Revision as of 20:53, 21 June 2022

Introduction

Avendar lore spans a vast period of time. Here is where we nail it down for our reference. Years are in Earendam Calendar (what is this calendar's name?) unless otherwise specified. Rearrange as necessary!

Timeline

Player History Era

NINJA AND NEON FILL IN HERE

215ec - Starting Game Year.

Pre-Players

The "Kankoran" Wars (change this)

Magical equilibrium is established once again. Air magics begin to flourish, but their counter is already present, preventing them from starting another War.

??? - Fall of Gogoth. The fall causes economic instability and a plague of adventurers.

0ec - Earendam Calendar Instated

??? - Caladaran build the Jalassan Fuck Temple in the broken lands.

??? - The "Kankoran" Wars

??? - Ch'taren havens established. Ad'meitisa falls shortly after initially built. Calaera godded.

War of Night

The introduction of void magic to the surface upends the magical status quo. Shuddeni press the advantage until the arrival of ch'taren and the spirit war magics.

??? - Alil is imprisoned by Rystaia. Serachel gets 2 years to prepare contingencies before also being imprisoned.

??? - The Seal of Kor Thrandir.

??? - Ousting shuddeni from the surface cities (didn't take long)

??? - The Day of Two Dawns. Probably happened some time in Rystaiamir. Canonical end of the War of Night. We need a day/month/year date for this so we can have a holiday.

... About a decade of Shuddeni rule ...

??? - Shuddeni conquer multiple surface cities

??? - A catalyzing event among the shuddeni that allows them to take over the surface. (Why didn't they do it earlier? Why didn't surfacers notice them before? There are many questions to answer here, important for Yithoul history.)

Human Republic / Dalae Period

Thousands of years of Humans Conquer the Continent. In Daphoa, Alil and Serachel rule their empire. The elemental balance is stable - advances in water and fire magic keep in pace with each other.

??? - What are the shuddeni up to during this period?

??? - The Human Republic At Its Peak

??? - The Fall of Caal

??? - Serachel arrives and gets joint rule of Daphoa.

??? - Alil rules Daphoa alone.

The War of Fire

Fire rips into the nascent earth magics.

??? - Thaering Jad

??? - The Scouring of Illata

??? - Sythrak has Joined the Chat

??? - Bayyal Has Joined The Chat

Pre- War of Fire

In this era, civilization returns. Earth magic is discovered, but far from perfected.

??? - Kingdom of Gogoth founded.

??? - Humans grab earth magic and use it non-peacefully. Maybe a period of humans bouldering aelin cities just prior to the War of Fire. Maybe Shendaer was a living city during this time.

??? - Caladaran receive the Laws of Iandir. They are also bestowed with the knowledge of earth magics, which they use peacefully. (obvs they're Iandir's fave)

??? - The Rise of Caal

??? - Aelin build cities all over, likely taking over alatharya ruins. Looted alath artifacts give them the advantage.

??? - In Daphoa Ilodaia is founded.

Near Post-Sundering

Everything is a mess and people are just trying to survive.

??? - Shuddeni and chaja? What is up with them?

??? - Nefortu on Paradise Island.

??? - Alaths seclude themselves in the Brintors, afraid of everything.

??? - Elar creates the Ethron.

??? - Caladaran find a safe spot in the Broken Lands.

??? - The newly-formed races do their best to survive the aftermath. (Maybe some races didn't survive? Note to self: put weird humanoid fossils around)

??? - The New Physics settle in, disasters are still frequent.

The Sundering

Iandir, Jolinn, and Ashur band together to rip the world a new one.

??? - Time is meaningless while magic/physics is being rewritten. Disasters, intentional and not, shake the world and topple the alath cities.

??? - Alatharya are stripped of their magic and ability to comprehend advanced abstract maths.

The Ancient Alatharya Era

Alaths! Oh, alaths.

??? - A faction of alatharya attempt to zorch a god. (DID they zorch a god? If yes, who died?)

??? - A faction of alatharya put Arikanja in a box to power their god-killing laser.

??? - The alatharya rise to dizzying techo-magical heights.

??? - Arikanja is a good dad to the alatharya race. He teaches them agriculture, breadmaking, and beermaking. He tends to their development.

??? - Jolinn creates the alatharya in Sapience_Attempt02.race They are smaller, as Jolinn has gotten better at miniaturization.

The Titans

The first People, Titans.

??? - Jolinn finds the Titans to be lacking in spice. He's overall happy with them, but they are limited. And too big.

??? - Jolinn creates the Titans in Sapience_Attempt01.race

Prehistory / The Mythic Era

There were no-non gods around to write things down.

??? - A line is drawn in the sand between Team Vitae and Team Entropy (whatever we end up calling them). Jolinn and Ashur claim some creatures as belonging to their team.

??? - Ashur comes along and notes the world is getting cluttered. He proposes Death.

??? - Jolinn and Elar go ham while Iandir continues to play with rocks. Various other gods pass by or watch or help.

??? - Iandir crafts the First Seed. Jolinn breathes life into the Seed. Elar plants the First Seed, and Firiel the Tree of Life grows.

??? - Iandir shapes a world. Iandir makes attempts at primitive life forms, but they don't do anything. He asks Jolinn for help.