The great Atlassian Empire that once spread through most of the known world, especially the Helenian islands, disappears from existence. Their capital, even its ruins, was never found, leading many to believe it sunk under the waves.
World History
The Main Events that took placed in the history of the Known World
Before the Darkness
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The Years before the Great Dark
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-150 PD
5 Moth 12:00
The Fall of the Atlassian Empire
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-85 PD
Beginning of the Eclipse Age
The Kingdom of Dawn, one of the most advanced realms since the fall of Atlassia, loses its Solar monarch. Three of his seven children fight for the throne. The war leaves many deads and fragments the Kingdom. A drought like never seem before forces many people to abandon the capital and the throne lays unclaimed.
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0 PD
1 Snow
The Great Dark
Disaster / DestructionGreat darkness covers the skies, blocking the sunlight and causing many plants to die, crops to fail and streams and rivers to freeze. It's a night that lasts nearly three weeks. In its wake came a long winter, plague, famine, and dread. The effects of it reverberate through the centuries. Nobody knows of the world that was before, such was the destruction it caused.
Age of Dawn
1 AD 170 AD
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1 AD
1 Snow
Helenian Migration
According to Helenian Folklore, Helen the wise lead refugees across the seas, leaving the region where Ardra is today, to settle in the islands of Luna and Anti-Luna and begin the Helenian Culture.
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5 AD
1 Snow
End of the Eclipse Age
Religious eventAfter the Great Dark, the prophets of the Kingdom of Dawn announce the end of the Eclipse age by naming a new High-Solar, Akhenothep, The Bright. The Throne of Dawn has a ruler again after a near century of strife.
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105 AD
22 Storm
The Unification of Solar Domain
Diplomatic actionA long conflict between the Kingdom of Dawn and the Kingdom of Dusk finally comes to an end with the defeat of the Duskian troops at the battle of Khassif. The High Solaress Mekhathep seeks the eradication of the Duskian people and their necro-priests, but changes her mind and proposes a union and peace between their people after some mysterious revelation.
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106 AD
20 Rain
City Ardra is Founded
FoundingThe City of Ardra is Founded, starting the Kingdom of Ardra, the oldest of the Helenian kingdoms.
Age of Expansion
171 AD 350 AD
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175 AE
17 Moth
Pharsopolis is Built
Construction beginning/endShah Darius XI orders the beginning of the construction of a new planned city to be the capital of his Empire. Engineers and builders in a scale never seen before move to the construction site. The main palace would be concluded in 20 years, with the grand designs for the city taking over two hundred years and many generations to be completed.
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250 AE
City of Marsilis is founded
Founding
Age of Blood
351 AD 500 AD
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451 AB
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Tauramon Dinasty Begins
Political eventThe Tauramon family takes over the city of Tharkos following a succession crisis and quickly seize power over other families, starting Tharkos in a path to become the capital of the expanding Taurian Kingdom.
Location
Tharkos
Age of Silver
500 AD and beyond
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524 AS
4 Wheat535 AS
12 Plow
The Taurian Wars
Military actionA War between the Taurian Kingdom and other City-States across the Sapphire Sea. While Taurian Expansion was eventually halted, the city-states were unable to push them back to their island of Tharkos.
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535 AS
8 Wind
The Northern League is founded
FoundingFollowing the events of the Taurian Wars, the Northern League of Helenian City States is founded, with many cities coming together into a mutual defensive alliance to protect themselves from future further Taurian Agression.
Location
Heliopolis -
536 AS
3 Moth
The Southern League is founded
Political eventIn response to the alliances made by the cities banding together into the Northern League, cities of the southern islands gather in their own mutual-defensive pact, aiming to remain out of the influence of Tharkos and Heliopolis both.
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652 AS
4 Moth652 AS
12 Moth
Silver Uprising
Political eventA short conflict in which King Minas of Psara (Polis) is overthrown by a violent coup, in which he's forced to abdicate his throne in favour of his younger daughter, supported by foreign mercenaries.
Location
Psara (Polis)