KittIUS MAximus MEOWUS

I. The Age of Nine Thrones (~200–170 B.C.)

  • Feline tribes flourish along the Ailurophile Sea.

  • The Maincoon Clans unite beneath the Banner of the Claw after centuries of blood-feud.

  • In the east, Manxus overthrows its priest-kings during the Tailess Rebellion, founding the Faith of the Tailess.

  • Siamia erects its first sun-temples; monks begin the Way of the Nine Suns.

  • Early sea trade between Purrinia, Maincoon, and Persia creates the proto-league later called The Pact of the Paw.

II. The Age of Ledgers (~170–130 B.C.)

  • Purrinia codifies civic law and establishes the Republic of the Paw; ledgers of trade etched on marble.

  • Utilitae’s Scholar-Priests of Fiducia begin measuring harvests and stars, founding the Ledger of Light faith.

  • Persia’s Queen Saphira I forms the Velvet Dynasty, wedding diplomacy and luxury.

  • Sphynxx issues the First Riddle of State: “To count without truth is to rule without reason.”

  • The Order of Nine Lives spreads northward from Purrinia, sanctifying civic duty.

III. The Gilded Accord (~130–120 B.C.)

  • Treaty of Aurum binds Purrinia, Utilitae, and Persia in mutual trade.

  • Prosperity follows; suspicion festers. Persian assassins remove two auditors—trust collapses.

  • Ragdolia, midway between empires, becomes the region’s financial hub.

IV. The Expansion Wars (~120–100 B.C.)

  • Emperor Leonus the Builder expands Purrinia’s coasts “to secure the sea.”

  • Battle of Silvertide: Manxian fleet destroyed; Manxus loses ports.

  • Maincoon forges defensive pacts but avoids annexation.

  • Siamia declares perpetual neutrality via the Edict of Still Waters.

  • Ragdolia’s markets boom, financing both sides.

V. The Age of Prophets (~110–90 B.C.)

  • Circle of Whispered Sand of Sphynxx foresees “a nation without masters.”

  • Birth of the Rug Pullus Syndicate within Purrinia’s charity guilds.

  • Births of key figures (approximate):

    • Felinius IV (~82 B.C.)

    • Tailara the Unbound (~80 B.C.)

    • Kittius Maximus Meowus (~76 B.C.) ← canon fixed

  • Utilitae’s Bitconus I rises after the mysterious Ledger Correction, erasing his predecessor’s record.

VI. The Great Migration of Crypoly (~100–85 B.C.)

  • Famines drive migrants south into the plains that become Meme Land.

  • The Waginus Family founds the cities of Ogees, Parodius, and Asporono.

  • The Volas Creed—reverence for chance—takes root among settlers.

  • Burmese port-towns expand to service new trade.

VII. The Northern Reforms (~90–70 B.C.)

  • Purrinia refines its Senate; the Archivist Oracles institutionalized.

  • Maincoon codifies clan law; Stoneclaw Legion established.

  • Utilitae completes the Hall of Ratios, combining astronomy and taxation.

  • Ragdolia issues the first regional currency, The Thread, later a symbol of greed.

VIII. The Ragdolian Liquidation (~70 B.C.)

  • Market mania and over-pledged vaults collapse Ragdolia’s treasury.

  • Civil unrest ends the kingdom; Queen Tattera vanishes with the Rebase Crystal.

  • Refugees scatter north—Ragdolia becomes a ghost economy.

  • Birman theologians interpret the fall as proof that “stability is salvation.”

IX. The Youth of Kittius (~59–50 B.C.)

  • 59 B.C. (age 17) — Kittius joins Legion II Felinius.

  • 56 B.C. (age 20) — Battle of Kattnipia: first victory against Manxus raiders.

  • 55 B.C. — Death of Emperor Felinius III; civil tension begins.

  • 54 B.C. — Kittius promoted to Centurion.

  • 50 B.C. (age 26) — Battle of Sylvester: crushing defeat of Manxus; birth of his legend.

  • 48 B.C. — Appointed commander of all legions.

X. The Purrinian Civil War (~60–55 B.C.)

  • Allegations of ledger tampering ignite revolt.

  • Nam Bonum Omnium formed to restore integrity.

  • War ends 55 B.C.; Felinius IV crowned Emperor, unsealing the Seven Sealed Ledgers.

  • Maincoon sends food aid, earning eternal respect.

XI. The Reform Era (~54–45 B.C.)

  • Felinius IV introduces merit bureaucracy; Kittius oversees reforms.

  • Kittius launches covert war on Collectae RugPullian, scattering it south.

  • 44 B.C. (age 32) — Kittius retires to Milkonus; worshippers call him The Silver Paw.

  • Persia and Burmese flourish as black-market brokers.

XII. The Peace of the Ailurophile (~40 B.C.)

Mediated by Sphynxx, signed by Purrinia, Maincoon, Persia, Siamia.

  • Establishes maritime law and open trade.

  • Utilitae abstains; claims divine measure unbalanced.

  • Stability lasts a decade—surface calm, hidden resentment.

XIII. The Canal Wars (~30–28 B.C.)

  • Utilitae seizes the DeFidria Canal, choking southern trade.

  • Barkus the Great, newly risen in Meme Land, unites the provinces.

  • With Manxian saboteurs’ help, he retakes the canal.

  • The DeFidria Accords collapse; Utilitae humiliated.

  • Barkus (born ~56 B.C.) now age 28—young but commanding.

XIV. The Northern Pact (~27 B.C.)

  • Felinius IV seeks grand coalition with Maincoon and Persia.

  • Utilitae refuses; calls northern powers “uncalibrated.”

  • Nyala Veilclaw (High Broker of Noxport) ascends to Mistress of Burmese, declaring neutrality yet selling arms.

  • Grand Seer Pawat the Radiant elevated in Siamia; Prism of Suns glows for seven nights—interpreted as omen.

  • Rumors surface of Rug Pullus resurgence in the ruins of Ragdolia.

XV. The Age of Reckoning (26 B.C. — Present)

  • General Kittius Maximus Meowus, age ≈ 50, recalled from retirement to lead the Northern Legions.

  • Emperor Felinius IV calls the northern nations to unite against “southern chaos.”

  • Barkus the Great, age 30, consolidates Meme Land and preaches Volas freedom.

  • Utilitae re-arms in secret; Persia funds both sides.

  • Sphynxx issues the Prophecy of Balance:

    “When laughter rises from the south and ledgers burn in the north,
    the Nine will balance, and one shall pay for all.”

  • Ragdolia whispers with ghosts; the Rebase Crystal rumor resurfaces.

  • The Ailurophile Sea grows eerily quiet. Every power prepares.