History of Etharis

  • 0


    The Arrival of Humans
    Population Migration / Travel

    Humans arrive in Etharis.

  • 34


    Disappearance of Orcs
    Population Migration / Travel

    The orcs disappear from Etharis

  • 51


    The Human Tribes Emerge
    Population Migration / Travel

    Human tribes emerge.

  • 200

    407


    Era of Expansion
    Era beginning/end

    Also known as the Great Purge.

  • 250

    400


    The Elven Purge
    Military: War

    The Elven nations are turned to dust.

  • 300


    Destruction of the Ember Cairn
    Military: Battle

    The city of the Dragonborn is destroyed

  • 350


    Seige of Grebenstein
    Military: Battle

    The seige of the Dwarven city of Grebenstein by the humans

  • 355


    The Migration of the Gnomes
    Population Migration / Travel

    The Gnomish people migrate to Stehlenwald.

  • 360


    The Siege of Stehlenwald
    Military: Battle

    The humans lay siege to the Dwarven city of Stehlenwald

  • 407

    457


    Era of Descent
    Era beginning/end
  • 408


    The Tribes of the Bürach Arise
    Founding

    The tribes of humans in the western part of Etharis begin to grow even greater in size.

  • 409


    Founding of Altenheim
    Founding

    The City of Altenheim is formed

  • 428


    Founding of Ostoya
    Founding

    A nobleman named Elias Beralt led his family and followers through the treacherous passes of the Grey Spine, emerging on the other side to find a country lush with pine woods and rolling hills. He named it Ostoya, which in the ancient tongue means “Our Own.”

  • 458


    God's End
    Disaster / Destruction

  • 658


    The Ostoya-Bürach War
    Military: War

    After spending two hundred years taming its borders, the Bürach Empire turned its attention towards expansion. Since the Ostoyans were descended from the Bürach, the Empire deemed them its citizens, ordering them to pay taxes and turn over control of their mines. When the Ostoyans refused, the Bürach attacked.

  • 678


    The Darkfall
    Disaster / Destruction

    An earthquake shook Ostoya and cracked the ground, resulting in a horde of undead and the disappearance of the sun.

  • 683

    12

    The Bürach Withdraw from Ostoya
    Military action

    In the winter of the war’s 25th year, the Bürach abandoned their forts in Ostoyan territory and retreated to their homeland.