History/2010

This is a list of historical events that happened on Shartak during 2010.

January

• Agriculture begins on the island as island residents discover that they can extract seeds from fruit, which when planted sprout trees, bushes and pumpkin patches.

February

• FIRE! FIRE! Is heard on the island for the first time, as the knowledge of how to start a small campfire results in the outbreak of numerous wildfires.

• The People's Republic of Durham launches a coordinated effort to stop the blaze on the Durham grassland.

• Vercingetorix overrides the jurisdiction of the ancient Dalpoki council and proclaims himself Lord of Dalpok. Vercingetorix's rockstar antics are dampened by the drums of war beating loudly elsewhere.

March

• With the absence of GSUC and no common enemy to unite against, internal discord in Wiksik ushers a civil war. On one side, the Kingdom of Wiksik led Anthor, established pacifistic diplomacy in wiksik and endorsed Coca Cola™. From Wiksik's other vein, King Kuru and the Kingdom of Skulls desired a firm militant position against outsider camps, and did product placement for Pepsi™.

April

• The war between the Kingdom of Skulls and the Kingdom of Wiksik reaches a peak of tension. Both sides make a bloody grab for the throne.
• Mercenary forces use the ongoing conflict to scour Wiksik.

May

• The war in Wiksik ends with King Kuru disappearing.
• Cosmic hurdles proclaim judgment on the island. The Wiksiki throne room is obliterated with a meteorite, opening a groundwater pool in its wake.
• The Kingdom of Wiksik declares a fresh start on the ides of May. By the end of the month, things are back to where they started.
• The People's Republic of Durham gives Fort Creedy to the Society of New Haven so they could have their own area to plan events and socialize.
• The Council of Wiksik, a rational group of highly regarded elders of Wiksik, is formed as a consolidated presence in response to the civil war.

June

• Queen Monaliza persecutes the mercenaries in Durham.
• In response, the mercenaries assault the natives of Raktam.

July

• A strange beast terrorizes Dalpok. The monster strikes mortal terror even in experienced hunters, and the islanders organize a hunt, killing, by the end of the month, what was revealed to be a giant python.
• Otyr the evil spirit stalks Midway island for a while before being exorcized.
• Slavers make an appearance on the island.

August

• Black Jack Pershing fills in the recent interest in Midway island by attacking visitors.
• The Peninsular Federation's Minister of Justice, Uther, announces Derby's kill on sight list.

September

• The absence of Monaliza from Raktam leads to the creation of SOAP, an anarchist affiliate bent on regicide.
• A forgotten tavern in Derby, known as the Hanged Misfit, is renovated and reopened.

October

• Upon the killing of one of Anthor's mercenaries, the Kingdom of Wiksik enters war with the Peninsular Federation.

November

• Uther's laws in Derby are revoked.
• On the coast of Shartak, eerie lights flicker in and out of sight. The ghost ship is spotted and lures adventurers to its calls of haunting ghosts and pistols being fired in the night.

December

• Major conflicts in and involving Wiksik come to a close.
• Durhamites Solemn and Dani al-Ghazali compete for governorship of the town.