Timeline of Aedelore

BEFORE LIGHT

Before time. Before form.

Timeless

The Void exists. Zarathen, the Whisperer. Zelgor, Harbinger of Shadows.

Three previous creation cycles have bloomed and faded.

BEFORE CREATION

From the release of light to the shaping of Aedelore.

0 BC

The Black Sun releases its light

Six emanations. Taninsam, Tanin'iver, Leviathan, Tiamat, Tatsu, Tohu.

~500 BC

The Aspects learn their powers, dance in the void

~1,000 BC

The Grand Battle

Zelgor driven back into the deepest void.

~1,500 BC

Countless worlds shaped from the energy of battle

1st AGE — AGE OF SHAPING

The gods walk openly. Wonder and creation.

0 CE

Aedelore created

~100

Great Tree of Morningstar planted. Four Aspects depart. Taninsam and Tohu enter slumber in Thorsheim.

~500

Dwarves awaken from Mount Basin

~800

Elarion falls. Elves arrive in Aedelore.

300-year war. 33 Weavers sacrifice their souls. 12 portal ships. Covenant of the Crossing.

~850

Lorenzia founded. Rivermount founded.

~1,000

Orcs and Trolls emerge

~1,150

Prophecy of the Return spoken (300 years after Lorenzia)

~1,200

Malcath falls. The Sunken City. Lake of Shadows.

~1,200

The Eleven Seals created - gods and mortals together

~1,500

Brightwood destroyed

Taninsam vs Zelgor. Victory at terrible cost.

~1,500

Nyxora born from Zelgor's fury

~1,700

Nyxora's conquest of Borea fails. Driven back by Tatsu and Leviathan.

2nd AGE — AGE OF MAGIC

The gifts flow freely. Power and pride.

~2,000

The golden age begins. Harmony. Magic flows freely.

~2,200

Amber's Call founded

~2,500

Amber's Call lost

Void-touched Orcs. Thrain falls. Kaela's oath.

~2,600

Noctara falls to Nyxora. Silent Hand founded.

~2,800

Noctara breaks with Nyxora. Silent Hand reformed.

~3,000

Harmony fractures. Elves and Dwarves withdraw from Orcs and Trolls.

3,450

The First War begins

Orcs and Trolls besiege Lorenzia.

3,500

Nortaq

Lordean's sacrifice. Divine judgment. Armies consumed by sacred fire. Treaty signed.

3rd AGE — AGE OF SILENCE

Magic withdrawn. Loss and learning.

3,500

Tohu withdraws magic

The Age of Silence begins.

~3,540

Thrain Deepdelve's expedition to Nortaq ruins

~3,580

Thrain dies. Nortaq Codices sealed in Amber's Call.

~3,700

Humans emerge

Elves transformed by grief. Seywald founded.

~4,000

Halflings arise at the Great Tree

~4,300

East Trade, Lutovia, and Castle Black founded

4,347

Nortaq Codices discovered in Amber's Call (year 847 of 3rd Age)

~4,800

Siege of Embersail. Trolls repelled.

~5,800

Auren Vale rediscovers the Weave

First magic since the Silence. Arcane Creed founded.

~5,900

The High Elven Request. Scrolls recovered from Amber's Call.

4th AGE — AGE OF AWAKENING

What slept begins to stir. This age is unwritten.

~6,000

Age of Awakening begins

Magic returns in unpredictable surges.

~6,100

Mount Cinder erupts. Taninsam dreams of the First War.

~6,200

Guardian's Fellowship. Void manifestation driven back.

~6,300

Orcs attack the Halflings. The Great Tree sends warning.

~6,350

Siege of Rivermount

The blood ritual. The Seals crumble. The ancient evil stirs.

~6,400

Now

Prophecies converge. Seekers sent. The heroes are sought. The hour grows late.