event known as 'the split', in which Malaysia led her followers North and formed her own faction, Kol; thus splitting the united pack into two. All events shown here occured before the game begins.
It is thought that human and wolf had co-existed side-by-side for some time, never really crossing paths, both species too cautious of the other to approach. While there are stories and legends of the before times, the island's history is considered to begin with the Elders - Khepera, Raat, and Tume - who are widely considered to be the first wolves able to communicate with the humans. The humans, so in awe with these magnificent creatures, fell to their knees in worship. It seemed to them that only a celestial creature would be able to speak their own tongue, and the wolves were quick to lap up their newfound divinity. For a long time after, the humans ritually sacrificed their own kind in order to please their wolven gods, so that they might not exact retribution on the population. Wolves lived in luxury with want for nothing, until eventually, humankind dwindled and died out, forcing the wolves to re-learn how to live from the land.
All wolves on the island exist as one united pack. Magic is a thing that only exists in tales. No wolves have ever seen a human being, but stories of the Elders and the ancient way of life are passed down to every new generation, so that the wolves will remember to learn from their past mistakes and continue to strive for a natural and sustainable lifestyle.
(Summer 2015)
A young she-wolf named Malaysia, who has long been infatuated by power and the draw of magic, claims to be able to see spirits. She is largely ridiculed by the pack as a whole, but remains steadfast in her assertion that there is magic on the island, and that the pack - and it’s leaders - would be wise to heed her warning. Precious few listen to her, but those who lend an ear are taught ancient myths and legends, passed through generations.
(Summer 2016)
The long serving Alpha of the pack, Khonsu, passes away peacefully. Osirus is appointed as his successor, to the surprise of many, who expected his more assertive brother Amuun to take control. Once again, Malaysia breaches the subject of magic and myth - but Osirus completely refuses to entertain the thought that magic could truly exist.
(June, Summer 2017)
Amuun murders the Alpha’s mate in a jealous rage. This betrayal keeps Osirus’ attention occupied, allowing Malaysia to curry favour with others among the pack who felt their leader misguided. She finds many other wolves who share her belief that the life they live is mundane and unsuited to the Gods they truly are. They begin to talk of revolution, a return to glory, and Malaysia claims she knows of magic that will return humans to their lands. In hushed whispers, the first tendrils of her propaganda began to spread, reaching far and wide.
(December, Winter 2017)
Svajone and his crew breach the shores of the island. A number of curious wolves went to investigate the strange arrival and kept their distance. Ever the opportunist, Malaysia seized the moment, gathering every wolf who dared defy their Alpha’s orders to rush the beach and take what they believed they rightfully deserved - human sacrifice. Largely unopposed by horrified onlookers, the wolves under her command massacred Svajone and his men before taking control of the North of the island.
(June, Summer 2018, 6 months after First Split)
The island is split. The Kol, led by Malaysia, control a small territory in the North, while the Tundes, still loyal to Osirus, occupy a large segment of the South. Since the massacre there has been a tense stalemate between the two opposing sides as both leaders assess their next move.
Unknown to the wolves of Almos, the spilling of human blood seems to have reawakened the magic of the island… strange things are happening. Slowly but surely, wolves of both sides are seeing things that they did not expect, or even believe to be possible…
(August, Summer 2018, 8 months after First Split)
The Tundes gather at Elysia to celebrate as they have for generations below the full moon’s light, but the festivities are interrupted by the omen of a Blood Moon. Somehow, the Kol seemed to know this event would come to pass. They placed bones laced with wormwood at key locations in Tundes territory, when the moon turned red, the shadows begin to move. It proves to be the last time the Tundes gather below the full moon.
(January, Winter 2019, 1 year 1 month after First Split)
Osirus requests a meeting between the two sides. Below the first days of the Elder Moon, Tundes and Kol unite at Melusine Lake for the first time since the massacre on the beach. Both Alphas instruct their followers to refrain from violence and gather information. The Kol recieve a strange vision at the conclusion of the event.
(January, Winter 2019, 1 year 1 month after First Split)
A week after the Peace Summit, several wolves are found dead across the island, fallen to the earth with no discernible cause. The Kol lose only three while Tundes suffers seven casualties, including the Alpha’s daughter Khepri. Malaysia sends a messenger to the South to inform them of the Kol’s dead, hoping to avoid conflict over deaths they did not cause. Very few Tundes seem to believe the message.
(April, Spring 2019, 1 year 4 months after First Split)
Osirus gathers the Tundes at Elysia to discuss what is to be done about the Kol. An alarming division in the ranks becomes strikingly obvious as some argue for cooperation, some sue for peace, and others demand war. On the northern side of the island, the Kol are summoned to Remiel to discuss their shared vision. They work together near seamlessly as Malaysia sends them searching the island for answers.
(June, Summer 2019, 1 year 6 months after First Split)
Only a season after the first wave of death struck the island, both packs discover more dead. This time, it seems that each victim has coughed up blood in their last moments. Perhaps it’s an illness after all...
(September, Fall 2019, 1 year 9 months after First Split)
The season passes without incident in Tundes while the Kol lament the loss of two wolves, before packs are struck by a new unfamiliar frightening illness. Both north and south attempt to cure their ailing packmates as the sickness spirals. Tundes reluctantly accepts aid from Kol. The Sickness results in a single casualty: Fyr of Kol.
(November, Fall 2019, 1 year 11 months after First Split)
As a result of both pack’s haste to gather surplus herbs for their ailing packmates, there is less plant life remaining for the island’s herbivores. With winter approaching and prey scarce, Osirus reluctantly lifts the borders and sends the Tundes afield to hunt, and Malaysia orders the same of Kol. Both packs manage to take down enough prey to prepare for the bitter cold season ahead. Only one skirmish between the two rival packs occurs in the midst of it all, and even though the Tundes came away with the kill, it becomes clear to both parties that Osirus’s control of his pack is slipping.
(December, Winter 2019, 2 years after First Split)
Death visits again with the dawn of winter. In addition to the fallen wolves coughing up blood in their last moments, witnesses begin to come forward with accounts of strange behavior portrayed by the now deceased wolves...
(March, Spring 2020, 2 years 3 months after First Split)
Spring returns, but so do the fallen. Tundes and Kol alike are visited by the spirits of their fallen packmates, up until one night when the departed gather to impart visions to the two packs before vanishing. Shaken, the Tundes aren't sure what to make of their vision, and it seems once again the Kol are one step ahead.
(May, Spring 2020, 2 years 5 months after First Split)
At first, no wolf noticed when Osirus went missing. It didn't seem strange until he had been gone for days. The Tundes fan out across the island in search of their alpha, and it's Colton who makes a heartbreaking discovery: in the shallows of the Melusine, Osirus is found dead. Grief-stricken and adrift without a successor, the southern wolves struggle to come to terms with this loss and decide their next move... but the divisions between them are more apparent than ever, and the future of the pack is uncertain.
(July, Summer 2020, 2 years 7 months after First Split)
Without a leader to unite them, the cracks of division within Tundes grow, and the pack divides. Yetta gathers her supporters and together they slip away in the night to take up residence in the Tyluman mountains to found Stonehaven. Lennart announces his intentions to settle the east, sending messengers to spread the word to those who refused to make the Kol their enemy, dubbing themselves Skydas. And finally, those who would rather avoid meddling with the Kol and live at peace with the Island joined Morgur in the south as the Taika.
(September, Fall 2020, 2 years 9 months after First Split)
Now divided, the wolves of Almos are visited by death once again. Wolves of Skydas, Kol, and Taika fall... but Stonehaven is spared. A mysterious poison is soon discovered in the water sources where the deceased were found submerged, bearing self-inflicted wounds - Stonehaven remains the only pack unscathed by the blight. They guard their borders to protect the purity of their waters from outsiders, leaving the other packs to seek untainted waters elsewhere.
(Winter Season 2020, 3 years after First Split)
A vision of Lake Ismintis is seen by wolves across all four packs, brewing confusion and unease. In Skydas, Lennart calls a forum to discern meaning from this new vision and others that have been reported by eastern wolves. Stonehaven is snowed-in during late winter and weathers the storm inside their Sanctum, unable to emerge until the snow thaws in the spring.
(March, Spring 2021, 3 years 3 months after First Split)
Stone circles are found beside fallen wolves in Taika and Skydas as winter fades into spring. The two packs leave the constructs untouched, but remove the bodies of their packmates for burial. In the east, Lennart receives news that the body of his son Fitch was found with another circle in the Freelands, and it too is left intact while seekers and emissaries monitor the site.
In Stonehaven and Kol, stone circles are discovered mysteriously at Khepera's Teeth and the entrance of Remiel. Yetta leaves the western circle intact so the Acolytes may study it, but forbids the pack at large from going near the plateau. Malaysia likewise leaves the north's circle intact when she discovers it, and tells no one.
(April 2021, 3 years 4 months after First Split)
One year after the fracture of Tundes, Lennart extended invitations to Stonehaven and Taika for the three packs to meet. Both Yetta and Morgur accepted, and Yetta led her chosen wolves to the gathering while Morgur appointed Nia in his stead. While the packs mingled the three Alphas met to share news. Clashing beliefs became more evident than ever, and the three parted ways more bitterly than they had arrived.
Yetta returns to Stonehaven and calls her followers to the Teeth to decide the fate of their circle. In the end, the Vajda destroys it. In the north, Malaysia calls upon wolves blessed with magic to meet her beyond the gate of Remiel.
(May-June 2021, 3 years 6 months after First Split)
Beneath the Birch Moon, Malaysia summons all ranked Kol to meet at nightfall before the Keres Oak. Together they invoke the power of the Keres Spirits with a blood sacrifice. A great wave is summoned to strike Taika in the early days of summer. In their race to escape the Taikans are scattered across the island; two small groups are taken in by Stonehaven and Kol, while Skydas scouts locate the majority of the southern pack and give them sanctuary. Worryingly, Taika’s Akis Morgur is nowhere to be found…
(September-November, Autumn 2021, 3 years 9 months after First Split)
After the catastrophe of the wave, Taikans were scattered over the island. Skydas has searched alongside them throughout summer for survivors, but despite finding the group in the west, many packmates remain unaccounted for. Scouts report the floodwaters receding, so Taika and Skydas venture south to begin the long process of preparing the territory for Taika's return.
At autumn's end, Riikka and Lanval arrive at Stonehaven's borders claiming to have fled Kol - secretly, they're to infiltrate the west under Malaysia's orders. Their troubled tale and Riikka's immunity to magic is convincing enough for Rictus and Raatek vouch their entry to the west.
(December-March, Winter 2021-Spring 2022, 4 years 3 months after First Split)
With Morgur's return, Taika journeys home and continues to rebuild. A number of Taikans decide stay in Skydas or pledge allegiance elsewhere, leaving the south diminished and bonds fractured once again.
In Stonehaven, the stone circle has been reconstructed by Credence and Europa while the majority of the pack was abroad preparing for winter. This time when the pack gathers to hear what happened, Yetta leaves the structure intact.
In Skydas, Usha witnesses the stone circle claim the lives of Varnas and Nikare. A bright light prevented her from seeing how they died, but once it faded, only their bodies remained. Months later, in the early days of spring Lennart gathers his packmates to celebrate spring and new beginnings in hopes that the future will be brighter.
(October, Fall 2022, 4 years and 10 months after First Split)
The Kol infiltrators who walked freely within Stonehaven – Lanval and Riikka – gained access to the site of the western stone circle, enacting their Alva's will with a blood ritual on the carving there. The commotion drew the attention of Haveners nearby, followed by a night of chaos and fighting that shook the mountain.
While the wolves of Stonehaven were locked in battle, all at once, the stone circles across the island began to glow. Almos plunged into momentary chaos as magic broke loose, and all those who wielded it were unable to prevent the sudden, uncontrollable surge of their power. In the midst of it all, several wolves of Skydas, Kol and Taika fell dead mysteriously...
A few days after the chaos subsides, Sukka arrives at Skydas's borders seeking asylum. Concerned by the former acolyte's description of what transpired in the Teeth, Lennart meets with Malaysia to hear her side of the story. By the end of the Alva's carefully crafted tale, the Skydans are convinced that Riikka and Lanval's mission was the first step on the right path to deciphering the island's messages...
(March to July 2023, 5 years and 6 months after First Split)
In Stonehaven, for the first time since the fracture, Yetta convenes her Valonqar for council. When they emerge from Sanctum, they come bearing the promise of justice: the war with the Kol has finally begun. The Vajda orders direct attacks on Kolwolves in the Freelands, and the wolves who remain in the west investigate the mysterious tunnel that was carved into their mountain fortress...
In Taika, spring comes with a change of leadership. Elara of Skydas came to Morgur citing dreams that urged her to heal, the island calling to her in the same way it once did him. The island had chosen a new path for Taika: one where he must step aside, so the pack may greet their new Akis.
(December 2023 to February 2024, 6 years and 2 months after First Split)
After the difficulties of the past few years, Taika is finally once more upon stable footing: something which the Akis believes each of the other three packs had no small part in. Stonehaven, Skydas and even Kol hosted refugees in their time of need and offered help and support when it was most needed. For this, Taika wishes to give thanks.
Elara instructs her messengers to travel to each pack bearing the gratitude of the south. Taika wishes to recognize how much each pack helped them in their time of need, and does so by offering a gift; a bundle of healing plants and herbs to help for the winter ahead. As Taika heals, so too does Almos.
Lennart, moved by Taika's gesture, summons messengers from Skydas's ranks. Each pair is instructed to extend an invitation to Stonehaven and Taika for another gathering at Raat’s Pass… and this time, he also extends one to Kol. It is both an ally’s courtesy, and a bid for peace before more blood is shed.
In the west, While Stonehaven is confined to Sanctum by late winter storms, the Vajda gathers her kith to announce revelations brought by the foundling Sparrow: the Kol were responsible for Taika’s flood, and Skydas has allied with the north. Their sister packs deserve to know of the Kol's treachery... and Yetta intends to accept Lennart's invitation to do just that.
(April 2024, 6 years and 4 months after First Split)
Once again Raat's Pass sees a convening of packs in mid-spring, only this time, the Kol descend from the north to visit with the fragmented wolves of Tundes as well. The peaceful meeting goes without bloodshed, but tensions run high as wolves from all corners of the island grapple with disturbing news from the west...
As the packs gather peacefully in the Pass for the second time, four leaders come together for the first. Tensions quickly rise as accusations are made, and compelling arguments are raised by all sides... in the end, the lines that divide the wolves of Almos are only made more stark than ever.
In Kol, The Alva's mood upon returning from the Gathering is not a happy one: returning to find her own pack in disarray. Riikka reports that Bindweed and Qwil have deserted the North intent on sharing Kol secrets, aided by a Taikan trespasser and Galenn, who was apprehended. She had yet to even deal with Odilio, not knowing that the truths he was imprisoned for threatening to reveal have long since flooded Almos. To make matters worse, Kviir - a long trusted ally - had vanished along with one of the indas, Vashti.
The order comes swiftly, and Kol borders are closed. The North waits in anticipation for the sting of Malaysia's bite, which is sure to follow.