Kôdya

the Yôpi-peninsula

Originally founded as a Vulmaw colony, Kôdya (Vm."Land of Strife") was the youngest and westernmost of the Wômaw-related domains. It was positioned north of the mouth of the Bay of Ormal, near the southeastern tip of the Ered Harmal. A hilly, wooded land, it shared the Yôpi-Peninsula with Yoyoyôpo, which lay to the east (across the Yôpi Kneel).

Timeline

First Age

• F.A. 1: Men awaken in Hildorien.
• F.A. 10-50: The earliest groups of the Chaialla's ancestors move into and inhabit the fertile lands of Khailûza. The Urunin arrive in later Kôdya and meet with the proto-Chaialla. They acquire folklore, customs, and language from the proto-Chaialla.
• c. F.A. 200-300: The lands of the Bay of Ormal are progressively peopled by humans in two successive waves of migrations.
• F.A. 603: The First Age comes to an end with the War of Wrath, when Morgoth is overthrown and Beleriand is drowned.

Second Age

• S.A. 1-10: Pushed westward by the threat of movement of Men through the Ered Harmal, the Chaialla's ancestors leave their homeland of Khailûza and move towards later Tûlwang.
• S.A. 1-150: The climate changes in the wake of the destruction of Beleriand.The lands of future Kôdya turn into a desert.
• S.A. 10-100: the Tazinain ancestors of the Sîranians and Múranians settle in the western Bay of Ormal in what will later tbe known as Sîrayn and Murayn (Harshandatt, Khy and the Bûlkhyades). The Elinse's ancestors follow them about one half century later and settle mainly in future Ôlyas Krîs.
• S.A. 200-400: Coming of the ancestors of the Lynîr, beleaguering of their cities and beginning the expansion of the future Lynerian League in the eastern Bay of Ormal.
• S.A. 282: Shon Dral leads his people, the Sûrk-Vú-ulmaw, to South. They first settle in future Wôl.
• c. S.A. 500: Sauron begins to stir again.
• S.A. 525: A tribe of Bávor's Folk (Stonefoots), led by their king Relin, migrates towards the Bay of Ormal and reaches Namagalûz. They are welcomed by their kin (the Ironfists).
• S.A. 575-875: A period of expansionism for the Sûrk-Vú-ulmaw, during which the predecessor of Lôkhas Drûs sends ships for exploration.
• S.A. 600: The first Númenórean ships appear off the coasts of Middle-earth.
• S.A. 680: The Vûlmaw's ancestors found the Empire of Lôkhas Drûs with the conquest of later Sûnum and Yôpo by Vûl Drâl. Presents and dresses are offered to the ancestors of the later Yôpi locals.
• S.A. 695: The predecessor of the city of later Yulcaavi ("Jewel City") is founded in Sûnum. All western explorations are intended to start for here. The city becomes highly influential for the later Vûlmaw Empire.
• S.A. 700-850: The ancestors of the Lôkhans explore the Bay of Ormal.
• S.A. 848: First Invasion of the ancestors of the Akha in later Khy. Dârayavahu is the first to react and the resolution of the conflict enables him to found the first Empire of the Khyan's ancestors.
• S.A. 850-875: The Vûlmaw's ancestors settle colonies in the Southern Archipelago (later Vûlm Shryak, Arth and Cevra).
• S.A. 875-: Beginning of the consolidation period. Several conflicts happening with the ancestors of the Yôpi neighbors in later Sûnum is ended with the burning of proto-Vûlmaw settlement and the people dead and enslaved. Important conflicts in later Lôkhas Drûs with their primitive neighbors to the north.
• S.A. 900-950: The Vûlmaw's ancestors discover the lands of T'lach-tuyil (possibly the great central continent of Mórenorë) and found a few cities, and make friends with the locals.
• S.A. 901: the predecessor of later Yulcaavi is rebuilt.
• S.A. 986: the predecessor of Lôkhas Drûs leaves their distant colonies in the Dark Land, granting them full autonomy. Interest fades in the region.
• S.A. 975: Anthô Vûd's expedition to the Bay of Vultures.
• S.A. 978: Hionvôl Halzac Dral of later Lôkhas Drûs makes a deal with the predecessor of the Lynerian League. In exchange for military support against the predecessor of Zurghor, the League gives rights to establish one proto-Vûlmaw trade colony on the mainland near the league.
• S.A. 981: Second expedition of Anthô Vûd. Foundation of later Drey Ûriac.
• S.A. 991: The Cooperation Treaty is signed between the ancestors of the Vûlmaw of later Kôdya and the predecessor of the Lynerian League. The proto-Vûlmaw have all rights over later Kôdya. The treaty guarantees peace and immediate support from later Kôdya and later Vûlm Shryak warriors in case of a new aggression of the ancestors of the Zurghor people against the predecessor of the Lynerian League.
• S.A. 987: Foundation of later Myrn Shriak.
• S.A. 989-1287: The Wan-Dral dynasty rules the predecessor of Lôkhas Drûs.
• S.A. 991: The ancestors of the Lynîr and the Dwarves of Kheled-zaram create the land of later Lynahar, administered by both Dwarves and Men of the proto-Lynîr.
• S.A. 992: New treaty between the ancestors of Lôkhas Drûs and the predecessor of the Lynerian League. The proto-Vûlmaw will have total control of later Kôdya in exchange for military assistance, trade agreements, and a rent for thirty years.
• S.A. 993: Foundation of later Teluy.
• S.A. 994: Foundation of later Akhay by Anthô Vûd.
• S.A. 1000: Sauron, alarmed by the growing power of the Númenóreans, chooses Mordor as a land to make into a stronghold. He begins the building of Barad-dûr.
• S.A. 1001: Foundation of later Fioyin.
• S.A. 1004: Númenóran sailors under Soronto, nephew of the King of Númenor, first reach the Bay of Ormal.
• S.A. 1016: The ancestors of the Ixtcal (proto-Vûlmaw who settled the Dark Lands) arrive at later Lôkhas Drûs.
• S.A. 1018: Hionvul Wan-Dral names a Hion for future Kôdya.Later Kudaw is founded.
• S.A. 1034: Foundation of later Laywun.
• S.A. 1035: Future Kôdya starts to mint its own coin.
• S.A. 1037: The capital city is moved from later Drey Ûriac to the fiture Myrn Shriak.
• S.A. 1040: The Hionthawul, the House of the Hionvul, is built in later Myrn Shriak.
• S.A. 1041-1060: Hion Calmac Tâmm makes sure the future Kôdyan coasts are safe. The settlements are linked by road, small fortresses are built, and the inland farms and quarries are promoted.
• S.A. 1045: Foundation of later Wern Draik.
• S.A. 1048: Foundation of later Laishô.
• S.A. 1072: Hion Fevol sends a fleet to "invite" the cities of future Ôlyas Krîs, guarded by the ancestor of the Elinse Confederacy, to join their tributary system. A military conflict starts between Kôdya and the union of the future Elinse Confederacy and the ancestors of Bûlkhyades. Hallacar, the Lord of Hyarastorni and estranged husband of the heir to Númenor, arrives in the region and is able to put an end to the war with minimum losses for both sides.
• S.A. 1097-1115: Hion Shaj Ruic promotes expeditions to the Stone Hills and the sources of the later Nualji and Jelh regions to lay official claims to the territory.
• S.A. 1108: Foundation of later Suy.
• S.A. 1114: Foundation of later Thawan Napai.
• S.A. 1123: Birth of the House of Lômzuw, and the foundation of the city of later Tanwai under their rule.
• S.A. 1131: Birth of the House of Tâyan, and the foundation of the city of later Yartai under their rule.
• S.A. 1143: Odôj the Huge is named Shû ("Lord") and begins the House of Odôjavi, founding the city of later Siuyu under their rule.
• S.A. 1145: Birth of the House of Lovaw, and the foundation of the city of later Dadya under their rule.
• S.A. 1146: Hionvul Akûta Wân-Drâl of future Lôkhas Drûs designates Demîk-Vûr as the new governor of the predecessor of Kôdya.
• S.A. 1152: The unified empire of the Khyan's ancestors is dismembered.
• S.A. 1156: Hion Demîk-Vûr tries to extend proto-Vûlmaw power by assaulting the ancestors of Bûlkhyades. He fails, and is removed from office, being replaced by Kapô-Fê.
• S.A. 1177: House Lovaw confronts Hion Kapô-Fê. He orchestrates a flash civil war in their fiefdom, leading to their downfall. The new Lord of later Dadya is thus Jinvol, founder of the House of Jinvol.
• S.A. 1200: The Númenóreans begin to make permanent havens on the coasts of Middle-earth. Sauron seduces the Elven-smiths of Eregion in fair guise as Annatar.

Inhabitants

Avari Kôdyans Vûlmans Yôpi

Places of Note

Akhay Aishan Dadya Kilyar Kudaw Drey Ûriac Eshayl Fioyin Gi Laliac Go Ishac Hinchyan Hi Kadar an-Urud Hirsh Pûl Ishtya Yartai Laishô Lô Kanza Yûan Low Pazac Môkaw Myrn Shriak Nayîn Oârio Nayîn Ôkhan Shenn Siuyu So Fala Suy Sulyann Tanwai Thawan Napai Teluy Tofai Tsninaw Wern Draik Woy Fê

Regions

Akh Altûray Bay of Vultures Coast Road Kôdya Desert Daryo Naiyin Dream Islands Drêy Akyula Hiy Hundred Islands Yelh Yôpi Kneel Lôk Raw Myrn Shriak Nûalyi Stone Hills Tem Dazram Treddas Mountains Vulture's Islands Wûm Raf Yai Tayîn Zâdyac