History

Before the Embers

6500 BE to 1 BE

Age of Kingdoms

6500 BE to 121 BE

Age of Dragons

120 BE to 84 BE
  • 120 BE Dragons' Arrival on Ærethia
    Great wyrms tear through planar boundaries and establish dominion over the northern continent. Mortal kingdoms tremble as the balance of power shatters.
  • 119 BE Invasion of the Human Kingdoms
    United dragons and their servitor armies sweep across the northern realms. Human kingdoms collapse or submit, their rulers made vassals or slaves.
  • 111 BE The First Packsworn
    Some humans and other humanoids strike bargains with the dragons becoming the first dragon cults.
  • 97 BE Alathel Falls
    The last great human bastion, Alathel, falls to the dragons. Survivors flee across the Strait of Stones, increasing the tensions in Asiel as populations of refugees sore.
  • 95 BE Exodus of Alathel
    Refugees abandon the war torn Alathel heading for Asiel in hopes of escaping the death and destruction.
  • 91 BE Dragons' Arrival in Asiel
    Dragons, not satisfied with conquering the north, set their sites on Asiel.

Age of Titans

83 BE to 1 BE
  • 83 BE Arrival of the Coji
    Astral titans stride into Ærethia, chasing their ancient foes, the dragons. To mortals they appear as near-divine beings.
  • 73 BE The Sundering of Morelath
    The capital city of the human kingdoms, Morelath was razed in an enormous battle between Coji and Dragons.
  • 44 BE Rise of Cinder Priests
    As the human kingdoms fall to the dragons, doomsday cults spread preaching that the world will end in fire.
  • 20 BE The Founding of Hæven
    The theocratic city of Hæven is founded.
  • 2 BE The Final Stand at Gloomspires
    The last unified mortal resistance, a desperate alliance of humans, elves, dwarves, and others, makes its stand in the towering cliffs of the Gloomspires.

Year of Embers

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The Year of Embers

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  • 0 YE The Day of Embers
    The defining cataclysm. Across both continents, the skies burn red, cities turn to ash, and countless mortals are slain. Dragons vanish into the inferno some destroyed, others fleeing. The event scars both continents and severs much of their shared history.

After the Embers

1 AE to 3322 AE

The Ashen Age

1 AE to 250 AE
  • 1 AE The Great Severing
    Using powerful magics researched while researching the magic used on The Day of Embers, mages sever the connections between this plane and all others.
  • 10 AE Extermination of the Dragons
    The surviving dragons are hunted to extinction. Legends say a coalition of mortals wielded weapons of unimaginable power aided the Coji to finish the work. From then onward, dragons are myths, their bones and relics scattered.
  • 58 AE The Plague of Ashes
    A plague spreads among the survivors remaining in Alathel killing thousands of scavengers and settlers alike.
  • 120 AE The Blurring
    The Cloud Elves strike back at the hordes of undead using magic they have developed known as the Blurring.
  • 198 AE The Last Coji
    The last surviving Coji dies of old age. The last sighting marks the end of an age of divine-scale struggle. Mortals, for the first time in memory, rule their own fate.

Age of Reclamation

251 AE to 900 AE
  • 251 AE Rebuilding Alathel
    Survivors finish rebuilding the walls of the capital city of Alathel, Eryndræl atop the ruins of Tellara. Cloud Elves make up the majority of those survivors.
  • 641 AE The War of Returning Ashe
    Dragon cults begin a war on the emerging settlements of Alathel. Attempts to resurrect dragons end in disaster.
  • 875 AE The Reign of Cloud Elves Begins
    The Cloud Elves ascend to rulership, cementing their dominance over the fractured kingdoms of the north and beging extending their influence across the Strait of Stones into Asiel.

The Cloud Age

901 AE to 2055 AE

The Age of Quiet

2056 AE to 3322 AE