TIMELINE OF TIMBERHOLD

Those who cannot remember the past...

Ancient history of Timberhold, generations prior to game start

• Kairos took his final resting place in the Wilds when entering his dormant state. From his body, the Old Oak emerged.

• Gods Avros and Tovin settled into the Wilds, staking claim over the land and its inhabitants. Timberhold is created from the wolves of the Wilds, who create customs and religions surrounding Avros and Tovin

• Tovin breaks a godly law of not meddling with the souls and destinies of the Valleyfolk, guaranteeing the birth of an heir to an ancient pair of Crowns. Tovin is then banished by Avros to modern day Stormcry Hills.

• The soul touched by Tovin is born with eyes reflecting the moon, signifying Tovin's manipulation upon their soul. They become known as Ruven, and immediately following their birth, chaos roots itself within the Wilds.

• As Ruven aged and was shunned by their packmates for the story of their origin, they sought out Tovin and formulated a plan to create a following and surge Tovin back to a powerful state.

• After gathering those who would follow Ruven and Tovin, Ruven set out to take over Timberhold by force and become the new Crown. He and his followers set fire to the old Heartwood at the bottom of modern day Ruven's Rest. Avros calls upon a flood and wipes out the fire, Ruven, Tovin's loyalists, and even innocent Timbers, all in the name of eradicating the rot that settled into their home.

• Avros and Tovin fight, which causes a tear in reality and shows a brief portal into the Abyss. Avros shoves Tovin through, and Tovin's name is forbidden from being spoken again.

• Shortly after Tovin is banished from the Valley, a small civil war breaks out amongst any remaining Tovin loyalists and other Timbers. Blood is spilled in what is modern day War Woods, and Avros interferes and puts an end to the fight by annihilating any Tovin loyalists still left standing. He allows their blood, and the blood spilled by them, to stain the surrounding vegetation as a reminder that infighting and drawing the blood of a fellow Timber will drain Kairos and the Wilds of their life force.

• Avros seeks help in maintaining the balance of the Wilds, and calls upon a god of the sands and together they craft a new god, Itris. She rises to the seat Tovin once held, and monitors the different elements he once had.

There is no rose without thorns

2 years prior to game start

• Timberhold had been under an era of peace with Crowns Zeliel and Khayl. The Crowns are on their last years of life, and finally, Avros blesses them with a single child; Irina. She is born to inherit the Crown.

• Irina is raised with vigorous training by mentors and high-ranking Timbers from the moment she can walk on her own. Timberhold knows their time with their Crowns is limited, so they push Irina to her limits, even at her young age, to mold her into the future Crown.

Time devours all things

6 months prior to game start

• A year and a half following the birth of the future Crown, Zeliel and Khayl pass peacefully in their sleep, found by their daughter. Irina is now deemed the new Crown of Timberhold, despite her extremely young age.

• There is a quiet disapproval amongst many of the older Timbers about Irina's abilities and knowledge, believing her to be unfit for the Crown at such a young age.

She flies by her own wings

Game start [July 2024] - August 2025

• Ylva has been discovered to be of Wiltblood, stolen from her original home by Thorns Thiago and Ilse, when her true father appears in Timberhold.

• A trial is held by Irina, a trial to determine the truth of the claims of this Wilt, and a trial of Irina's first major decision as Crown. When the Thorns confess to the capture of Ylva and concealing the truth from the late Crowns, Irina strips them of their titles and calls for their banishment. Timberhold is now without any council, leaving the young Crown to run the Wilds entirely on her own.

• Ylva is sent to undergo the Cleansing Trials by Irina, tasked with eradicating the Wiltblood that still flows through her.

• During the Fallow Ensemble [winter], Willow Nash travels across a frozen Ruven's Rest to shorten the travel time when searching for winter herbs. Tales of Ruven's chaos still being embedded within the waters holds true, and a part of the ice cracks and flips, leaving Nash trapped in the icy depths and succumbing to its cold grasp. 

• In the following Tidal Ensemble [summer], Irina, Riley, and Mornhael discover the Old Oak is completely swarmed by black and gold winged butterflies. They return with these findings to the Heartwood where Irina addresses Timberhold as a whole and asks them to seek out answers to why they are here. Vernon reports an increase in sightings of the goldenrod flower, often depicting a warning sign from the gods. While patrolling, Irina and Cullen find an unusually large flock of ravens fleeing from the Blooming Expanse, near Stormcry Hills. 

• There is something amiss happening within the Wilds, and the Timbers are trying to decipher what their gods are trying to tell them. These concerns are only worsened when several Valleyfolk from outside of the Wilds, claiming to hail from a western faction named Waterthorn, suddenly arrive at their borders calling for sanctuary within the forests.

Old things have strange hungers

September 2025 - ???

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