4708 AR

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Age of Lost Omens
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4708 AR in conflicts

Queen Ileosa Arabasti, the Crimson Throne of Korvosa, and her guard of Gray Maidens.

• Tyrannical Queen Ileosa Arabasti seizes the Crimson Throne of Korvosa, leading to a rebellion.
  • Heroes of the Shoanti Lyrune-Quah, Sklar-Quah, and Skoan-Quah aid in the uprising to overthrow Queen Ileosa.
  • The uprising uncovers Queen Ileosa's plot to sacrifice her subjects to infernal powers in order to achieve immortality.
• Minor Chelaxian noble Darsielle Du Moire stirs tension between Cheliax and Andoran when he attacks a number of Andoren ships and razes the village of Wittleshine.
• A group of Pathfinders calling themselves the Leaves of Talhindir are slain by agents in service of the elven Queen of Kyonin.
• A paladin of the Order of the Holy Sentinels named Holton Albright nearly releases the balor Goriath from the Demonscope. He is prevented from doing so by a band of adventurers, but as a result, Goriath is banished and the Demonscope loses its power.
• The nagaji hero Zethivaxus Djeed leads an expedition into the Clicking Caverns, disappearing without a trace. Nine months later, Zethivaxus re-emerges from the Caverns as a clockwork abomination at the head of an army of haunted clockwork horrors that proceeds to ravage the countryside of western Xa Hoi.
• Yargos Gill acquires a centuries-old codebook used by the Black Echelon to infiltrate and weaken Absalom's defenses in preparation for the Silent Tide. He unwittingly sets into motion the operatives' plan, and the book is taken from him by Nessian, leader of the War Hounders gang. He enlists the Pathfinder Society to help end the threat.
• Whitebridge Station is destroyed and its occupants massacred by Ekujae elves.
• The town of Roslar's Coffer is taken back from the orcs of Belkzen, but the returning population finds that a red reaver has made a lair in the Sarenite cathedral.
• The ghost of the bandit Tsubokandu raises an army of undead from the Specterwood and marches on southern Amanandar to seek revenge for his defeat 100 years prior. His campaign of destruction is halted three years later.
• A band of gnolls battle their way into Porthmos Prison to raid it, only to become trapped inside with its prisoners. The band soon becomes known as the prison's Gnolls Gang.

4708 AR in environment

• A falling star strikes the island of Devil's Elbow, south of Riddleport. The resulting tsunami damages the town's harbour and results in the deaths of up to 200 locals.
  • The resulting tsunami strikes Sandpoint. While relatively minor, the waves still damage its harbor.

4708 AR in organizations

• The building of the First Colonial Bank of Sargava, a temple of Abadar, is completed in Kalabuto in Sargava.
• The Grinning Pixie, a mobile Pathfinder lodge, runs aground in the Ironbound Archipelago. Its cargo of Irriseni relics smuggled out of the reclusive nation is either lost to the sea or thieves. The blunder is remembered as the "Fourth Norn Incident".
• Heidmarch Manor begins its official affiliation as a Pathfinder lodge.
• Octavio Sabinus becomes lictor of the Hellknight Order of the Torrent.

4708 AR in people

• Pathfinder Eando Kline resigns in protest from the Pathfinder Society after the Decemvirate refuses to halt publication of details about a dangerous serpentfolk city in the Darklands. His resignation in part inspires the creation of the reformist Shadow Lodge faction within the Society.
• Queen Ileosa Arabasti of Korvosa unknowingly accelerates the awakening of Sorshen, runelord of lust, by manipulating the Everdawn Pool.
• Pathfinders recover J Dacilane, an 11-year-old victim of the earthquake of 4698 AR preserved in unaging stasis, from the Drownyard in Absalom.

4708 AR in politics

• Lord Martro Livondar seizes power in Daggermark, and commits to an era of reconstruction and glory. In the first week he survives three assassination attempts.
• The hryngars living in the ruins of Koldukar sign a pact with the Haskodar tribe of orcs, hoping to gain access to new slaves.
• Codwin I wins a second term as Andoran's Supreme Elect in a landslide.
• The free city of Cettigne becomes a Molthuni holding in exchange for relief from starvation.
• In Minkai, the coronation of the new emperor, Higashiyama Shigure, is quickly succeeded by his retreat into hiding and the start of the rule of the Jade Regent in the emperor's name.

Deaths in 4708 AR

• Zellara Esmeranda, a Varisian fortune teller in Korvosa, is killed by Gaedren Lamm. Her spirit fuses with her Harrow deck.
• Eodred Arabasti II, king of Korvosa, dies, leaving the Crimson Throne to his widowed queen, Ileosa.
• Commandant Marcus Endrin of Korvosa's Sable Company is killed by Queen Ileosa when she attempts to remove him from office.
• Queen Ileosa Arabasti of Korvosa is killed after her plot to achieve immortality is revealed.
• Noted Venture-Captain Targos Min-Katheer dies in his home in Lopul, Qadira.
• Lictor Arcamo Hyrmagus of the Hellknight Order of the Torrent dies at the age of 77.

Miscellaneous

• This is the year 7208 IC in the Imperial Calendar.
• Three sentinel huts along the Irrisen border are consumed in a fire, but their guardian dolls are not found among the ashes.
• The Master of the Gales wins the second of five consecutive Free Captains' Regattas.