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Clyffen Mission (1286 - NA)
The Religious Mission founded by Clyffen on Garien Stretch.
1286
Clyffen recognizes an overlap of influence between his two learning centers and pushes the boundary of his influence west, to Tonful Serpent, and builds a religious mission there. The location is not within friendly lands. The Hernoldfen dynasty provides him with renewed resources and wealth to establish the mission. Many mercenaries are hired out of foreign lands to garrison the mission.
Fleeing Lernon authorities, Helmuk joins a group of mercenaries on their way to the new Clyffen Mission for work.
Incapable of fighting due to a lack of equipment or training, Helmuk works primarily as a laberor building Clyffen Mission structures.
1287
Helmuk begins to train extremely hard with fellow mission mercenaries. He also begins to actually listen to some of Clyffen's teachings.
Gennor hears news of mercenary work in the north, understanding it to be for some king sponsored religious sanctuary, and travels towards Merrod.
Clyffen invests nearly all of the wealth inherited from Moer into his mission along Tonful Serpent.
1288
A small defensive military spat with local lords results in a growth of land holdings by Clyffen Mission as well as the conversion of a few lords.
Gennor is forced to remain in the Ansel Valley for much of the year. He cannot find any helpful news or direction of where to go to find the mercenary work he previously sought at Clyffen Mission. Ultimately it is the local lord whose land he works keeping the information secret in an attempt to keep Gennor around.
Clyffen appoints Mission leaders from within, picking several of the devout mercenary leaders as Keepers of the Mission, resulting in an overly militaristic leadership.
1289
Gennor discovers Mother Egu's Tenets from a street preacher near Teymon. The preacher promises steady work, sanctuary, and freedom at Clyffen Mission for those willing to travel and defend the walls from heathens- Exactly what Gennor seeks.
Gennor visits a Pantheon Temple in Teymon which is devoted to The Mother Egu (an interpretation and bridge religion between the Pantheon and Mother Egu- believing that The Mother from the Pantheon is Mother Egu) and seeks new knowledge from the priests about mercenary work at Clyffen Mission. The priests do not mirror the sermons of the street preacher Gennor heard previously- since the 'heathens' the street preacher referred to ultimately tend to be Pantheon worshipers- but direct Gennor to seek knowledge at the a Clyffen Learning Center.
1291
Clyffen returns to Clyffen Mission and resumes work in the area. Helmuk remans in Jorfen to learn to read and write better at the Learning Center.
1293
Gennor travels to Clyffen Mission, joining their ranks. He trades in the comforts of the urban Jorfen Learning Center for the frontier at the Mission with the hopes of not only helping to spread Mother Egu's tenets in the region, but also to aid in the rescue of Clyffen.
1294
Gennor finds life at Clyffen Mission to be rugged and difficult. The absence of the mission leader Clyffen leaves the place like a snake without a head. The appointed keepers are disorganized and unable to cooperate.
Gennor begins delivering daily sermons in the mission yard to remind everyone why they are there.
Gennor's sermons really take off. He is eventually able to summon a number of teachers from the Jorfen learning Center to aid in the delivery, providing morning, afternoon, and night sermons.
Helmuk returns to Clyffen Mission in response to Gennor's call for aid, and begins delivering sermons and teaching many of the mercenary missionaries.
1295
Gennor joins a mission keeper's impromptu scout force to travel north into the Lowlands and seek information on Clyffen's whereabouts.
Disappointed with the leadership and control of the mission keeper on his first expedition into the Lowlands, Gennor gathers his own group of volunteers and travels north.
1296
Clyffen Mission negotiate Clyffen's release with his Lowlands captors.
Gennor leads the group to drop his captives back in the Lowlands in exchange for Clyffen. Clyffen is released and returns to the mission.
Gennor is recognized by Clyffen for his outstanding service and is officially put in charge of the mission's self education.
Gennor returns his main focus to delivering daily sermons at the mission.
1298
Clyffen dispatches men from his mission to act as defensive units to protect the new Merrod mining establishments from Plains raiders.
1300
Clyffen commits suicide at Clyffen Mission.
The men at Clyffen Mission continue to maintain the location and bury Clyffen on the grounds.
The Clyffen Mission Keepers recall all of the mission men back to the mission.
Gennor returns to Clyffen Mission from his post at Tonful's Shadow in response to the mission summons.
The mission keepers elect Gennor of Donwick as the new ruler of Clyffen Mission.
Gennor and the mission keepers reorganize the mission command structure, placing less 'absolute' power in the ruler and more towards the upper ranks of the mission.
Clyffen Mission establishes a defined rank system: Missionary, Clyffenman, Eguman (Man of Egu), Mission Keeper, and Mission Master. The majority of the members of the mission fall into the militaristic category of Clyffenmen. The Mission Keepers are enthusiastic about the system because they get more individual power, while Gennor likes the changes because they address the snake without a head situation seen when Clyffen was held captive in the Lowlands.
Helmuk is given the rank of Eguman initially, but quickly is advanced to Mission Keeper to be in charge of Clyffen Mission's self education (Gennor's previous duty).
1301
Mission Master Gennor rejects submitting to the newly united Hernoldfen dynasty, but manages to maintain a mutual relationship. Clyffen Mission continues defending Merrod mining interests along Tonful's Shadow in exchange for monetary benefits and special access to resources.
Helmuk resigns his rank of Mission Keeper in response to persecution form other older Mission Keepers and Egumen.
Helmuk continues teaching within the Mission.
1305
Helmuk is elected as a Mission Keeper again, and placed in charge of the Mission's self education, again.
1306
Helmuk establishes mandatory daily class sessions for all Missionaries and Clyffenmen. The power of the Egumen and other Mission Keepers was too great and their protests too strong to include them int he mandatory attendance, even with Mission Master Gennor's support.
1309
Helmuk takes charge of the diplomatic relations between Clyffen Mission and Jorfen, traveling between the locations frequently.
1310
Mission Master Gennor attempts to oust several Mission keepers that have an obvious lack of care or belief in Mother Egu. His measures fail.
Mission Keepers lose faith in Gennor following the unrest caused by his attempted removal of many Keepers.
1311
Mission master Gennor's control over the Mission Keepers reaches a near non-existent state.
1312
Mission Master Gennor resigns his position at Clyffen Mission.
Mission Keeper Helmuk is elected Mission Master.
1313
Mission Master Helmuk begins to expand the living spaces at Clyffen Mission, vastly improving the living conditions.
1316
Clyffen Mission captures and controls much of the Garien Stretch to prevent Lowlands raiders from accessing the Tonful's Shadows mining population, allowing better focus to be placed on defending the operations from Plains raiders tot he south.
1317
Mission Master Helmuk authorizes lands in Garien Stretch to be distributed to Mission keepers as tenders. Clyffen Mission retains ownership on paper with the operator labeled as Steward. This greatly decreases the overhead of the Mission while maintaining control of the area since the cost of defense of the land is delegated to the Steward. The Stewards work the land to generate funding for the defense, while also making some personal profit.
Mission master Helmuk is called to Jorfen to renegotiate the terms of Clyffen Mission's relationship with the Hernoldfen dynasty.
1318
Plains raiders come close to sacking Jorfen, but are turned back by a last minute mercenary force hired by the Hernoldfen dynasty. (Many of the mercenaries happen to be moonlighting Clyffen Mission Clyffenmen.)
1319
Clyffen Mission is granted greater rights within the Hernoldfen dynasty's Merrod and more funding in exchange for amped up interdiction against Plains raiders.
Mission master Helmuk begins launching his own raids against Plains Region settlements. The raids are vicious with bloodthirsty Clyffenmen murdering and pillaging the Plains settlements they encounter.
1320
The Jorfen Clyffen Learning Center adjusts the teaching to funnel students down a militaristic path, influencing many to travel and join Clyffen Mission.
1323
Mission master Helmuk authorizes a new mission charter, granting even greater individual powers and control to Mission Keepers. This frees up more mission resources on paper, but ultimately has the opposite affect in practice because Mission Keepers begin using Mission resources and manpower for their own purposes, such as building improvements and fortifications on their own tendered lands, rather than on the land the mission is responsible for defending.
Land south of Garien Stretch is granted to new Mission Keepers, who in turn grant uncontrolled lands farther south to their own loyal Egumen and Clyffenmen.
Clyffen Mission Keepers begin deploying their own mission forces south into the Plains to capture lands promised to their supporters.
1324
With less Clyffen Mission attention being paid east to defending Tonful's Shadow from Plains raiders due to the mission's minor invasions being conducted south of Garien Stretch and deep penetration raids into the Plains Region, Plains raiders wreak havoc on mining communities along Tonful's Shadow.
Mission master Helmuk meets with representatives of the Hernoldfen dynasty and convinces them that the lapse in protection along Tonful's Shadow is due to a greater need for resources and funding, something Helmuk truly believes in because he is mostly unaware of the Mission Keepers' costly private wars.
The Hernoldfen dynasty increases support of Clyffen Mission, convinced by Helmuk's diplomatic explanations.
1328
Mission master Helmuk dies at Clyffen Mission.
Clyffen Mission elects Mission Keeper Gulmon Dor Haulk as the new Mission Master.
1333
Mission Master Gulmon Dor Haulk dies.
Clyffen Mission elects Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak as Mission Master.
1334
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak reorganizes many of Clyffen Mission's functions and operations, putting greater focus back on Mother Egu and Clyffen's teachings.
1335
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak launches a campaign into the Plains Region leading a host of troops out of Clyffen Mission.
Clyffen Mission acts to purify the godless Plains (Despite the fact the Pantheon is widely practiced in the region) and spread Mother Egu and the Six Prophets' tenets. The Hernoldfen dynasty supports the campaign financially as a means of developing a Clyffen Mission buffer border between their own Merrod holdings and the Plains.
1336
The north of the Plains Region falls quickly to the rapidly expanding Clyffen Mission.
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak extends Clyffen Mission's control from Tonful Serpent in the west to the origin of the Ansel River in the east. Plains nomads and rulers are forced south away from the invasion forces.
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak resists demands to hand lands over to Mission Keepers, only doing so sparingly. Large swaths of lands in the Plains Region are granted to Stewards for purely administrative purposes with the goal of extending Mother Egu's reach.
1337
School and missions are funded by Clyffen Mission in the north of the Plains Region.
Mission master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak pushes Clyffen Mission's influence hard to the south west, capturing lands reaching the Delmer Woods.
1339
Dozens more schools and missions are established in the Plains Region by Clyffen Mission.
Mission Keepers find the Plains region less desirable than expected due to the nomadic tendencies of the existing population. Utilizing local labor to tend fields and lands becomes increasingly difficult and re-populating the area proves to be a very slow affair.
1340
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak, at the urging of Mission Keepers and the Hernoldfen dynasty, turns his attention to the north. With the Plains raid threat pacified, the Merrod lords want the growing Lowlands threat to be concentrated against Clyffen Mission rather than their own interests; Mission Keepers also eagerly eye the Lowlands lands as more easily settled than the Plains Region.
Clyffen Mission launches a permanent invasion force against the Lowlands to extend Mother Egu's influence in the strong Pantheon area. Clyffen's teachings are prominently recited, with Clyffen's blatant bias against the Lowlands from his lifetime experiences there.
1341
Eager recruits flock to Clyffen Mission for fame and glory... and promise of land and wealth from Mission keepers. Promises of fast track promotions to Clyffenman and Eguman rank and land deals attract many missionaries to fight for Clyffen Mission in the Lowlands. The mass amounts of wealth provided to the Mission keepers from the Hernoldfen Merrod is redistributed to Missionaries that prove themselves in battle. Nobody farmers are able to escape their masters in distant lands, make the long trek to Clyffen Mission, and be wealthy land owning Egumen within months after surviving only a couple of battles at most. Those that do not survive are inexpensive to the Mission. Mother Egu and Clyffen's teachings often take second place to rank advancement and financial compensation. Many Lowlands lords find it more profitable to give up lands to the Mission Keepers in exchange for payment (or perhaps even rank within the Mission) than to fight to hold them. The Mission Keepers are being flooded with money and resources from the east and as long as they continue to use it expanding the buffer between hostile Lowland kingdoms and Merrod, as well as extending Mother Egu's reach, the money will keep coming.
1342
Much of the Fenhall Plains are captured and placed under control of Clyffen Mission Keepers.
In a practical sense, less and less attention is paid to conversion, schools, and missions by Clyffen Mission Keepers while more time and energy is spent on developing estates and fiefs- but the justification remains strongly focused around religious expansion.
1344
The Halland Slopes fall to Clyffen Mission forces like dominoes.
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak establishes a foothold south of Endalm Mountain, where he orchestrates the invasion of North Endalm.
1345
After a single campaign season, Clyffen Mission's influence stretches through North Endalm and reaches the Urfall River. Merfen lords and Cashturn Valley lords continue to openly defy the Mission Keepers' advances, though.
Despite the lack of attention being paid to actually converting and expanding Mother Egu's Tenets and Clyffen's teachings during Clyffen Mission's Lowlands campaign, the religion takes a decent foothold in the area- mostly due to the wealth being flooded into the greater region. Nationalistic pride is non-existent to a commoner, who could become wealthy and possibly even own land overnight by simply cooperating with Clyffen Mission Keepers. The influx of wealth to the simple folk is then often attributed to Mother Egu, spreading faith. Despite the wide-ranging corruption and self-serving interests amongst most Mission members, a strong core group is devoted to the genuine desire of spreading Mother Egu's tenets and the teachings of Clyffen.
1347
Clyffen Mission continues fighting Lowlands resisters in the north while also facing opportunistic raiders out of the Urfall Grasslands.
1349
Support to Clyffen Mission from Merrod falters. With the Lowlands threat to Merrod effectively pacified, the Merrod Region turns on itself with various Hernoldfen dynasty members attempting to reign in full control and new lords vying for power.
Clyffen Mission stops maintaining several key missions and schools in the Plains region, unable to keep up with the overhead costs in the face of dwindling financial support from Merrod.
1350
Huge stretches of land fall back to native Plains control, organized under new young tribal leaders taking advantage of Clyffen Mission's new weakness in the region. Many Plains leaders cite Pantheon aid and intervention in their conquests, claiming their Gods are bring victory, in an attempt to incite local religious fervor.
Out of money, Mission Keepers and Egumen alike abandon their holdings in the Plains, fleeing back to Clyffen Mission, the Lowlands, or abandoning the region altogether.
A Lowlands army strikes hard out of Merfen, capturing many key Clyffen Mission outposts and strongholds in the Fenhall Plains and North Endalm.
The flow of compensation to Lowlands lords staying complacent to Clyffen Mission occupation starts coming to a halt.
1351
Nearly all of the Plains falls from Clyffen Mission Control.
Egumen in key posts in the Lowlands begin to abandon their positions, with the promises of wealth and land being unfulfilled, mercenary forces abandon the Mission Keepers that recruited them, leaving only the devoted and devout Egumen and Clyffenmen behind.
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak retreats from Endalm to the Halland Slopes, essentially giving up all the land north.
Clyffen Mission Keepers attempt to fortify key positions in the Lowlands and northern Plains in order to maintain control or the areas.
Mission Master Tyrhen Dul-Hyvak is captured at Castle Eglin in the Halland Slopes and murdered soon after.
Clyffen Mission Keepers retreat even closer towards Clyffen Mission, vastly decreasing the radius of attempted control, only maintaining hold of a few outposts in the Lowlands and some land along Tonful's Shadow.
1352
Clyffen Mission is forced to concede and abandon most outposts in the Lowlands.
1353
Clyffen Mission's strongly fortified Garien Stretch holds well against attempted Lowlands invasions. Mission Keepers actually join in the fighting personally for the first time in years- due to necessity and vested interest in defending their Stewardships.
Clyffen Mission is granted lands along Tonful's Shadow under the agreement to export all mined ores only to Jorfen.
1354
Clyffen Mission Keepers finally elect a new Mission Master (after 3 years of having none): Mission Keeper Erven. Erven was pivotal in his role of diplomatically securing and fortifying Clyffen Mission assets around Tonful's Shadow, attaining valuable mining spots to help fund Mission operations.
1355
Clyffen Mission Master Erven attempts a bold new assault into the Plains staged out of Eguhall with the goal of taking Gelford by force.
Organized Plains forces engage and defeat the Clyffen Mission force lead by Mission Master Erven. Many devout Egumen are killed in the fighting.
Large numbers of Mission Master Erven's surviving army abandon the cause.
Mission Master Erven redirects his few surviving forces to Clyffen Mission in defeat.
Mission Master Erven commits suicide at Clyffen Mission.
The few remaining Clyffen Mission Keepers agree to wait until spring to elect a new Mission Master, recalling as many forces to Clyffen Mission as possible.
1356
Clyffen Mission elects a new Mission Master: Eguman Graham.
Mission Master Graham dispatches a garrison force to Eguhall which was amazingly and unexpectedly not attacked while undermanned and under-garrisoned during the winter.
1386
Vasslow joins a delegation headed for Clyffen Mission.
Vasslow crosses Durnhall to Mailen with the Durnhall Casot School delegation en route to Clyffen Mission.
1387
Vasslow and the Casot School delegation take boats across the Kemmle Sea and up the Tonful Serpent to Clyffen Mission.
1388
Vasslow, after remaining as a guest with the rest of the Drunhall Casot School delegation at Clyffen Mission for several months, departs the mission and travels to Jorfen.
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