Water gave way to the land, trees and various plants came into being, so did birds, animals and humanoids.
The history of the world.
The people of the various races have begun to trade, make laws and start organised wars.
People around the world have begun learning how to make the first copper tools.
Scholars dressed in strange garb have appeared around the world and are teaching the people of the world how to perform basic magic.
The people of the world have used devastating magic against each other in war and almost annihilated each other. The whole world was affected by these magics, most of the worlds population was killed and civilization collapsed, much was forgotten. Eventually the people started rebuilding and rediscovering some of the things that have been forgotten such as metalworking and eventually magic.
The dwarves have discovered the art of Rune Magic. A much safer alternative to the magics the other races use.
Varinor-Kenui is elven and roughly translated means "An endless war with fire". It was created by several higher demons to turn the elven lands and then the rest of the world to ashes.
Varinor-Kenui was separated from its source of power and banished into a stone sarcophagus.
After centuries of suffering from the attacks of the dragons, the dwarves found a way to use the power of their rune magic to create a magic seal that keeps the dragons away from both the dwarven lands and the forests of the elves. The dwarves sacrificed their rune magic to form the seal, though if rune magic is ever used again to cast a spell, the seal would be broken.
The new elven King of Annotii, Sarathai Nadrur believes dwarves to be a lesser race and always felt contempt for them during his fathers rule.
Now that he became King, he decided to show the dwarves the true might of the elves by performing a swift strike into the heart of Karak Lok and start a war that would last until the last dwarf near Annotii was nothing more than history.
A large force was secretly gathered to carry out Sarathai Nadrur's plans.
The new army comprised of thousands of spearmen, bowmen and magic users was sent into Karak Lok.
After recovering from the attack, the dwarves of Karak Lok were focusing everything on rebuilding their army, even recruiting mercenaries from other dwarven territories to fill their ranks.
Even though they have been weakened, so were the elves of Annotii.
The dwarves gathered an army that was armed to the teeth, wearing heavy armour and powerful weapons. As soon as it was ready, the army was sent to the east to attack Annotii.
Humans of an unknown ancient nation settled on The Island of Kunau for the first time ever and founded Forsingtuna.
The Dwarves arrived on The Island of Kunau, there they founded the nation of Gatal and started building the mountain home of Helmsgood.
The Elves arrived on The Island of Kunau, founding the nation Alfalya and the town with the same name.
In 1211 BCC, the dwarves have discovered adamantine and ways to shape it into useful objects.
Magic was becoming more and more casually used by the general public. The Church of Innos decided this can not go on any longer.
A technology discovered in the year 477 by the dwarves. It is a black powder that when ignited burns extremely quickly, when packed into a tight space such as a metal tube it releases large amounts of energy quickly enough to fire projectiles or if packed into a sealed container it can be used to create an explosion. This powder has military and industrial uses. Due to its volatile nature, in normal dwarf fashion it had to be tested for a few centuries before it was approved for use.
The day the human kingdoms joined together under one banner. They signed the contract of unity.
Orcs of Mugub assaulted and mostly destroyed the village of Stonebrook in the autumn of 999.
The Church of Innos passed a law onto all human kingdoms making the use of magic by the public illegal, only members of the church are permitted to use magic.
The Wizards Council detected that an unknown force was draining huge amounts of magic energy from the Magic Forest of Ysidroeth.
An assassination attempt has been acted out against the Queen Falena Eisen. It was unsuccessful.
The Human scouts of the nearby lands have discovered evidence that some unknown warlord or other kind of force is uniting the tribes of the Orcs inside the Orcish nations of Ghotch, Nrork, Khrok and Druch.
If this is true, it could present a large danger to the Human lands nearby. Possibly even the world.
The Wizards Council has founded The Sentinels.
An army of dwarves from Rikkanesh are marching through the lands of Ledos. They are bringing with them large ballistae and other dwarven siege contraptions.
When questioned by border patrols they said their intent is to help in Calaia and take down the dragons. They claim the skulls of the dragons will be displayed in their mountain homes as a testament to dwarven might.
After the crushing defeat Chartland suffered at the First Battle of May, they abandoned most of the western towns and villages as well as pulling back their troops to regroup, leaving the orcs unopposed in their advance further into Chartland.
After receiving news of the events in Calaia, the Queen met with her generals and raised an army.
After finally receiving the units she requested from the other baronies and getting the paladins ready, she is sending a large army in the hopes of clearing the threats that Calaia is currently facing.
It is being led by Parcival Khorinis.
An Angel, the first one ever seen, by the name of Athena was sent by Innos to preserve the world the way it is and to stop it from descending into darkness. She briefly revealed herself to the army that was moving to save Calaia and told them to stop and turn back as their current path would only have lead to their own destruction; she then disappeared as quickly as she appeared. The army already being mobilised and having their orders decided to continue onwards.
After the orcs had their victory at the First Battle of May, a large portion of them stayed in Herbert.
After the fires died down, these orcs cleared some remaining buildings and rubble in one part of the city and began digging up the ground. It is like they are searching for something.
The army led by Parcival Khorinis that was sent by the Queen, is crossing the border into Calaia.
Their goal is to clear the land of any threats and reclaim it.
The dwarven army from Rikkanesh led by Baron Oltar Kasben and General Akor Legon is entering Calaia.
Alongside The battle of the valley, further up the White Mountains a battle took place between Athena and Demilos.
The army of the paladins led by Parcival Khorinis and the army of the dwarves led by Baron Oltar Kasben and General Akor Legon joined up in Calaia. There they fought an army of orcs and lizardmen as well the dragon Pedrakhan.
Dragon attacks by Pandrador and Feomathar on the shores of Lake Victoria have left several villages and towns utterly destroyed.
Thanks to an adventurer called Nero, the Wizards Council got in possession of The Mask of Demilos and are studying it.
In June of 1004, Pandrador was slain on Elder Peak by the adventurers called Hazel, Nero, Dorn, Daron, Mrtyu, L'thiewne and Vaturas. They used a dwarven ballista with adamantine tipped ballista bolts to great effect and had the help of the Eye of Innos.
Fergalai led a devastating surprise attack on the border towns and roads of Laighenlia. Potentially sparking a war.
After the attack by Fergalai, it didn't take long for messengers to carry word to Queen/Countess Catherine Torbin. She had an emergency meeting with her general, advisors and any lords close enough to reach her by the 5th of July. During this meeting it was decided to declare war and take the fight to Fergalai as well as request assistance from the neighbouring human barony of Cronland.
The church of Innos forbade the practice of performing resurrections in Ledos. The paladins used to be able to perform resurrections in the churches for a fee but this is now forbidden.
The Mask of Demilos went missing from the Wizards council's magic item chamber.
After Fergalai's attack on the villages in Lord Geralt Pen's lands in Laighenlia, Lord Geralt Pen called for a draft of any able bodied men to defend their home. After a week and a few days he managed to raise an army of roughly 1600 men.
After hearing about the attacks Fergalai committed, Lord Grimbald Guthram called for a draft, assembled an army of 1100 men and sent them to form a defensive line to protect his lands.
After hearing about the attacks Fergalai committed, Lord Michael Pelham called for a draft, raised an army of 2900 men and sent them to form a defensive line to protect his lands.
A detachment of Prince Hebedir Gaeth's army moved west into The Uncertain Plains towards the towns and castle of Lord Grimbald Guthram.
Baroness Catherine Torbin raised an army and together with her generals, is moving south to the area of conflict to support her lords in the war.
A detachment of Prince Hebedir Gaeth's army has arrived at Guthram Castle and is laying siege to it in an attempt to make Lord Grimbald Guthram surrender his lands to Fergalai.
A large detachment of Prince Hebedir's army moved north west to destroy Lord Geralt Pen's army.
They succeeded but took heavy casualties. See article The battle of The Pleasant Hills.
After running out of food in his castle during the siege, Lord Grimbald Guthram surrendered himself and his lordship to Fergalai.
On the 3rd of August of 1004, Queen Falena Eisen and her guards were killed by unknown assailants while visiting Calaia. Shortly after these news the barons of Ledos decided to go their own way and take back independence, turning their territories back into the Kingdoms they once were, turning them into Kings/Queens and the lords under them Counts, making the once minor lords now Barons.
Hostilities between the dwarves of Gatal and the elves of Alfalya have returned after a 84 year pause.
Being fed up with the elves of Alfalya, the dwarves of Gatal finally decided to end the constant attacks by waging what they call a "final war" on Alfalya.
Forces of the Kingdom Esktria are attacking Kingdom of Veby's settlements on the Island of Kunau.
A large force of heavily armed dwarven soldiers left from Helmsgood, walking into the direction of Alfalya. Elven scouts reported this back and so Alfalya sent their own soldiers to meet the dwarves in battle. The dwarves won, forcing the elves to fall back further into the forest. See the battle article here.
Using the war tunnel that was dug in preparation, the dwarves assaulted the city of Alfalya.
Many elves were killed and the city was set alight.
See the battle article here.
After preparations by The Order of Dusk, the town of Munavegir was cursed with a deadly plague by the higher demon Saaka.
The dwarves of Svimalin re-discovered rune magic.
If the stories of old are true, using rune magic is bound to break an ancient ward of protection.
Dwarves from Svimalin called Cairn Candle Fury, Feb Giant Crown, Tholig Dragon Slayer and Skai Hammer-Mallet have attempted an assassination attempt on Queen Irien.
Though unsuccessful, the assassins have escaped unscathed.
A dwarf by the name of Feb Giant-Crown, after learning the basics of rune magic, has created a set of magic runes and used them, breaking the ancient ward of protection that was created long ago.
On 4th of April in the year 1005, an ancient red dragon by the name of Lugalathar has attacked Kazad Azul. Its defenders bravely fought to defend their homes but the huge dragon's scales were impenetrable against the weapons that were used against it, combined with its ability to cast magic spells it proved too powerful. The dragon broke through the gate and burned both soldiers, civilians and buildings with its fire breath. It located the large vault, broke into it and made it its sleeping chamber, having turned the city into its new lair.
Varinor-Kenui has awoken, see the article for more information.
Varinor-Kenui has arrived at the Minahcharoi forest and began it's ancient purpose, destroying this elven forest with fire.
Varinor-Kenui attacked and destroyed the city of Ima.
Varinor-Kenui attacked the city of Erela Methila, the protective wards and the mages living there only slowed it down briefly before it turned the city into ashes.
Varinor-Kenui reached Verdan-Pili on the 12th of June in 1005 and burned the town to the ground in a matter of hours. Thankfully most of the inhabitants had already fled at this point.
Catherine was attacking allies of the council and thus Merlin and Salazar were forced to attack her at her tower and capture her.
She is now being held as a prisoner in the pocket dimension holding the council chamber and the artifact room.
The War of Old came to a quick end due to the destruction caused to Annotii by Varinor-Kenui.
Varinor-Kenui, through great effort was finally able to be destroyed for good on the 7th of August of 1005. Though its source of power remained; it turned into a jagged dagger made of a red metal, this dagger gained a corruptive aura that promises great power to anyone wielding it.
Athena was destroyed through strange circumstances involving the power of Innos and Adanos, when she tried to claim a huge amount of power for herself.
The Crystal Arch in Calaia has a portal opened inside of it from which countless demon soldiers are walking out of. The invasion of Aurasong by the underworld has begun. Several other similar as of yet hidden crystal arches will surely assemble themselves and activate with time...
In September of 1005, demons tracked Catherine down, attacked the Wizards Council and freed her, disappearing with her.
The invading demon armies moved east away from their crystal arch and eventually moved north along https://www.worldanvil.com/w/aurasong-bluephoenix222/a/lake-victoria-article.
Clashing with forces of Calaia near Castle Ford.