Cyfurrel releases all forced levies from service in imperial armies. Those that wish to stay as professional soldiers are permitted. The Imperial armed forces decrease in number considerably, but the quality and dedication of the troops raises significantly. Soldiers are paid monthly in Myron Marks.

Vasslow documents and catalogs all imperial trade in to and out of Errfulfel City during the entire year of 1409p.

Kergin buys a small fishing boat and staffs it with former imperial levies. They fish the Dranmack Sea.

Telworth steps down from command of Lord Clousen's warships in the Anduel Strait after only one expedition.

Fenwin sends a single ship to the Mersur Islands to establish Havrik Temple, devoted to the Pantheon. The temple is simple and unspectacular; a single room with crudely carved statues.

Lord Clousen takes command of his two warships and resumes foreign fishing vessel interdiction in the Anduel Strait.

Fenwin returns to Errfulfel City from Big Havrik by way of Fenmol Shrek, Gent and Delco.

Telworth purchases a state of the art seafaring warship from his brother, King Lord Manfer.

Commoners in Tafo initiate a minor revolt against Lord Clousen, protesting high taxes.

While he is busy conducting business in the south and east Anduel, six ships of Telworth's fishing fleet are scuttled at port by commoners revolting against heavy tax burdens. The remaining five ships were either at sea or managed to escape. Three of them desert. Only two ships return to port after the rioting cools down.

Tayla dies in a fire at Telworth's Tafo estate during the commoner riots.

Telworth returns to Tafo to find his wife dead and the area in ruins following the commoner riots against Lord Clousen.

Telworth leaves Tafo with his warship and his two fishing ships and travels to the Arn.

Telworth begins training impoverished Arn fisherman and local lords how to interdict Errfulfel fishing ships in exchange for manpower and refuge.

Fenwin arrives in Errfulfel City with Jaxillian slaves, Havrik spices, rubies, silver, and exotic fish. The expedition is considered a moderate success. Havrik is essentially given up on as a reasonable major trade center. The only truly valuable tradegood available on Havrik are rubies, but they are scarce and not worth the long and expensive journey to acquire.

Cyfurrel builds a special holding pool for Fenwin's Havrik fish in a central plaza in Errfulfel City.

Lord Clousen, after discovering the turmoil that passed in Tafo and the deficit it caused, expands his foreign fisher interdiction fleet with new prizes in order to maintain incomes sufficient to pay his own tax burden.

Mella is born to Anageld and Dornal.

Telworth sails to Dannal in the Mandal Passages at his brother King Lord Manfer's request to establish a trading house for early access to Ganmek trade goods headed to Errfulfel.

Facing increased competition in the Dranmeck Sea, Kergin starts fishing the Davley Sea. Anya raises Ilanya mostly alone in a small rented apartment in Ortund while Kergin is gone for extended periods of time.

Mica is born.

Telworth, having stayed at Dannal for several months, discovers the island is not nearly as major a trading hub as the locals made it out to be and steals a boat load of goods before heading back to Anduel.

Telworth spends much of the year in his king brother's court.

Lord Clousen expands his fleet to 8 ships by keeping some prizes.

Kergin's crew mutiny, seizing the fishing boat and leaving Kergin on the shore east of Trepid Inlet in the Flood Plains.

Arn fishermen and lords begin taking more than just foreign fishing ships as prizes and expand their reach farther into the Anduel Strait.

Kergin returns to Ortund and takes to gambling for day to day earnings.

Telworth begins selling warships from the wealthy eastern Anduel lords to the Arn fishermen turned pirates.

Cyfurrel hires 2,000 short term mercenaries out of the Flood Plains.

Cyfurrel's uncle by marriage, Fenwin, leads his 2,000 fresh mercenaries into south Durnhall along the Dranmeck Sea.

Kergin joins Fenwin's command- having already met Fenwin five years prior.

Fenwin's force defeats an initial army of 1,800 south Durnhall men then another force of 1,700 two days later. Kergin claims three important kills and receives a position in Fenwin's guard.

Lord Clousen buys two additional warships through Telworth. His fleet stands 5 ships strong, 3 warships and 2 prize fisher vessels turned warships.

Durnhall lords send all of the silver and gold in the region to Errfulfel City as tribute.

Fenwin is recalled to Errfulfel City, his mercenary force is disbanded.

Herber provides Fenwin the funding to hire 197 of his previous command as personal mercenaries. Kergin rejoins Fenwin's command.

Fenwin, with Herber's continued financial support, hires an additional 120 soldiers out of Enhold.

Fenwin marches his 317 men to Myron II's Fall under the imperial banner.

Fendor is born.

Fenwin recruits an additional 86 men out of south Vesop, many are older veterans who fought for his father 25 years before.

Nearly bankrupted from paying Fenwin's troops' wages, Herber is forced to cease Pavel's Teymon Herber Trade House operations in Teymon and ship goods through the Merrod Trades Guild instead.

Pavel sends his family to Errfulfel City to live with Herber, then travels to Myron II's Fall and joins his father, Fenwin.

Telworth is given/takes the name Telworth the Wise due to his cunning middleman pirate ship brokering and salesmanship between east Anduel suppliers and west Anduel customers.

Garret is born.

Cyfurrel announces the first Errfulfel Championship, a competition of warriors.

Fenwin secures funding from the Greyfield Casot School to purchase two river boats and travels with Pavel and his 401 remaining men up the River Grey to the Torreson Casot School. Kergin and one other mercenary do not make the journey with him.

Kergin leaves Fenwin's employ and returns to Ortund.

East Anduel lords recognize that the 'poor fishermen' of the Arn are buying more and more expensive and advanced warships. They realize that there must be a lot of easy money to be made in interdiction raiding and dispatch entire pirate fleets of their own to the Anduel Strait.

Camder travels to Champion's Hold.

Prince Fenwin claims the Torreson Casot School lands, the Rupert Fief, and the north Vesop Woods as his dominion by right.

Fenwin builds Fort Rupert on the edge of the Vesop Woods.

Telworth the Wise's brokered ship sales grind to a halt as fewer ships are being sold to west Anduel because they are being put to use by the builders themselves. The demand still exists, though.

Telworth the Wise takes his own warship, stationed out of Mackwin, to the Davley Sea to capture ships which he plans to sell in the Arn.

A boy is born to Dornal and Anageld. Anageld barely lives through the birthing. The boy does not survive.

Prince Jorge, son of King Hollwick of Greyfield, marches a force of 700 against Fenwin in Vesop.

Fenwin is driven out of Rupert Fief by Jorge's forces.

Fenwin takes refuge in the Vesop Woods.

Kergin travels to Champion's Hold to participate in the first Errfulfel Championship.

Kergin buys a suite of mail with the last of his money.

King Jauford Hollwick petitions Emperor Cyfurrel to intervene on his behalf and apprehend Fenwin in the Vesop Woods as fulfillment of his oath.

All but 102 of Fenwin's soldiers lay down their weapons and return home. The remaining men fight either out of patriotic fervor as Vesop Woodsmen or for the promise of reward by Prince Fenwin, contender to the throne.

Cyfurrel orders Herber jailed for supporting Fenwin financially, but Herber flees Errfulfel City for Durnhall prior to arrest. Mabel, Julia, and Mica remain in Errfulfel City under Lynn's protection.

Telworth the Wise returns to Mackwin with 3 prize ships and spends the winter as an honored guest of Mackwin's lord.

Fenwin retreats deep into the Vesop Woods with his men for the winter.