Third millennium before IC

-2789: Malekith finds the Circlet of Iron in the ruins of Vorshgar in the Chaos Wastes.

-2774: The Cults of Pleasure run rampant across Ulthuan, with Bel Shanaar apparently unable to reign them in. Malekith returns and leads a purge against the cultists, even denouncing his own mother as a traitor.

-2750: Malekith kills Phoenix King Bel Shanaar, then enters the Flame of Asuryan to claim the throne. Instead, he is horribly burned and flees to Nagarythe. Elven Civil War begins. Cathayan astromancers call down the Great Maw into Ogre lands.

-2748: The meteorite summoned by the Cathayan astromancers emerges from the opposing hemisphere, causing the ocean to boil.

-2747: Nagarythian Nobles loyal to the Phoenix King rise in rebellion against Malekith. In the Battle of Dark Fen, they are defeated by an army led by Morathi. Alith Anar leads the survivors in a silent guerrilla war against their traitorous kin.

-2745 to -2735: War in the Sky. Ogres migrate into the Ancient Giant Lands and destroy the ancient Skytitans.

-2736: Malekith is encased in the Armor of Midnight by Hotek and calls himself the Witch King.

-2724: Caledor the Conqueror defeats Malekith (now known as the Witch King) at the Battle of Maledor.

-2723: The Sundering. Malekith disrupts the Vortex, plunging northern Ulthuan beneath the waves. Contact is lost with the Old World colonies.

-2722: Malekith and his followers arrive on the western shores of the Sea of Malice. Naggaroth is founded.

-2720: The Ogres leave the ruined Giant Lands and settle in the Mountains of Morn.

(C. -2500 to -2000): The ancient city that later becomes known as Skavenblight is first occupied by men. It grows rapidly to become the most populated human city in the Old World.

-2700: Zharr-Naggrund, capital of the Chaos Dwarfs, is allegedly raised by its sorcerers in a single night.

-2600: The Chaos Dwarfs enslave the greenskins of the Dark Lands and the Mountains of Mourn.

-2500: The rise of Nehekhara, the first true human civilization. Upon their death, the Priest King rulers are mummified and entombed in great pyramids. These clusters of tombs and pyramids are called necropolises. Kurgaz finds a way to melt Gromril and creates the first Anvil of Doom.

C. -2460: Following his victory over the Orcs of the Bloody Fang tribe, Settra becomes vexed that he will one day grow old and die. Settra founds the Mortuary Cult and commands its priests to discover the secrets of immortality.

C. -2400: Dragon Ogre Wars. The Ogres discover the Dragon Ogre race. Relations are hostile and the ogres manage to drive the Dragon Ogres northward.

-2390: Settra names Nekaph as his personal champion. Over the following decades Nekaph secures the unconditional surrender of over a dozen foreign cities. Scores more refuse to submit to Settra’s rule are subsequently destroyed

-2383: The King of Bhagar revolts against Settra’s rule. Order is quickly restored when the Herald Nekaph travels to the city and slays the rebellious king.

-2350: Settra perishes, and his body is interred within a magnificent pyramid in preparation for a time when he will arise to his Reign of Millions of Years.

(-2350 a -1950): The Time of Kings — Dozens of kings come and pass following the death of Settra. Upon their deaths, they are mummified and entombed in ever more elaborate pyramids along with the still-living soldiery of their legions.

-2343: Dark Elf explorers discover the Underworld Sea.

-C. -2000: Mullah Aklan'd, a young and celebrated Arabyan warrior native to the island of Fyrus, begins to assemble a large army to drive the High Elves out of Araby. His hatred of the elves stemmed from a series of looting and assaults perpetrated by Asur. Mullah manages to reconquer Fyrus from the hands of the elves, to unite Araby under his command, thus becoming the first Great Sultan of Araby.

-2000: Birth of Nagash. Ancient records of Zlatlan refer to strife with lost Dwarf stronghold of Karak Zorn occurring at this time.