Authors: Wayne Krabbenhoft III

Fire And Ice (Book 1)

For my family

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

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Fire and Ice

ISBN: 1479352799

ISBN-13: 978-1479352791

FIRE AND ICE

By Wayne Krabbenhoft III

Book One of the Sword and the Rose

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)