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History of the Silver Shores

A Galadorian centric timeline showing all historical and major events leading up to and including currents happenings in the Silver Shores.

Current Date:

The 13th of Firedawn in the year 3250 C.R.

The Primeval Era

Before Time Was Recorded

The gods of The Twelve create the beginnings of sentient beings as we know them. Dragons begin find their way from the outer planes to the Natural World. Silvanus takes his most rebellious fae and shapes them into the Elves. Volturnus later creates the Dwarves to safeguard their creation from evil. The first forms of creatures born of both the divine, the diabolical, and forms that crawled of the eldritch primordial ooze walk the world. Primus creates Humans, and over the millennia eventually unite to become The First Tribe of Men. While humans are the youngest species to roam the world, they seem to develop the quickest and soon will begin building empires.

  • The End of The Primeval Era
    The Infernal War and The Divine Compact
    Military: War

    Asmodeus marshalls the devils of the Nine Hells at one last attemp to gain all the souls wandering the afterlife in The Endless Sea. Their forces are met by the gods, and a costly war is fought ending with Asmodeus and his devils driven back to hell empty-handed, and the gods wounded, drained, and weakened. It was then the Divine Compact was written and signes. A pact of non-interference by the gods of the Twelve, the devils of the Nine Hells, and the demons in the Abyss with the Natural World. The gods retreated back to The Divine Isles and The Endless Sea to heal and regain their divine power.

The Empire of Silver

The birth and rise of Celinad and it's empire which rules almost all of the western continent that would come to be known as the Silver Shores.

  • Circa 1800 C.R.
    Vecna is speculated to be born
    Life, Birth

    This is the year that has been speculaterd the lich turned god, Vecna was born, According to legend, as a lich he was over 1,000 years old before he ascended to godhood. No one knows for sure what the exact date was, let alone his birthplace.

  • Circa 2130
    Gaurwaith, The Sword of Oathheath created
    Construction beginning/end

    Rassilon, at the request of Emperor Romulus crafts the legendary magic sword, Gaurwaith, The Sword of Oathheath. The Emperor gives it as a gift to his most loyal bannerman, Baron Zigurd Blackwulf of Oathheath. The sword possesses magical powers and legend says that only a member of the Blackwulf bloodline can wield the sword's full power.

The Rise Of Kingdoms

2460 C.R. and beyond

From the ashes of the Celinadian Empire comes the rise of the kingdoms (Kingdom of Galador, Empire of Vaszkysa, and city-states (Republic of Lumene', Free City of Weyrcliff, Megiers).

  • 2460 C.R.

    Harvestmoond
    2620 C.R.

    Battlestorm

    The Days of Death and Fire
    Military: War

    With the destruction of her mighty legions and capital city after the attack from the demonic legions, the Celinadion Empire disintegrated. The kingdoms of the Silver Shores were left undefended, so it was not long before the horde of nomadic horsemen of Kartar had discovered this, and soon great barbarian hordes swarmed westward. The lands of the Silver Shores were plundered repeatedly over the next century and a half. The wide plain which surrounded Daemons Cleft became so despoiled by the repeated passing of armies on foot and horseback that it was named “The Ruined March.”

  • 2630 C.R.

    Wildbloom

    The Empire of Vaszkysa is formed.
    Founding

    Succeding from the Kingdom of Galador after the Days of Death and Fire, the Celinadian, Alaynius becomes the first emperor of the Empire of Vaszkysa.

  • 2752 C.R.

    Battlestorm
    2865 C.R.

    Fortunara

    Vecna seizes control of Vaszksya
    Military action

    The lich Vecna assasinates the third emperor of the Empire of Vaszkysa with powerful dark magicks and siezes the Imperial throne. He beomes the mad emperor, the lich-king, and his reign of terror of the region lasts over 100 years.

  • 2848 C.R.

    18 Arcanum
    2868 C.R.

    30 Arcanum

    The Twenty Year War begins
    Military action

    ​The Empire of Vaszkysa invades Galador. The Twenty Years War begins.​

  • Circa 2865
    Vecna and Saint Cuthbert become gods
    Religious event

    Vecna enacts his plan to become a god. While his exact plan does not succeed, he kills Kestra and Agysus and aborbs their divine essesnce becoming the god of secrets, knowledge, and necromancy, a minor deity. To reward Saint Cuthbert for his heroic part in stopping Vecna's plan to destroy existence, he is raised to the status of minor deity.

  • Tempestfall 2868 C.R.
    The Twenty Year War Ends
    Military action

    Now without an emperor Vaszkysa is driven back, but not defeated. The Twenty Years War ends.