The Centaur Exodus was a series of forced migration of the centaur race by Castan Beastbane during the Second Great Cleansing. Officially it started in 587 BA and lasted 13 years until 574 BA when the last major migration occured. By the end of the Second Great Cleansing in 569 BA most of the centaur population had fled to the Forbidden Plains or fell fighting against Castanor.
This event directly caused the Forbidden Plains Exodus, in which the centaurs ousted the land's human natives towards the Triunic Lakes.
Timeline of Major Events[]
- 588 - 587 BA: Encirclement of Castonath - the centaur clans, united by the Sons of Rohibos, breach the White Walls of Castanor from the west and pillage the undefended region for a year whilst the Castanorian Legions were occupied elsewhere
- 587 BA: The Cull of Rohibos' Children - A battle where Castan Beastbane personally slew many of Rohibos' children, marking the beginning of the Centaur Exodus.
- 586 BA: The first major group is pushed north and out of the Serpent's Pass into the Forbidden Plains.
- 584 BA: Cagod's Watch is built to process and protect the Serpent's Vale. Cagod and his followers would later be known as the Cagodic people.
- 582 BA: Battle of Metsamwood - the first recorded conflict between the exiled centaurs and the Metsamic humans who lived beyond the Serpentspine. This would mark the beginning of the Forbidden Plains Exodus.
- 580 BA: Burning of the South Woods - marking the second part of the Second Great Cleansing, the Castanorian offensive began to focus on purging the most heavily infested fey forests in the south (where modern-day Deepwoods stands).
- 579 BA: Impalement of the Fey - the last of Rohibos' children Actadus is impaled all across the shores of the Silent Lake
- 578 BA: First major group of centaurs flee through the Invader's Pass in response to the Impalement of the Fey
- 576 BA: Battle of Cagod's Watch - centaurs from both sides of the Serpent's Pass attack the fort and are defeated
- 574 BA: Last recorded migration of centaurs, it is said the last tribe submitted themselves to the Castanorian legions and voluntarily left towards Cagod's Watch