Laramic Record

The universe is created by Ilu, the Creator.

The world was formed. Elemental great old ones arrive having been shown visions of the planet by their Outer God deities, chief among them being Cthugha and his fire vampires (fire), Chaugnar Faugn (earth), and Yidhra and her Children (darkness).

An ancient humanoid named Mnemnosyne finds the Lethe Arch and the Akashic Library, enabling native Torians to ascend to godhood. These Modern Gods begin the Fourth (and final) Elder War. During this war the dinosaurs are wiped out by cataclysms caused by the warring gods. The Flying Polyps escape their imprisonment and take their revenge on the Yithians, sabotaging their laboratories in Pnakotus and causing Yggdrasil to grow which destroys the entire city.   The Modern Gods created servitor races, giantkin and dragonkind, to battle the Yithians and mi-go respectively. The Great Race sends its greatest minds to the fifth planet in the solar system, escaping eventually to a distant star near Taurus. The mi-go engineer themselves smaller and smaller bodies until they become as small as atoms and hide from the servants of the gods. The Elder Thing civilization is pushed back to a single city in the antarctic mountains near the south pole.

The Modern Gods and Elder Gods battle in the Godswar, with the Modern Gods winning and banishing the Elder Gods. The kingdom of Meara is shattered by volcanic eruptions during the Godswar, scattering the Tribes across the globe as they flee the destruction.

Science and technology reign and humanoids have taken over the planet, delving into the secrets of the natural world. Non-human races are increasingly rare and eventually vanish. Lack of access to magic coincides with a shortening of memory involving it.

All history beyond the last few thousand years has been forgotten or deemed myth. Unbeknownst to any, this is caused by the influence of the Great Old Ones, whose prisons have weakened considerably. Their growing influence prevents any Elder God or Modern God from influencing the world, further solidifying the belief of the populace that magic isn't real.   Cults begin to arise worshipping the Great Old Ones.

The cults of the Great Old Ones draw close to releasing their masters and ending all humanoid civilization. An immortal Mearan named Absulcon, son of Mnemnosyne, sacrifices himself to bring about the resurgence of magic into the world, which seals the Great Old Ones anew. This event is also the point in the natural timeline in which the Chronomancers Fracture Torar's timeline.   In the prime future, this causes about half of the population of Torar to suddenly change species as magic flows back into them. This also opens the world back up to the gods' creations, such as dragons, though the gods themselves are trapped behind the Fracture, unable to exert will to any part of the timeline afterward.

Torians discover that Charon, Pluto's moon, is actually a piece of ancient alien (mi-go) technology that is connected to a vast network of such devices, making interstellar travel possible. Torian races join the galactic stage.   The discovery that magic is powered by a previously undiscovered element dubbed 'element zero' leads to a few field of science in magic that is dubbed biotics, while magic is renamed the 'mass effect'.

The research of biotics has led to the creation of the warp engine, which allows individual ships FTL travel options. This makes intergalactic travel possible. Discovery of humanoid and nonhumanoid life in many neighboring galaxies leads to many colonization drives, spreading Torian society across the universe. Anything becomes possible.