The Raven Queen ascends to godhood during a siege of her kingdom, reforming death in Talonn forever.
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History of Talonn
The timeline of Ages in Talonn from the inception of the planes.
Wings
0 > 2999
Gods walk the Material Plane, mortals evolve.
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1421 Wings
The ascension of the Raven Queen.
Celestial / Cosmic
Glory
0 > 2999
Mortals begin to organize, the Godbreaker’s age, ended when the gods were driven out.
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2974 Glory
The Godbreaker is born.
Life, Birth
Fire
0 > 2999
Period of upheaval due to planes shifting and power vacuum left by gods.
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361 Fire
The Worldeater is defeated
Military actionThe draconic creature known as the Worldeater is defeated and killed by the wizard Iason von Seres in single combat.
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481 Fire
Queen Taladriel's death
Life, DeathQueen Taladriel vas Holeven dies after her extremely successful regime, but has no official heir.
Flood
0 > 2999
Plane shifting leads to huge natural disasters, magic begins to bleed from the Material Plane as the Feywild recedes.
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12 Flood
The ascension of Idwan Mordus.
Celestial / CosmicThe formerly mortal Idwan Mordus ascends to godhood, becoming the deity of illusions.
Silver
0 > 2999
Elven society splinters into subgroups as some leave permanently for the Feywild and the drow go underground.
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450 Silver
Seluné/Shar's curse
Celestial / Cosmic
Beasts
0 > 2999
The dragon-king Archus terrorizes the land before being taken down by his own creations, the dragonborn. Humans arise as a world power in Estenwald.
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217 Beasts
Drakon is born
Life, BirthDrakon, the dragonborn who would become Archivist and the first vampire, is born.
Crystal
0 > 2999
Elven civilization falters, humans establish Ester Fal in the ruins of elven cities, and (majority) orcs found Sarkhaan. Gnoll warlords fight for supremacy before the first god-king builds Chandris.
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1032 Crystal
Discovery of Tarvestine's Disease
Discovery, ScientificTarvestine vas Ulis develops and dies from the first recorded case of Tarvestine’s disease.
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1632 Crystal
Hyundin vas Evard's Account of Numinen
Miscellaneous
Runic
0 > 2999
Mechanicals are invented in Sarkhaan, establishing it as a major power.
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2763 Runic
Cirta is founded.
FoundingThe city-state of Cirta is officially founded in the ruins of a Crystal-era human settlement at the mouth of the Lacrime del Gigante river next to the Sea of Anaïs.
Location
Lacrime de Gigante River
Tempest
0 > 2999
An arms race begins between Sarkhaan (mechanicals) and Ester Fal (magic). Cirta, a small city-state, allies with Chandris and they stay out of it, but wars decimate large swathes of Sarkhaan and Ester Fal.
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897 Tempest
904 Tempest
Arturo Damien's Voyage
Discovery, ExplorationA cleric of Umberle, Arturo Damien, and his crew are funded by the Berestani king on a expedition to the Northern Continent. They end up landing in what would end up becoming Saffron Cove, and their well-publicized tales of the undiscovered land later draw the motley crowd that would eventually become The Saffron Admiralty.
Magic
0 > 2999
The first magic academies and universities are founded in a fairly prosperous time. Ester Fal never recovers from its loss to Sarkhaan. Beré becomes a major trade power, but Shara splits off and claims its independence in a bloody civil war.
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231 Magic
The Athenaeum is founded in Cirta.
FoundingThe Athenaeum is founded in Cirta with the backing of the Consortium and aid funds from Chandris.
Location
Cirta -
1898 Magic
Lirael Coldmourne retreats to the Isle of the Wizard
ExpeditionLirael Coldmourne retreats from society to the Isle of the Wizard and establishes her hold there.
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2378 Magic
Hyun Billunsbolt invents the runic engine.
Technological achievementHyun Billusbolt invents the runic engine, a marriage of clockwork technology and runic magic, that enables Blackmoor to begin work on the first railroads in Talonn.
Location
Blackmoor
Dawning
0 > 2999
Current age. Something is about to happen. No one will knows its true name until Numinen emerges in year 2999.
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1415 Dawning
The Medical Academy is founded in Cirta.
FoundingThe Athenaeum partners with a Consortium-backed group of doctors to found the Medical academy of Cirta, the first of its kind in Talonn.
Location
Cirta -
2339 Dawning
Shining Voice is built
Life, Birth -
2623 Dawning
The murder of Lady Jadzeena Jadzeran.
Life, CrimeThe Chandran noblewoman and priestess Jadzeena Jadzeran is murdered by pirates from The Saffron Admiralty while traveling in the Sea of Abbadon.
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2630 Dawning
Tres & At Fangrys are born
Life, BirthTres & At are born and found. Their father dies eleven years later.
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2655 Dawning
The Court of Eternal Night is usurped
Era beginning/endThe Court of Eternal Night is destroyed and new custodians take its place, scattering the overthrown exiles into continental Talonn.
Location
The Keep of Eternal Night -
2696 Dawning
Tres Fangrys Eyel ascends to lichdom
Life, Supernatural -
2732 Dawning
The Courtesan's Exile
Political eventThe Courtesan of the Gods abandons Chandris and disappears, later reported to be dead by the God-King's personal guard.
Location
Chandris -
2758 Dawning
Lady At Fangrys Eyel dies
Life, DeathLady At Fangrys Eyel leads a final expedition into the mines of Czyernik accompanied by mercenaries Abiyr Arsolum, Captain Alden Blackwell, Katarine de Masque, and Bendin Quik'and. She never returns.
Location
Czyernik