As Aol tried to defend the universe of Etharis from the Elder Evils, the Great Wheel collapsed and planes of existence merged together, often crashing with the material plane or even other universes and releasing the elder races.
History of Etharis
The Sleeping Days
-3001 and before
This is a time lost to history. Humanoid creatures called "Dreamers" ruled over the continent. Their magic abilities allowed them to look into the future. as they saw a horrible cataclysm approaching they decided to burrow themselves into the earth and sleep until safe days may arrive. During this time only the God of the Dreamers, Aol the Architect, existed which ruled over the universe and and preserved the order of the great wheel of the planes.
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-3040 BR
The Great Merging
Celestial / Cosmic
The Primitive Age
from -3000 to -1900
While the elder races established clans and nations in small numbers the orc-tribes reproduced the fastest and spread across the land with brutal strategies bringing bloodshed over the land. With an Iron Fist they ruled the whole of Etharis religiously, opressing the other elder races until they seemingly vanished completely afterwards. some say their shamans lead them to the sea and they sailed eastwards never to be seen again. Even though orcs seemed to rule the lands in pure numbers, the true leader were the offspring of Ardulson and Tiamat. For every tribe, orc, human, dwarven or any other race, was truly lead by a dragon of a specific color.
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-3000 BR
Birth of the New Gods
Celestial / CosmicThe first sparks of Aol's power were found and consumed, with this a new pantheon of gods rose to rule ove the lands.
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-1990 BR
The Elemental Invasion
Disaster / DestructionThe Primordial Forces entered the material Plane and conquered Grarjord bringing destruction and constant change to the land.
Location
Grarjord
The Great Expansion/The Great Purge
from -500 to 100
Different tribal human-armies marched simultaneously north, south and west; no land was safe. Unable to unite or react in time, the dwarven and elven monarchs watched as human warriors swarmed and usurped their lands. The human race emerged victorious after countless generations of bloodshed that changed Etharis forever.
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-468 BR
-10 BR
The Aetheric War
ExtinctionWhile the Gods noticed, that the forces of the Aether Kindred edged closer and closer,they did not understand yet their duty to defend Etharis from this threat. But as the Aether Kindred consumed the entire race of the Sommerkin, Ardulson called for an active war against the eldritch entities, loosing in the end.
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-46 BR
The Valikan Unification
FoundingThorgard of Völgr unified the Valikans Clans and drove away the invaders from the south.
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0 BR
Bürach's Rise
Founding -
27 BR
Ostoyas Founding
FoundingElias Beralt and his followers travelled across the Grey Spine and claimed the lands behind those mountains as the community and later empire of Ostoya
Location
Ostoya -
67 BR
The Thrull-Kandar War
Military: WarThe Unified Valikan Clans disbanded into the provinces of Thrull and Kandar and started a war against each other.
Location
Grarjord -
98 BR
Liesechs Founding and the Contract of Filth
FoundingLiesech declared itself a independent city-state and made a contract with an Eldritch being called "Filthgrazer"
Location
Liesech
the Time of Descent
from 100 to 650
This second Great Era, known as the Era of Descent, lost even more lives to its endless carnage. The result was the disintegration of the human race into fractious kingdoms. The Second Era considerably weakened the kingdoms of the humans, allowing the other races to emerge from hiding and re-establish some principalities in the lands they once ruled.
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132 BR
Outbreak of the Weeping Pox
Plague / Epidemic -
132 BR
The Red Morning
Military actionAnalita von Raiza, a Vampire sent by the Bürach Empire to infiltrate Liesech, murders the Bouwengracht Family
Location
Liesech -
214 BR
Start of the Endless War
Military actionThe Bürach Empire started a war against the Ostoyan people as they refused their claim to the land of Ostoya.
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220 BR
The Morencian Birth
Founding -
232 BR
240 BR
The Darkfall
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe ruins of Necropolis were opened by an earthquake and necrotic energy poured over the lands of Ostoya. Shortly afterwards the Nobles of Ostoya rose as vampires and brought a equal force against the Bürach Empire with the Crimson Court.
Location
Ostoya -
235 BR
The Collapse of the Dark tunnels
ExpeditionStretched to breaking, the Ostoyans fell to drastic measures. A specialised company of soldiers descended into the abyss and held off the horde. Then, mages from Raevo collapsed the largest of the fissures, sealing the undead back underground. With that, the Ostoyans hoped to turn their efforts back to repelling the Bürach.
Location
Ostoya -
236 BR
The Return of the Fallen
RevolutionEventually, the missing explorers returned, though as many would soon find out, they had been changed forever. They marched with an undead horde that rose in full force into Soma. The desperate Ostoyan Nobilty slowly but sure was infected by vampirism one after the other.
Location
Ostoya -
238 BR
The Pact of the Charneault Kingdom
FoundingAymeric Noblecoeur unites the human tribes and elves of Caer Neiada as one Kingdom with the Pact of the Sacred Land bringing peace and union to the region.
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242 BR
The Raevan Secession
Military actionThe knowledge that vampires had taken over the nobility created a deep schism among the Ostoyan populace. Despite efforts to suppress them, the entire province of Raevo seceded from the Aristocracy and started a civil war.
Location
Ostoya
The Death of Hope
650 BR and beyond
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650 BR
Gods End
Celestial / CosmicThe last four Divines died. While Aurelia sacrificed herself to protect Etharis the other gods: Maligant, Ulmyr and Galt slew each other in their madness fueled by the mad king.
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653 BR
The Dark Elf Curse
Disaster / DestructionThe Dark Elves of the Charneault Kingdom conspired against the humans, wanting to destroy the Kingdom for elven supremacy. with their attempt to overthrow the Kingdom they cursed the spirits of nature and created a dark mist.
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662 BR
The Unification of the Castinellan Provinces
FoundingMontego Valieda unifies the three provinces of Castinella in the name of the Arch Angel Empyreus to create a theocratical militaristic state.
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667 BR
Godfrey's Betrayal
Military: BattleGodfrey Grim, a former Paladin of Empyreus, lead 10.000 man against the Arcane Inquisition in rebellion against the genocide of arcane magic-users and died as Empyreus sent his angels to slaughter the new heretics.
Location
The Castinellan Provinces Region -
694 BR
The Folly of Ulmyr's Gate
Disaster / DestructionThe founding mages of Ulmyr’s Gate attempted a massive conjuration ritual intended to part the veil and create a permanent portal to the Ethereal Plane. It didn’t work. Instead their magic caused a massive rift in the very fabric of reality, and in an instant the entire city tipped into the void between worlds.
Location
The Bürach EmpireSpecies
Disembodied -
731 BR
The Return of the Ethereal
Life, BirthStories in Nordenland surfaced of strange people being sighted in the region where Ulmyr’s Gate once stood. These people seemed oddly blurred or indistinct, and some reports said they vanished right in front of witnesses’ eyes. Gradually it became clear that these poor souls were the survivors of the Ethereal Rift, now trapped between worlds and trying to retain their tenuous grasp on the Material Plane. With this event the Disembodied entered the political landscape of Etharis.
Species
Disembodied -
735 BR
The Battle of Three Tides
Military: BattleThe Castinellan Provinces failed their newest attempt to besiege Morencia in a battle between Castinella, Morencia and the Charneault Kingdom as their allies.
Location
Morencia