Fourth Saeculum

• - 425 The foundation of Khaz Azad
• - 424 Jack Bronzebeard is anointed king of Khaz Azad
• - 423 The dwarves of Khaz Azad first feel the corrupting forces of the imprisoned demon Baalzebul
• - 348 The mad king Jack Bronzebeard murders the royal court and is overthrown
• - 348 Democracy is established as the new form of leadership
• - 348 dwarven craft priests and clerics hold a great deal of influence
• -176 Cracker Jack a young craft priest casts the first magic missile spell, he is immediately arrested
• -175 while Cracker Jack awaits trial protesters gather demanding his release
• -174 Cracker Jack is sentenced to death for crimes against the craft
• -170 an underground movement begins in the form of justice for Cracker Jack to overthrow the corrupt Clergy
• 85 a few generations later and arcane spells are becoming more and more common among the population of Khaz Azad
• 94 the Arcane Death penalty is repealed but users of arcane magics are forced to under go purification by chastisement
• 350 the clergy have lost much of their influence among the government and the government has chosen to legalize arcane magic, this angers the clergy greatly
• 356 arcane magic is now a recognized schooling order taught under Jack Stand
• 750 the tenuous peace between arcane and divine is shattered when a secular group of clergy the Jackboro Chastist church murder an arcane student who was performing a ritual wish spell claiming that only the divine can grant miracles the two magical orders go to war and destroy much of Khaz Azad
• 850 Khaz Azad has been divided into two sections, Karak Azgal where the arcanist are and Karak Azul where the divine are
• 855 Jack The Ripper casts an arcane Ritual killing everyone in Karak Azul
• 855 the arcane population is so opposed to this many of them to try leave the mountain but find themselves gradually getting weaker on the outside and reluctantly return
• 1255 by this time the remaining dwarves of Khaz Azad have been completely corrupted by the demonic force buried beneath them only arcane dwarves and those without any magic remain

they are so distrustfull of one another that no dwarf is ever able to take power and unify the city

• 1421 a small group of dwarves decide to take their chances on the outside to try and and rid themselves of the addiction of arcane magic