Making sure I'm clear on the timeline of events

[TRapp17]

<div>I've rolled up an Iksar Shaman (still deciding if she's going to betray to e a Mystic or stay a Defiler) on Lucan and I'm working on her back-story now.  I'll admit I've only paid a little attention to the lore on EQ2, and I have no EQ1 experience, but I love the stories.</div><div> </div><div>From what I'm reading here, my Iksar would not remember anything about the Rending (this was when places were lost and when the Iksar were taken into Freeport, right?) but likely would have seen the Shattering of the moon.  Am I right?</div><div> </div><div>Thanks!!</div>

[j3huty]

<div></div>From what I've managed to piece together the Rending happened shortly after the second Rallosian War ended and just as things were beginning to calm down, Luclin blew up. The start of EQ2 was 15-20 years after Luclin when things had properly calmed down and Qeynos/Freeport had started to reclaim and rebuild the remaining lands around them.

[Cusashorn]

<div>The Shattering happened only 15 years ago, so just about everyone would have seen that.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The Rending happened about ~300 years ago, which is about 130 years longer than an iksar can naturally live.</div>

[TRapp17]

<div>Now I'm confused...</div><div> </div><div>What happened with the Shattering vs the Rending?  In which event did the Iksar empire fall?</div><div> </div><div>I thought it was during the Rending, but in listening to the Iksar storyteller in Scale Yard, he mentions the Shattering as the event that tore the Empire down.</div><div> </div><div>Perhaps this question would be easier:</div><div>Would it be feasible for my character to have been a hatching at the time of the destruction of her homeland, and to have lost her family on a boat while trying to escape the tidal waves?</div><div> </div><div>Most of the information I'm finding on here predates EQ2 by quite a mile.  So while I'm learning about their enslavement, I'm still unfamiliar with more recent events.  When did the Iksar "join up" (I use that term loosely) with the Overlord?</div>

[Cusashorn]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>TRapp1700 wrote:<div>Now I'm confused...</div><div> </div><div>What happened with the Shattering vs the Rending?  In which event did the Iksar empire fall?</div><div> </div><div><hr></div></blockquote>The Rending sank Cabilis into the Lake of Ill Omen. It's what changed Norrath to look like what it is today.

[TRapp17]

<div></div>Okay -- and did the Iksar work under the Overlord immediately after that, or has that only been since the Shattering?

[Cusashorn]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>TRapp1700 wrote:<div></div>Okay -- and did the Iksar work under the Overlord immediately after that, or has that only been since the Shattering?<hr></blockquote><p>There's no actually chronological date that states exactly when anything happened over the past 500 years. Especially the destruction of Luclin. Something that recent would be easy to remember exactly when it happened.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, a while back, Moorgard enlightened us a little on the Iksar, saying how while a few of them stood behind on Kunark and decided to try and weather things out, many of them set out on fleets to start a settlement elsewhere. They headed to Feydwere.</p><p>During that time, however, a fleet of ships got knocked off course due to storms, and found themselves shipwrecked off the coast of the Commonlands.</p><p> </p><p>It wasn't long untill Lucan learned of thier misfortunate arrival, and immediately took them prisoner. At that point, Lucan gave them two choices: Accept Lucan as thier ruler, or continue to be tortured untill they died.</p><p>The Iksar could not tell if the rest of thier fleet made it to Feydwere, or even if they're still alive at all, so at that point the race was pretty much on the verge of extinction. Being forced to live under the rule of a softskin was truely the most disgraceful thing an Iksar could accept, but it was better than dying off as a race.</p>

[TRapp17]

<div></div>Okay, that gives me the info I need.  Thanks!!

[SisterTheresa]

<div></div><p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Forgive me for stepping in here ... but was the Rending when the Gods left Norrath?  Or was the Rending when the Rallosian wars happened?</font></p>

[Cusashorn]

<div>The gods left 500 years ago. Teleportation around the world and to Luclin was cut off about 470 years ago.</div><div> </div><div>The 2nd Rallosian War happened about 400 years ago.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The Rending happened about 300 years ago.</div>

[troodon311]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div><p>Anyway, a while back, Moorgard enlightened us a little on the Iksar, saying how while a few of them stood behind on Kunark and decided to try and weather things out, many of them set out on fleets to start a settlement elsewhere. They headed to Feydwere.</p><p>During that time, however, a fleet of ships got knocked off course due to storms, and found themselves shipwrecked off the coast of the Commonlands.</p><hr></blockquote><p>The Iksar lore they have has a big internal contradiction.  They have the ship leaving after the Rending, but the Iksar were supposed to have fought in the Battle of Defiance.  Hopefully they'll fix that by the time Kunark comes along.</p>

[Vhalen]

<div></div><div>If a contradiction in lore exists we must correct it. I can tell you there are sometimes contradictions that exist due to the interpretation of Norrathians rather than Earthlings. You are correct that the iksar of Freeport fought at the Battle of Defiance. It was their contribution to that battle that earned them freedom. The iksar of Freeport were captured, as stated, after being marooned by a sea storm of sorts... 'of sorts'. The iksar were held in a prison ward of the city called The Scale Yard. When Freeport was under siege and close to falling, the iksar were called upon for their martial skills. The Overlord kept them around for the sole purpose of breaking their will and integrating them into his army. He knew, as most Norrathians do, that the iksar were a near perfect war machine that one time nearly claimed much of Norrath. The iksar were still feared by most societies. Such fear is the Overlord's to claim. So it was, the iksar helped turn the tide of the Battle of Defiance and earned their freedom, freedom to be subjugated by the Overlord. The Scale Yard, once a prison, now would become the iksar home in Freeport.</div><div> </div><div>As for what these iksar were doing so far from Kunark, there are clues. Those first Freeport iksar were part of something larger. Were the orders carried out and if so, how far into the mission were they? The iksar in Freeport may have forgotten by now, but there is always a chance that some information still passes between whispers in the Scale Yard. </div>

[Jezekie]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>Vhalen wrote:<div></div><div> </div><div>As for what these iksar were doing so far from Kunark, there are clues. Those first Freeport iksar were part of something larger. Were the orders carried out and if so, how far into the mission were they? The iksar in Freeport may have forgotten by now, but there is always a chance that some information still passes between whispers in the Scale Yard. </div><hr></blockquote>Thought they were raiding Faydwer?</span></div>

[troodon311]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Vhalen wrote:<div></div><div>If a contradiction in lore exists we must correct it. I can tell you there are sometimes contradictions that exist due to the interpretation of Norrathians rather than Earthlings.<hr></div></blockquote><p>Ok, I double checked to make sure I wasn't imagining stuff.  From <u>Paying Homage to the Past</u>:</p><p>"During this time of the Rending our beloved Kunark was beset by terrible earthquakes and the Lake of Ill Omen flooded the city of Cabilis.  It was during these times that a large sailing vessel carrying many of our kind to lands far away was smashed by a massive wave.  Many survived this tragedy by swimming to the shores of a nearby island.</p><p>For nearly a year the survivors lived on that island until the Overlord caught wind of their presence.  After a series of fierce battles he captured the survivors, brought them back to Freeport and tried to enslave them!....</p><p>As the Rallosian army spread across all of Norrath...."</p><p>So, either the book is wrong (intentionally or otherwise) about the time the Iksar left or the Rending struck Kunark some time before the rest of Norrath.</p>