History of Azure

4th Age

  • Start of the 4th Age
    The End of Old Tremalking
    Era beginning/end

    Dissolution of the Tremalking Empire.   Sucessor state Melentine Empire flees to the old Western Empire and reestablishes itself at Konstanton, now known as Meklagard.

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    First Sunderedfall
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Sundered begin to fall from the sky, and over the course of the next forty years, these Sunderedfalls become more frequent.

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    Junshin

    Fall of Avendor
    Disaster / Destruction

    The nation of Avendor falls to the Sunderedtide.   Twin-souled sightings become more common, they are considered possesed by demons (chapring) and burned at the stake when discovered.   First known sightings of the future Pantheon at the city of Pointsbrok in Avendor.

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    Midwar

    Holy Ordeal
    Religious event

    From the city of Charm, the Arbiter of the old religion the Reformists declares holy war against the traditionalist, this is later called the Holy Ordeal.

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    Julwar

    Truce of Caer Selemon
    Diplomatic action

    The Elven principality of Noldor almost falls to the Sunderedtide, was saved by their longtime enemy of Charm, a truce is declared at Caer Selemon.   The Future religion of the Mandate, then the military arm of the twin souled movement, is declared publicly.

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    Augshin

    The Day of Black Rain
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Black rain begins to fall worldwide, poisoning most water supplies and groundwater.   The rain stops after only an hour, but the damage is done   Some of the rain reforms into sundered and begin to ravage the world.   The Second Fall begins.   The First Battle of Refuge is waged.

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    Sepwar

    Battle at The City of the Lightblesser
    Disaster / Destruction

    Riots happen worldwide, many nations fall due to internal disputes, a growing number of births end in stillborn, disappearances become common near locations Sundered are known to frequent.   The Mandate hunts for the magical item the Bowl of Water to cleans the worlds water of the taint.   The Holy Ordeal reaches Mettenheim and Velucia, is stopped by the future Pantheon, then known as the Knights of Harmony, at the not yet Lost City of the Lightblesser.

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    Octwar

    The Siege of Charm
    Military action

    A hidden cult of twin souled called the Consult assaults the city of Charm, later revealed to be worshippers of a diety called Domination, who wishes to save the world and then rule it.   An army led by the Knights of Harmony pursues them to their secret hideout in The Outside.

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    Novshin

    The Fall of the Consult
    Expedition

    The Consult is defeated, however, the way into the Edge of Beyond is forced is opened by the Great Enemy, The Nemesis.   He is defeated by the now demigod Knights of Harmony, but his actions trigger the Sundered, assaulting populated areas en mass.   The surviving members of The Consult are turned into the first devils by their now defeated deity.

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    Decshin

    Sunset
    Population Migration / Travel

    Most nations are overrun, survivors flee to the Mandate's Refuge.   The Supreme Patriarch of the Melentine Empire uses the Bowl of Earth to transmogrify large sections of civilian population into brass to preserve them until after the Second Fall.

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    Janwar

    Last Bastion
    Era beginning/end

    All the surviving surface dwellers make their last stand at Refuge, City of Mists, led by The Mandate, whose twin-souled's now number in the tens of thousands.   The Marches and Underway dwellers retreat into the earth, the Elves flee to their craftworlds.   The Second Battle of Refuge is fought, the Sundered and The Nongod, their diety, are defeated.   Only 144,000 of the original surface populations survives.   The Bowl of Water is used to purify the water globally.   Balthasar reverts the brassed population into flesh before perishing.

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5th Age

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    The 5th Age
    Founding

    The Pantheon ascends into godhood, the survivors scatter to reform old societies or begin new ones, Refuge becomes the first city of the new world, the Elves return and the Dwarves emerge from their marches.   The surviving Sundered are cut from their hive mind and flee underground.   The nongod and the Nemesis are dead.   Domination is bound to the outside.   The old religions dissolve and reform the mandate into a religious force.