Fire And Ice (Book 1)

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In each of us there is a world of our own making.

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Fire and Ice

Copyright ©2012 by Wayne Krabbenhoft III

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ISBN: 1479352799

ISBN-13: 978-1479352791

FIRE AND ICE

By Wayne Krabbenhoft III

Book One of the Sword and the Rose

In

The Saga of the Great Wars

Prologue:  Fire from the Sky                           

1    Gu
ests             

2 
  A Blue Scarf

3    Enemies

4    The Celebration

5    A New Sword
             

6    To Westland

7    Four Days

8    The Mountain and the Hawk

9    Hidden Snares             

10  Conversations
                                                  

11  Under the Trees

                     12  A Meeting of Minds

         
              13  Waking

         
              14  A Promise Made

         
              15  Arencia

         
              16  Into the East

         
              17  Returned in Honor

         
              18  Sun Day

         
              19  Into Hiding

         
              20  To the Wizard

         
              21  A Night in Lornth

         
              22  The Return to Crecy

 
                       23  Tears of Joy

        
              24  The First Healing

         
              25  Passage Home

         
              26  First Day of Winter

         
              27  Succession

         
              28  Secret Departure

         
              29  A Piece of Silver

         
              30  The Fisherman’s Rest

         
              31  A Glimpse of the Future

         
              32  Advantage of Surprise

         
              33  Finding the Way

         
              34  Ice

         
              35  Herrinhall

         
              36  Final Preparations             

         
              37  The First Battle

        
              38  The Rose of Summer

         
              39  Heading South

         
              40  Betrayed

         
              41  Converging Forces

         
              42  A Day of Blood

         
              43  The Tower Top

         
              44  Fire and Ice                         

*Notes on dates:

              (FF)=From the founding of Ithan:  Dating did not come into use until the third century of the Empire.  Istius Suban begins recording the events as the empire expanded.  To do so Istius created a calendar, using the founding of the city as the first year.

              (YV)=Year of the Vusaari:  As Mon Vusaar emerged from the Great War as the most powerful kingdom in the west, the desire to escape anything connected to Ithan permeated the land, as well as a wish to create an impressive culture of their own. 

             
1 (YV) = 1561 (FF)

              (YS)=Year of Summer.  Like Mon Vusaar had with Ithan, Summerhall needed to break away from anything connected with the Vusaari.  Eros, son of Soros, had a new calendar commissioned after his father’s death.

             
1 (YS) =1252 (YV) = 2814 (FF)

             
Important Dates
   

             
*  The new year begins with the spring

C-400 (FF)
Midians arrive in the west/ Holdon’s Keep built/Ithanians driven out of Midia

1 (FF)
  City of Ithan founded -decree ‘Empire without end’

187
   Arencia founded

201
   Loss of Legions in Ne’emen  (only attempt to conquer Anagassi)

235
   Battle of Ma’avar (Ithan’s decisive victory   over western Karands)

480-500
  Ithan invades Midia/ Sun Plain brought into    Empire

501
  Arryvestra founded

1380
   Empire reaches greatest extant under Calimus

1433
   Soterides Gratus writes prophecy

1539
   Start of the First Great War

1555
   Battle of Alum  (West victorious)/ War ends 

1557
   City of Ithan sacked by Northmen under     Volfgaard / Karands revolt from Ithanian rule

1 (YV)
  Mon Vusaar made capitol of mountain kingdom

1-110
              Midians fight wars to liberate Midia from Ithan

52
   Mon Tyelin founded

55
   Mon Vusaar extends control over modern                      Holdon (all but Holdon’s Keep)

60
   Delios founded as capitol under the Sundarrions

61
   Arryvestra defeats Legions of Ithan to win    independence

110
   Last of the Ithanians driven from Midia after battle of Alth

155
  Vusaari defeat alliance of Aracone, Ebbenese, and Sidon

309
  Ithanian invasion of Midia defeated (battles of Kartuum and Holshire)

468
  War between Vusaari and the North (slaying of Suevyl One-Eye)

499
  Karands defeat Ithan to win freedom

1248
  Start of Second Great War

1250
  Companions formed, Battle of the Field of Despair (Midian kings killed), Gethmon Derosian named Defender of Southern Gates, Mon Ebal Falls (Envin Tallistar killed)

1252
  Fall of Mon Vusaar

1253
  Battle of Tyelin, Battle of the Therendelle (end of war)

1 (YS)
  Midian Alliance formed by Soros Sundarrion    (Sun Plain, Aracone, Ebenesse, Sidon), Eros born with the mark of the sun

4
  House Volton wins civil war  (Voltia joins Alliance)/ Taragosa enters Alliance              

4-7
  Soros in the east

6
  Great Purge

7
   Soros returns, Gethmon ends purge

15
  Soros dies, Eros crowned High King

16
  Troubles start (Voltia and Aracone raid neighbors)

17
  Eros issues first call to war to end the violence             

18
  Order of the Knights of Soros founded, Troubles ended

20-22
  War with Ithan  (Ithan attacks new Alliance)

188
   Suitors’ war  (For the hand of princess, heir to Summerhall)

296
  Second war with Ithan  (The Trade War-for control of the narrows)

343
  First war with the North  (Northmen take  Marchland)

550
  Brothers’ War

551
Battle of the Red Hills  (end of war)

552
  Founding of Westland and Grendin

641
  Second War with the North  (North of the red hills lost to the Northmen/ Marchland retaken)             

645
  Northwatch founded             

707
  Ithan attacks western Karands

708
  Battle of Yerema  (Midians defeat Ithan, stop Ithanian expansion in Karanda)

720
  Shiomi invade Voltia  (Volton besieged, Carrington falls)

721
  Battle of Kingsgate  (Midians defeat Shiomi)

725
  Corianus of Voltia invades Daes Shael (Corianus’ Folly)

761
  Third war with the North

995
  Stemis and Oran in Karanda- meet Miko

1004
  Battle of Breton’s field (Shiomi defeated)

1007
  Anya of Tyelin dies from illness

1008
  Crecy falls to the Shiomi Coran goes to Summerhall                

1014
Coran knighted  (returns to Tyelin)