Auburn Covenant

The Auburn Covenant is the peace treaty signed between the dwarves of Mirabar and the humans of the united towns of Rova. Its signing meant the creation of the human-dwarven Rovain kingdom. The day of the signing is the basis of the Rovain calendar.

History
The first political contact between dwarves and humans was made with the initiative of Sunnar Mendir, a human sage of the united towns. Despite his nation's apprehension, the dwarf king Tornamild envisioned a better future on the land instead of under it, and saw this allegiance as a step in the right direction for dwarvenkind. He convinced most of his kinsmen to join him, and thus they marched out in the open land and met Sunnar in Lisvarna, the biggest of the united towns and future capital of Rova.

The dwarves that were not convinced by Tornamild stayed behind, and to this day Mirabar remains a purely dwarven nation.

Rovain Calendar
The year of the Auburn covenant was marked as year 1 in the newly introduced Rovain calendar. Most of civilized Ander grew to adopt this calendar, and it is the standard by which the time is kept throughout the continent.