Kinfire is developed among the elves as a weapon against the Darkness. Lighthouses are erected, mostly in elven cities, but also beyond in other communities mostly populated by orcs and humans.
Atios History
Before the Return of the Darkness
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-3000 BC
-2900 BC
Building of Lighthouses
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-3000 BC
-2800 BC
The Last Known Coming of the Darkness
Disaster / DestructionThe last known coming of the Darkness. Earlier events are shrouded in mystery. Kinfire is created. All peoples unite to fight the Darkness.
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-2800 BC
-2800 BC
Last recorded Starless Night
Disaster / DestructionThe Darkness recedes; last recorded Starless Night.
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-2650 BC
The Rise of the Temple
Religious eventThe sacred text of Ziva is discovered and a religion forms around the belief that Ziva was a goddess who bestowed the gift of kinfire upon the elven peoples of Atios.
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-2200 BC
-1900 BC
The Seclusion
Era beginning/endWithout a uniting goal, division spreads through Atios. The Temple of Ziva gains power over the city-states and attempts to regulate the use of kinfire. Multiple diplomatic crises and small military conflicts flare up.
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-2000 BC
The Luminated Alliance
Political eventThe mostly-elven city-states united as the Luminated Alliance in an effort to protect kinfire from desecration.
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-1800 BC
-1400 BC
Evolution of Dwarves
Scientific achievementIn the region of Dwar Fell, humans experiment with ingesting kinfire and develop the process known as Communion. As a result, their physiology changes over the course of many generations into what are now known as dwarves.
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-1200 BC
Berian Empire formed
FoundingA scattering of mostly-human duchies are united into a single empire by Kai the Bold.
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-1000 BC
The Great War
Military: WarIn a coordinated effort, Temple priests secretly extinguish any lighthouses outside of the Luminated Alliance, sparking the centuries-long Great War between the Alliance and the armies of Dwar Fell.
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-197 BC
The Battle of Olander
Military: BattleThe religious site of Olander, which held great significance for the Temple of Ziva, was mostly destroyed by the forces of Dwar Fell.
After the Return of the Darkness
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0 AC
Return of the Darkness
Disaster / DestructionThe Darkness returns. The first Starless Night transforms most of the world, obliterating all states. Millions vanish without a trace, their fate unknown. Only Din'Lux and its surroundings survive, protected by the Great Lighthouse. Din'Lux signs a peace treaty with Dwar Fell and accepts refugees of other races.
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0 AC
The Siege of Aes'Tos and Din'Lux
Military: BattleOn the night that the Darkness returned, Dwar Fell launched a coordinated attack on two city-states of the Luminated Alliance: Din'Lux and Aes'Tos.
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0 AC
The Bloody Coup
RevolutionConcerned by the self-interest of the elven leadership of Din'Lux, Vath of the Tuskrippers, the orcish leader of the Moonsickle Company, organizes a coup and takes control of the City Council.
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1 AC
Invention of Kinfire Lanterns
Technological achievementKinfire lanterns are developed by the Scholars' Circle in Din'Lux.
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1 AC
The First Expedition
ExpeditionThe people of Din'Lux elect representatives to venture out on the first expedition into the Darkness. These individuals are the first adventurers to wield kinfire lanterns.
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1 AC
Founding of the Seekers' Guild
FoundingWealthy merchant Leera Duskrider founds the Seekers' Guild, an organization of trained teams of individuals equipped to travel out beyond the walls of Din'Lux.
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