Chroniclers' Era
Sailing has always existed in the oceanic planet of Craedock, but this is when the ancient art truly melded with the culture, heart and souls of the world's people. With the advent of civilization in the last era, governments formed from the tribal leaders and populations grew. With excess resources, division of labor ensued, and standardized currencies were established throughout the land and seas.
This opened the door to trade, and trade ensued between all the early states. Chroniclers were the bookkeepers and accountants of the time, but the profession, sheerly out of demand for more accurate records and the limited supply of literate individuals, covered scribes of every written word imaginable. The chroniclers kept ships logs, trade records, business deals, and historical records. Governments experimented with laws, and the chroniclers wrote them down, along with all manner of pacts and treaties. Religious decrees and holy texts were originally not written by priests or monks, even though astrologers have kept calendars for as long as writing has existed, but by the expert chroniclers.
Their ubiquitous influence in the history and culture of Craedock, and recording of it, gives this era its name.
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