Events

EVENTS Event information

• Description o What happened

  • Quality: o What is nature of event (magical, natural, economical, religious, or whim?) o How important is the event? (major, medium, minor)

  • Reason: o Why did the event occur? (relates to nature of event) o How long ago was the “why”? (ancient, past, recent, now) o What is behind the event? (one person, group, organization, nation?)

  • Effect: o How many will be affected by the event? (one person, group, organization, nation?) o What kind of effect will event have? (relates to nature of event)

Social

Wedding (between whom, arranged?, Increase land holdings?)
Birth (who are the parents?)
Death
Uprising/Revolt/Rebellion/Coup
Political unrest/Demonstration/Protest
Riots
Change in government/union/guild policy or law
Traitorous/Treasonous/Spy/Sabotage activities
False charges against/Framing of celebrity/political/hero/local
Feud (family or otherwise)begins/ends
Coup (attempted or successful)
Assassination (attempted or successful)
Funeral
Kidnapping of public/political/local figure
Jailbreak/rescue
Trial (public or private)
Crime wave
Travelling Troupe/Bard
Message by messenger/post/town crier/town meeting
Stranger/traveller arrives/departs/passes through
Great performance done or great masterpiece created
Heist/Burglary
Fight/Duel
Smuggling/Contraband
Other crimes (rape, extortion, blackmail, bribery, etc.)
Trial/Imprisonment/execution
Treason or Betrayal
Slavery market
Coronation
Granting of land to someone (knighting?)
Removal of land rights
Omen/Oracle told about/seen/witnessed
Murder
Ambassador - sent to, arrives from another land
Famous Person (hero, artist, mage, bard, criminal)
Injustice done/corrected
Recruiting (military, political party, criminal)
VIP (political/religious) visit/sent
Troop movement (redeployment, military action, drilling)
Refugees (depart, arrive)
Kidnapping
Tournament/Contest
Visitation/Avatar of deity appears
Revenge
Inquisition/Fanatical behaviour
Religion/political/business coalition forms or breaks up
Skirmish/battle/war/revolt by peasants/neighbor/army/political/business/
                  religions
pacification/military expedition/explorations - powerful state fights primitive people
interventions/reprisals - powerful state fights small state
Shift in power within politics/crime/religions
Invasion/Raid
Archeological find
Festival/Fair/Market/Sporting Event
Religious celebration/observances

Meterological and other acts of nature

Tornado
Earthquake
Monsoon
Hurricane/Typhoon
Tidal Wave/Tsunami
Drought
Dust bowl
Dust storm/Sand storm
Blizzard
Avalanche (mud, rock, or snow)
Flood
Volcano Eruption
Wildfire (natural)
Firestorm (natural)
Heat wave
Cold Spell
Lightning strike/storm
Bountiful Harvest
Becalmed seas
Rough seas
New land formed (volcanic or earthquake)
Food supply changes (poor harvest/poor fishing)

Calamities

Fire
War
Raid
Ambush
Skirmish
Disease outbreak - human, animal, or plant
Crop Failure
Famine
Incursion
Accident (structure collapses (bridge/dam/levee/building) or other)
Haunting/Supernatural event
Monster/Wild Animal

Astronomical

Meteor Shower
Comet
Lunar Eclipse - partial, complete
Solar Eclipse - partial, complete
Shooting Star
Meteor Strike
Planetary Body moving into/out of a constellation (zodiac?)
Star nova's (visible to inhabitants)
Conjunction of planets
Harvest Moon - full moon closest to autumnal equinox, more light at night to harvest

Business

New Construction (Castle/Church/Cathedral/Fortification/Building/aqueduct)
Caravan established
Promotion (guild member/apprentice->journeyman->master/political)
Invention made (but not readily available)
Discovery made (theory of electricity, germ theory, etc)
New product introduced (spices?, tool)
Town founded
Town destroyed
Guild treaty made/broken
Alliance made/broken
Treaty made/broken
Taxes - increase/decrease/comparison
Bandit/Pirate/Breaker activity
New land/item/people discovered/created
Taxes levied/reduced/increased/removed
Destruction/emergence/bankruptcy of new trading guild
Economic depression