A mountain, not a settlement.
Rinjani is the great peak of Lombok, and beside it stands the cone of Samalas, which on 1 January 1200 is intact. In about September 1257 (1258 is possible) Samalas destroys itself in the largest eruption in the world in several thousand years, leaving the caldera lake that is there now; ice cores in both hemispheres record the sulphur, and the Babad Lombok describes a kingdom of Pamatan swept away (en.wikipedia). Samalas may have stood about 4,200 m high before it collapsed.
The mountain the player sees here has fifty-seven years left.
Who holds it
- Title
- No settlement; the mountain
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No name for 1 January 1200 appears in any source we could reach.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- About September 1257Samalas erupts; Pamatan and the Lombok coast are overwhelmed.Depends on: Physical: the volcano; fixed by the ice-core sulphur and radiocarbon. Stopped by: Nothing in play can stop it.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Ice cores, radiocarbon dating and field work (Lavigne and others, 2013); the date is fixed by physical evidence.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.