The Backstory

This page is meant to outline the history behind the game, and to establish the world you will find yourself in as you play.

Summarizing Timeline

 * September 13, Year 723: Alphonse Revan, heir to the throne of Etria, is born.
 * July 21, Year 741: Alphonse meets Delilah Hall, a tavern maid one year his junior, while touring one of Etria's districts. The two become close friends, and write letters to each other often.
 * December 9, Year 743: Alphonse and Delilah are wed, Delilah now taking the name Delilah Revan.
 * May 1, Year 749: King Vincent, Alphonse's father, passes away from sickness. His wife, Queen Emily, relinquishes her crown, leading to Alphonse being crowned King, and Delilah crowned Queen.
 * April 27, Year 751: Former Queen Emily passes away.
 * March 5, Year 755: Delilah gives birth to Prince William Revan.
 * June 5, Year 756: Reports come from Rosemoor, a small kingdom to the north, of large numbers of troops on their northern borders.
 * July 1, Year 756: Rosemoor is conquered by the troops from the north, revealed to be from an aggressive land known as Nelltherius. This leads to the other kingdoms to enter a state of military readiness.
 * July 5, Year 756: ​ The Kingdoms of Etria, Coldmist, Angleos, Rhoditrus, Ibatrea, Fayhaven, Bayvale, and Nordell declare war on Nelltherius after all the peace envoys they sent were sent back in pieces.
 * January 5, Year 757: The kingdom of Angleos is conquered.
 * November 16, Year 757: The kingdom of Coldmist is conquered.
 * March 25, Year 758: The kingdom of Nordell is conquered.
 * October 6, Year 758: The Kingdom of Rhoditrus is conquered.
 * October 29, Year 758: The Kingdom of Ibatrea surrenders, Nelltherius soldiers cut down a tenth of Ibatrea's population for showing weakness.
 * February 7, Year 759: The kingdom of Bayvale is conquered.
 * May 14, Year 759: The kingdom of Fayhaven is conquered.
 * April 2, Year 760: As Nelltherian troops break through Etrian defensive lines, King Alphonse has a group of his most trusted guards take Queen Delilah and Prince William and disappear, ensuring that should Etria fall, that his family would survive.
 * June 15, Year 760: The Kingdom of Etria is conquered.
 * June 22, Year 760: King Alphonse is publicly executed by the new Nelltherian hierarchy.