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-==== The Dark Mage ====
+==== The Dark Mage (aka "Nakam Alkat") ====
-The ultimate bad guy.  Now very dead.  He was born in the first age,
+The ultimate bad guy.  Now very dead.
-approximately four thousand years ago and has resurfaced to cause the downfall
-of civilization at least three times.  Some scholars suggest that he is a minion
+He was born in the first age, approximately four thousand years ago and has
-of the gods and is sent back to disrupt the world when the mortals have gotten
+resurfaced to cause the downfall of civilization at least three times.  Some
-out of hand.  This theory, though, is not widely accepted and doesn't seem to
+scholars suggest that he is a minion of the gods and is sent back to disrupt the
-fit with the historical record well.  The Mage's birth name was [[Nakam Alkat]]
+world when the mortals have gotten out of hand.  This theory, though, is not
-and his origins are mostly unknown.  Legend has it that he was the only mortal
+widely accepted and doesn't seem to fit with the historical record well.  The
-to touch the great heaven spire and live.
+Mage's birth name was Nakam Alkat and his origins are mostly unknown. Legend has
+it that he was the only mortal to touch the great [[heaven spire]] and live.
+==== Timeline ====
+== Age I: ==
+  * 11 Apr 2590 -- Nakam Alkat born
+  * 27 Apr 2626 -- Nakam Alkat is admitted into the gûlaraî order
+  * 24 May 2631 -- Nakam Alkat is banished from the gûlaraî
+  * 22 Feb 2632 -- Nakam Alkat makes a pact with Hades
+  * 05 Jun 2639 -- Nakam Alkat killed
+  * 05 Nov 2850 -- Dark Mage is "born"
+  * 12 Oct 2902 -- Dark Mage is burned by the [[heaven spire]]
+== Age II: ==
+  * 28 Jan 0112 -- Dark Mage is revived when the [[heaven spire]] is repaired
+  * 07 Nov 0140 -- Dark Mage is killed by [[Kwalish]] and [[ozzie|Lord Ozzie]]
+  * 13 Dec 1719 -- [[Demonwraiths]] find scepter and revive Dark Mage
+  * 15 Apr 1769 -- [[Aurén Ilay]] born
+  * 24 Jul 1775 -- Dark Mage and [[demonwraiths]] begins attacks
+  * 08 May 1855 -- [[Luinmîr|Corellon's gem]] stolen
+  * 12 Apr 1856 -- [[Corellon]] tries to regain gem; [[Gruumsh]] places curse
+  * 11 Oct 1868 -- [[Gruumsh]] gives gem to one-eye
+  * 02 Sep 1888 -- The Ring of the Dragon completed
+  * 29 Mar 1898 -- Dark Mage makes pact with one-eye
+  * 25 Oct 1916 -- The Clasp of Erland completed
+  * 12 Mar 1919 -- [[Qôc Ranaî]] inherits title of one-eye (and gem)
+  * 06 Feb 1929 -- The Robe of Shadworth completed
+  * 19 Feb 1929 -- Destruction of the world (see [[end of the world|details elsewhere]])
+  * 04 Apr 1929 -- Dark Mage's castle rises and [[Corellon]] retrieves artifacts
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