In the beginning there was nothing. An empty void of pure nothingness that existed in the folds between worlds. Then came the Primeval Elementals. Impossible creatures who tore themselves free of the plane of roiling chaos through sheer will and determination. The Primevals claimed this empty space as their own, a safe haven away from the natural chaos that was their reality.
Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
History of Rhodain
The Age of Emergence
... 1828 BW
-
-50000
Emergence of the Primeval Elementals
Celestial / Cosmic -
-3904
The Birth of Rhodain
Celestial / CosmicAs time marched on and the millennia passed the Primeval Elementals yearned for more. In this eternal void they had grown tired of floating adrift, bored with only their own company and nothing more. And so began a discourse on how to alleviate their empty meaningless existence. Eventually they came to a conclusion. Though they knew it would very likely mean the end of their sentient existence, they craved more, something beyond this expanse of nothingness. And so they came together and combined their essence, pouring all of their life force into a single focal point and simply letting go.From this explosion of unimaginable power came the lands, the sea, the sky, the mountains, and the vast world of Rhodain. Along with all the land, sea, and sky, came the first species to inhabit the Prime Material Plane; The Progenus, the Titans, The Dragons, the Elementals native to Rhodain, and so many others long since forgotten to the ages. This moment echoed through every plane. -
-3371
The First Species' Begin Crafting Life
Artistic creationFollowing in the steps of their Primeval predecessors, the species that inhabit Rhodain begin to craft new life. Some do so with the intention of having some to rule over, while others do so simply because the world before them lays far too empty. -
-2303
Orzic Longhammer is created by the Terranite
Life, BirthThe last of the proto-dwarves, Orzic Longhammer was the culmination of everything the Terranite had learned over the centuries they'd spent on the proto-dwarven creations that came before him. They deemed him perfect, exactly the legacy they wished to leave behind in the world their forefathers had created. -
-2214
-2198
Orzic Crafts the First Forge
Artistic creationSpending most life among the Terranite and their Proto-Dwarves, Orzic eventually leaves to see the world beyond, and at the center of the world he crafts the First Forge in the blistering heat of the heart of Rhodain. -
-2198
-2179
Orzic Forges the First of the Dwarves
Artistic creationWith the First Forge complete, Orzic begins his "great work", taking everything he'd learned from the Terranite and putting it to work as he spends over a decade crafting the first generation of Dwarves. -
-2125
Rise of the Dragon Gods
Celestial / CosmicThrough means long since lost to the ages, a clutch of Great Wyrm born at the birth of Rhodain achieved apotheosis, becoming deified and ruling over much of Orzadama as tyrant gods, with their physical forms remaining as avatars of an essence that transcended the world of Rhodain.
The Forgotten Age
1827 BW 301 BW
Very little remains from this age beyond the stories and traditions of the cultures that have survived beyond, and even then records are not always in agreement with one another. Whatever the world was before the cruel Draconic Gods first claimed their thrones was washed away by flames, frost, shadow, and tyranny. Many of the Progenus were eradicated during this time, and the Titans fell extinct.
-
-1297
Orzic Returns to the Surface
Religious eventWhen Orzic reemerged from deep in the earth where he had been hard at work making and teaching his dwarves and building for them their first and greatest home, he saw what had become of the world, and the cruelties that the Draconic gods had set upon it. The slaughtered remains of the proto-dwarves and the Terranite who had crafted them with painstaking care and the subjugation of other lives that had come to call the world home and he wept. Heartbroken and enraged Orsik began his quest, searching for a way to slay the monsters who had brought this hell upon on the world. -
-1287
-1285
Orzic Crafts Crag's Heart
Artistic creationFinally prepared after his journey, he returned to the First Forge and began to pour his heart into this new work, crafting a weapon with the power to slay the tyrants. Crag's Heart. -
-979
Orzic's Ascension
Celestial / CosmicThough the details have been lost to time, Orzic, now armed with Crag's Heart and with the support of others, some men, and some powerful beings beyond the comprehension of mortal thought, Orzic rose from this world to face the Draconic Gods in earnest, as his armies on Rhodain charged against their avatars.
The Age of The First Wars
300 BW 0 BW
-
-119
13 /4
Vol Atir is Born
Life, Birth -
The End of the First Wars. 1st of Solvak. Beginning of the Age of The Stone Kings.
Vol Atir sits upon Vol'Kan
Era beginning/endAs the last forces that denied their power fell, Vol Atir took his place upon the Vol'Kan (The Wolf's Throne) and dubbed the lands the United Palushrok Empire.
Location
Val'Gorntrov
The Age of The Stone Kings
1 PA 447 PA
-
1 PA
The United Palushrok Empire is Formed
Era beginning/end -
57 PA
7 /9
The Death of Vol Atir
Life, Death -
426 PA
The Founding of Southreach
Founding
The Age of Renewal
448 PA 660 PA
-
459 PA
Lyzantus is Formed
Founding
The Age of Red Stone
661 PA 960 PA
-
661 PA
27 /3
Kircian I Declares the Birth of The Kircian Dominion
FoundingWith the frost finally kept at bay, Kircian I solidifies the western north as The Kircian Dominion, holding all the local lords to their contracts and establishing an official Dominion, with Great Kircia seated on the highest plateu.