The beginning of the Dominion of the Elves and many of the known Gods, and the infusion of Creacia with magic and Soulveins
History of the Centerlands of Creacia
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10000 BFR
The Dawning
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8000 BFR
The Disjunction of Order
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA rift in spacetime between the Prime Material Plane and Astral Planes summons the first Dragons to Creacia and creates a division amongst the Elves, forming the Dwarves
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7000 BFR
The Disjunction of Chaos
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA second rupture in spacetime tears a hole in the Prime Material Plane, allowing Fey creatures and innumerable species of monsters to flood into Creacia.
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5000 BFR
The Disjunction of Volition
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe third--and so far final--Disjunction, introducing the free will to choose between order and chaos in the form of Humans and Beastien
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4622 BFR
Sundering of the Dwarves (Gatharum Arenundum)
DisbandmentThe Dwarves split into three families after a dispute between three brothers to control the Soulvein-infused Eye of Torag
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0 BFR
Fireshard Impact
Disaster / DestructionThe Fireshard crashes into what is now the Sea of Shards, causing the Firestorm, the Great Darkening and a 10 year long winter
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1 AFR
12 AFR
First Ruination
Era beginning/endThe creation of the Orc Hordes by Lamashtu and the ensuing war which engulfed all of the Centerlands during the Great Darkening and ended the Dominion of the Elves
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21 AFR
1949 AFR
Founding of the Kingdom of Eoland
FoundingKing Vyncic Eol conquers and combines the scattered barbarian tribes to form the first official Human kingdom until its conquest by the Urdan armies and eventual incorporation into the Voran Empire
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68 AFR
1568 AFR
Founding of the Kingdom of Voranor
FoundingKing Voric the Great combines the tribes and settlements from the Godshields to the Singing Coast
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198 AFR
1950 AFR
Founding of Arathis
FoundingThe seafaring Taurens of the Sea of Shards, recovering after the Fireshard destroyed the entire region, establish diplomatic ties between Ker Khalat, Ker Movost, and Ker Narlkest (now the Hettite fortress Uakar) forming the First Kingdom of Arathis
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724 AFR
983 AFR
Founding of Akad
FoundingAshamus the Golden conquers Jeznehar, Atana, Bizaraz and all the nomads of the Shanadan Sands, making Taris the capital and eventually capturing Zaddinar and much of Zur
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885 AFR
Burning of Hycis
Disaster / DestructionThe Erudites of Hycis accidentally destroy their own city in a failed attempt to magically rid the land of all Soulvein-infused trees, burning the entire countryside and leaving few survivors
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983 AFR
Destruction of Taris and the Creation of the Shatterlands
Disaster / DestructionThe Godking of Taris, one of the greatest sorcerers ever to live, challenges Azmodeus for the soul of Akad, the ensuing battle utterly destroying Taris while shattering the lands to the north up to the Brumador Hills of Feldorn
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1001 AFR
Founding of the Acadeum
FoundingThe Erudites of Hycis establish the highly secretive Acadeum in the desolate and isolated mountains of Galdeum, which eventually becomes the foremost learning center in the world
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1121 AFR
Jeznehar unites Akad as an Azmodean Federation of Slaver Cities
Diplomatic actionThe Jezareza use diplomacy and the lure of their massive wealth to convince the metropolises of the Azmodean Sea to join in a Federation where trade and slavery are prized above all else
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1201 AFR
Thraxos the Navigator founds the Thraxian Empire
FoundingThe exiled general from Ephesus sails across the Sea of Strife and establishes Sarpus and Thraxis, the Shining City
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1223 AFR
Spellscourge and the Desecration of Ephesus
Disaster / DestructionThe Keltans of Ephesus, driven mad by the nearby Spellspire Fel, unleash the Spellscourge, a mysterious perversion of divine and arcane magic, destroying the city and laying waste to the surrounding area
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1568 AFR
Kingdom of Voranor becomes the Voran Empire
Military actionBaenric the Bold expands his lands to include Koth, Braeus and Ufria to the east and all of Eshia from the Feywood to Eoland in the west and south
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1579 AFR
Founding of the Voran Church
Religious eventLioric the Pious, son of Baenric the Bold, converts to the Cult of the One God and makes it into the official state religion of the Voran Empire, creating the Septarchs and brutally enforcing its practice
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1770 AFR
1777 AFR
Caleaden Crusades and the First Annexation of Calead
Military actionThe Voran Empire, now dominating the entire North of the Centerlands, creates outposts in the Stonelands and Urda and annexes the Three Cities of Calead after a brutal holy war waged from Urda
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1777 AFR
Destruction of Cir
Military actionPriestking Kairic the Cruel of the Voran Church deems Cir, the City of Temples in Calead, to be the Capital of Heretics and lays siege to the peaceful city until all the temples are destroyed and every worshiper either killed or enslaved
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1785 AFR
1788 AFR
Schism of the Voran Church and the Founding of Calead
FoundingThe Magewives of the Knights of Nethereth declare the Church evil, revealing that the One God is in fact Azmodeus, and leave with all dissenters to found the magical, matriarchal Republic of Calead
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1941 AFR
1952 AFR
Second Ruination
Disaster / DestructionThe eruption of the Four Fiends, causing the Great Shadowing, and the conquest of the Centerlands by the armies of Urda until their defeat by the Alliance in the fall of 1952
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1949 AFR
End of the Eolian Line
DisbandmentThe fall of the Kingdom of Eoland towards the end of the Second Ruination when King Eallard III was seduced by an Urdan Tiefling Enchantress, betrayed his country by surrendering, and was consequently executed by his own people
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1958 AFR
Incorporation of Eoland, the Vales, and Calead into the Voran Empire
Military actionThe Voran Empire expands again in the aftermath of the Second Ruination, occupying the lands left mostly destroyed by the Urdan armies
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2016 AFR
Turning of Koth
Plague / EpidemicKoth comes under the rule of the Vampire Lord Vakenral, a Voran Septarch turned by the undead goddess Urgathoa, and is abandoned by the Voran Empire, leaving Braeus and Ufria to the Vampires
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2164 AFR
2165 AFR
Revolt of Calead
RevolutionCalead was the first land to rise in rebellion against the Voran Empire, defeating the Knights of Nethereth at the Rift in 2165 and inspiring the Great Rebellion of 2165-2175
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2165 AFR
2166 AFR
Revolt of the Vales
RevolutionThe Vales claim independence from the Voran Empire in 2166 after aiding Calead and followed by their own two year rebellion, creating a loose coalition of city-states and regional governments
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2165 AFR
2167 AFR
Eolian Rebellion
RevolutionThe Eolians revolted against the Voran Empire, taking Fallsmere and Eoling in 2166 then finally defeating the Knights of Nethereth at Battle of Neminster Bridge in the spring of 2167 AFR
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2169 AFR
2175 AFR
Eshian Rebellion
RevolutionThe metropolises of the Singing Coast, gaining in power and inspired by the Revolt of Calead and Eoland, begin the Eshian Rebellion which lasts six years, ending at the Battle of Eshing in 2175
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2202 AFR
Founding of the Barony of Eoland
FoundingThe end of a period of warring families and the creation of the Barony of Eoland by Havlar Brazenhorn, establishing the Brazenhorn line
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2215 AFR
2230 AFR
Iomadae's War
Military actionThe Free Armies of Eshia, supported by Eoland and Calead, fight to destroy the Voran Church but fall short after a 15 year campaign culminating in the Accord of Solace, which ends the Voran Empire and slavery but not the Church
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2230 AFR
Accord of Solace Ends the Voran Empire
DisbandmentIomadae's War ends with the abdication of Priestking Kairic III and his successor Lioric IV returning Voranor to its original territory as a pre-imperial kingdom, abolishing slavery, and agreeing to fund the resettlement of two million former slaves
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2252 AFR
2257 AFR
War of the Vales
Military actionFive year war between the factions of Deepvale and Trastrim, ending in Altrivden's Armistice and an uneasy peace
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2274 AFR
Present Day
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