History of the World

A council of dragons known as the Worldshapers rule over Stenneron and establish their territories around the world.

The first of the Elves arrive from the Feywild under Corellon's leadership to assist the Worldshapers in establishing life on Stenneron.

Corellon and his wife Sehanine shed tears of joy at the beauty of the creation of Stenneron. With Elves, Dwarves, and the Dragonborn living in harmony, the tears fall upon the land giving rise to several other lifeforms: Grung, Locatha, Loxodon, Minotaur, Tortle, Tabaxi, Lizardfolk, Kenku, Aarakocra, and Leonin. These folk had their first taste of life outside of animalistic nature and spread to many corners of the world, refusing to be subject to the Worldshapers.

It is not known where they were brought from, but Giants arrived on Stenneron and became the opposition for the Worldshapers.

Though no records exist, around this time it seems the gnomes emerged from the feywild onto Stenneron.

Elven leadership disagreed about uplifting the human tribes, and those who were against the decision to do so split into a faction known as the Preservers and declared war against the Enlighteners. The Enlighteners utilized human warriors and after 250 years of conflict, the Preservers decided to migrate back to the Feywild.

The Giant Lords began a campaign to push the Worldshapers out of power. They were largely successful and the Worldshapers diappeared from Stenneron. The Giant Lords then broke down in petty fights between each other, leading Stenneron to no longer be united under a single rule.

Elven King of Fae'Phyra, Andanian Laraethious, declared himself Grand Emperor after a successful political revolution, declaring the Celestial Stone his birthright due to celestial heritage. Many fanatical followers joined his cause as he began a campaign to seize the Celestial Stone from those who guarded it.

Grand Emperor Andanian Laraethious successfully sieged the city of Ezea where the Celestial Stone was held, taking it for himself. Though it is not known exactly what he used it for, he used whatever power he gained to completely raze the city and the location is now lost.

Grand Emperor Andanian Laraethious was defeated at the hands of Stenneron's Mightiest Warriors and Mages. These heroes earned much favor from the Gods for this great achievement and were rewarded with immortality and great power as they became Gods, Exarchs, and Demigods.

Barizmul Giantheart was chosen by Moradin himself to represent in an attempt at peace with the Giants. Fearing the journey alone, he brought his friend and bodyguard Nargulim Brighthammer. On the journey, the dwarves' bond grew even deeper. Barizmul was slain in a battle that broke out with some hill giants on the way to Annam's Eye, the spot where the Covenant was to be created. Knowing the importance of this covenant, Nargulim continued the journey and became the vessel for the covenant, placing the Brighthammer clan at the forefront of giant relations.

Unbeknown to a majority of civilized Tellaya, the savage cultures of the southern desert had been amassing armies south of the mountain pass that leads to the Everlasting Expanse. Othrod Bloodaxe rallied troops of Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears, Ogres, and Trolls to his cause of conquering civilized society. Building supplies by raiding human, dwarven, and elven sites in the desert, they began their march northward, nearly making it to Sommerset before getting driven back by an emboldened Knights of Erathis. Erathis herself belssed the warriors as they drove the savages back. Led from Ageranthium, leaders of the church called crusaders from all over Tellaya to join the battle. Dwarven reinforcements from the Consortium bolstered the armies and drove the Bloodaxe Horde back into the desert. Eventually, mercenaries were hired to patrol the pass, and Mount Kiranstar was founded as a guard post against another invasion.