Third Cycle

250/3 AI - Start of the summer years

365/3 AI - Ahmed is born in a village west of Raal.

366/3 AI - Harikiran the Great is born near Indore, in Xhalandar

370/3 AI -  Ahmed and his younger brother Muhar are captured by slavers while traveling to Archas-Thyr. Their mother is slain.

382/3 AI - Ahmed, Thrakul, and friends escape the arenas of Raal. Ahmed begins his famous ‘Seven Journeys’ by heading to Jhanin. This was also the starting point of the RPGMaker game of the same name.

388/3 AI - The second Journey begins with Ahmed and his forces heading to Jhanin. Though welcomed by the Eternal Empress, a revolt happens that Ahmed is tasked to bring down.

390/3 AI - The start of the Third Jouney to Khaz Vedran. Finding the nation already at war, Ahmed would spend almost five years ending it.

394/3 AI - On his Fourth Journey, Ahmed is tricked by the former Merchant Kings of Xhalandar to fight Harikiran the Great. The two eventually become friends, turning on the Merchant Kings

396/3 AI - As his Five Journey, Ahmed decides to make peace with the embattled Dathi people. This, however, leads him on the path of enigmatic Nightsisters, where he inevitably makes a secretive pact with Mother Marise.

397/3 AI - Ahmed and his follows make their Sixth Journey to Xiang Feng. It is not exactly a successful visit, but Xiang Feng agrees not to be their enemy. The Seventh Journey begins shortly after, with almost the entire world descending upon Bael Archas.

400/3 AI - The ruined city of Ekbatan becomes the base of Ahmed's armies, slowly becoming the capitol of the Achaemenid Empire.

402/3 AI - The Seven Journeys end with the surrender of Garyon, last of the Demon Lords of Bael Archas. The Achaemenid Empire is officially founded.

403/3 AI - Emperor Ahmed Thrakul and the imperial family except for Muhar Thrakul disappear.

408/3 AI - This was the time of the first D&D campaign in the setting.