THE TIMELINE general

960 NE (or 45 years ago: 1970):
• 8 May: Keles finally responds to the i Kaldsdali dispute, siding with Ponyville and declaring that “until it is understood by those in charge of organizing this mess that there is a sufficient reason to, [Cloudsdale] will never be [its] own city.” In response, Cloudsdale refuses to celebrate the Summer Sun until 1988.
• 27 July: The Changeling National Territory, an unincorporated special region, is established around the Changeling predominant areas of Equestria. The total area of the CNT is roughly 17,000 sq mi.

962 NE (or 43 years ago: 1972):
• 2 January: i Kaldsdali is reclassified yet again, returning to a simple city.
• 17 March: The TCT legalizes lesbian marriage.
• 18 March: Aetaliluunde legalizes gay marriage entirely. Teręy and Ruziy, while still criminalizing male-male marriage, legalize lesbian marriage.
• 12 July: Ozatos declares the East Mazheien autonomous and free of Equestrian rule, although he does not have any true power. The declaration is mocked heartily in Equestria proper, leading to an outpouring of Lųnarian anger.

963 NE (or 42 years ago: 1973):
• 2 January: Equestria is officially declared a federation, and renamed the Federatsija Elųnessia after 81 years.
• 7 February: The movement that will eventually become Equestria First is organized by Yejmyet Adetsejem and Ejyek Tchectare.
• 2 May: Equestria First is established.
• 17 May: The East Mazheien – a bastion of Lųnarian society – declares independence under the guidance of Ozatos Afargany, but not before launching a massive attack against the border cities. The attacks lead to 26 dead Lųnarians, and 42 dead Equestrians, and kick off the Lunarian War.
• 19 May: The Battle of the Loųsana Hills ends indecisively.
• 22 May: Pavuly-Parkesine is attacked by Lųnarians, but the Equestrian garrison there holds out. Equestrians take the Loųsana Hills on this day as well.
• 3 June: Lųnarians attack at Pyros Village, warding off the Equestrians there.
• 5 June: A second attack on Pavuly-Parkesine fails as the Equestrians there remain firm.
• 6 June: Pavuly-Parkesine’s garrison counterattacks, taking over 100 Lųnarians prisoner.
• 3 July: Lųnarians lose the town of Patca, the town of Nhatos, and Pyros Village. However, they gain some ground in the Loųsana Hills.
• 27 July: Keles and the incumbent Pvints Visijan Viųbladan send negotiators to the Kryfona.
• 28 July: In Azsaeh, the Equestrian government and Kryfona Kingdom come to an agreement, which stipulates that the Kryfona will support the Equestrians for the length of the Lunarian War, provided that the costs of the support are paid back.
• 31 July: The Ekalgardesi, the armed wing of Equestria First, is established and sent to war. On the same day, the first Kryfona forces are sent into battle at the Kravyzan Cizjat – the Solemn Place – and drive out the Lųnarians there.
• 1 August: Kryfona break the lines of the Lųnarians at Prasuyet.
• 1 September: The Equestrian-Kryfona advance grounds to a halt, as Equestrian forces are routed at Prasuyet, and then later at Viryan.
• 5 September: A prolonged stalemate begins.
• 1 October: Equestrians take the Luena Highlands, which they retain for the rest of the war.
• 2 October: Another stalemate begins.
• 4 November: Another battle over Prasuyet ends indecisively.
• 5 November: Prasuyet and Vtatne Prasuyet finally fall to Equestrian-Kryfona forces.
• 12 November: Snow begins falling, and Equestrian and Lųnarian forces dig in for the winter.

964 NE (or 41 years ago: 1974):
• 12 January: Keles meets with Aetali royals Sųsova and Zophani in an attempt to negotiate the Aetalis into helping the war effort. Instead, Sųsova and Keles spent much of the meeting in a stormy exchange which sours the Aetali prince’s will to fight.
• 17 March: Snow stops falling and Equestrian troops renew the Lųnarian Campaign. In the process, they catch Lųnarian general Avyutonij off guard, and he finds himself surrounded on the peak of Mount Tefilasan.
• 19 March: Avyutonij is wounded and captured as Equestrian forces take Tefilasan. Avyutonij is subsequently shipped to Canterlot, where he is jailed.
• 26 March: Equestrian negotiators meet Kryfona negotiators in Nylzsryf and secure a shipment of bombers, which are to be handed over in exactly one year.
• 5 April: A Lųnarian offensive almost overwhelms the western front, but is eventually beaten back by a group of rag-tag soldiers known as the “Anleanhsi” – the “Only Ones.” The Anleanhsi consisted of the few troops that could be rounded up at the time.
• 7 April: Silnoz Ųphny changes hands three times during a battle for the city. Equestrian forces eventually come out on top.
• 10 April: Equestrian forces launch an offensive straight down the Luenas Range, taking most of its upper portion.
• 25 August: Moseja is taken by Equestrian forces after a year of Lųnarian occupation.
• 1 September: Snow begins falling, and troops dig in for a second time.
• 10 October: Visijan Viųbladan meets the Aetali royals and, furious with their neutrality, fires off the classic line of “All Aetaliluunde is, and all it will ever be, Vintoz Sųsova, is a land of traitors and outcasts, the street trash of Equestria! And all simply because of your dumb neutrality, which you only pursue because your lands are full of cowards!” This instantly alienates the Aetalis, and they pledge permanent neutrality.

965 NE (or 40 years ago: 1975):
• 23 March: The snow stops falling, and instantly the Lųnarians push forward. Within hours, Birja Volz falls.
• 24 March: Just as quickly, Equestrians counter attack, and Birja Volz falls back into Equestrian hands, along with Pilzniot.
• 25 March: The Equestrians on the western front push deep into Lųnaria, only stopping after twenty-seven miles. They end up just outside of sleepy Oztoche, almost ten miles ahead of the rest of the front.
• 26 March: Equestria receives its shipment of planes.
• 30 March: The “Elulųsa Brigade” slips behind Lųnarian lines at Kipeva Pass and deal a devastating blow to the Lųnarian line. The northern front is finally broken, and after this defeat Lųnaria is never able to truly muster resistance.
• 7 April: The battle for the Tinder Run, a small peak next to the great Mountain Ilyudat, begins.
• 9 April: Equestrian forces ward off the Lųnarians at Tinder Run.
• 11 May: A ferocious battle flares up at the base of Ilyudat, which extends for most of the rest of May.
• 17 May: The Lųnarians are pushed back to the edge of the Lųna River at Ilyudat.
• 23 May: Vilyan, the leader of the Lųnarians at Ilyudat, is shot during the twilight days of the battle.
• 25 May: Vilyan dies of his injuries, leaving Jozoa as Lųnaria’s only general.
• 30 June: Sųsova and Zophani meet with Keles in Canterlot.
• 30 July: The bombing of Lunaria City by the planes Equestria ordered occurs. Much of the city burns to the ground, and 170 die.
• 3 August: A siege of Lunaria City begins, as Ozatos and Varela flee for Dashevodnaiye.
• 23 August: Lunaria City falls to Equestrian forces.

966 NE (or 39 years ago: 1976):
• 27 February: Dashevodnaiye is bombed for the first time by Equestrian planes. Some 200 are killed in the devastating attack, and most of the city is summarily razed by fire.
• 23 March: Siyonen Amire (Shining Armor) is born in Tsavintelat, TCT.

Siyonen Amire:
- Recruited at 15 (1991) YL at 17 (1993)
Viųbladan ųl Yangnos: 31 in 2010 (1979)

Tvilya: 26 in 2010 (1984)
- Spikker: ~20 in 2010 (1990)
Rereta: 25 in 2010 (1985)
- Sytenia: ~8 in 2010 (2002)
Raane: 24 in 2010 (1986)
Viota: 23 in 2010 (1987)
Vinka: 22 in 2010 (1988)
Apila: 24 in 2010 (1986)
- Apilania: ~7 in 2010 (2003)