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The '''Timeline of Lusternia''' is an ongoing attempt to develop a comprehensive overview of all historical events. | |||
==Prehistory: Cosmogenesis== | ==Prehistory: Cosmogenesis== | ||
In this time, [[Yudhe]] created [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]]. Dynara created divine creches in the outer planes, such as [[Nil]], [[Celestia]], [[the Vortex]], [[the Continuum]], etc., and filled them with Her creations. These creations are known as the half-formed, and were surrounded by smaller beings known as living templates. When the half-formed grew, they become [[Elder God]]s. | In this time, [[Yudhe]] created [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]]. Dynara created divine creches in the outer planes, such as [[Nil]], [[Celestia]], [[the Vortex]], [[the Continuum]], etc., and filled them with Her creations. These creations are known as the half-formed, and were surrounded by smaller beings known as living templates. When the half-formed grew, they become [[Elder God]]s. | ||
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==Godsreign: The Elder Wars== | ==Godsreign: The Elder Wars== | ||
''[[Elder Wars|A complete summary of the Elder Wars]]'' | ''[[Elder Wars|A more complete summary of the Elder Wars]]'' | ||
Following the Great Silence, the Elder Gods are drawn to the First World. They organized Themselves into Circles based upon their innate abilities and predilections | Following the Great Silence, the Elder Gods are drawn to the First World. They organized Themselves into Circles based upon their innate abilities and predilections and are led by the [[First Circle]], known as the Leaders and Mediators. The Gods began to populate Lusternia with life, a process spearheaded by the Circles of [[Sixth Circle|Awakeners]] and [[Seventh Circle|Creators]]. | ||
Their reign over Lusternia is thrown into chaos when the [[Soulless God|Heralds of Magnora]], later known as the Soulless Gods, began to move through [[the Void]] on a journey to consume the First World. A diplomatic envoy of Gods met the Soulless in the Void but were attacked, leaving the surviving Gods to prepare for war. | Their reign over Lusternia is thrown into chaos when the [[Soulless God|Heralds of Magnora]], later known as the Soulless Gods, began to move through [[the Void]] on a journey to consume the First World. A diplomatic envoy of Gods met the Soulless in the Void but were attacked, leaving the surviving Gods to prepare for war. | ||
Victory over the Soulless appeared to be impossible, until several members of the [[ | Victory over the Soulless appeared to be impossible, until several members of the [[Fifth Circle]], the Thinkers, develop a way to use the essence of the Soulless to return from death. The elixir is used to save [[Orlachmar]]'s life, but ultimately resulted in Him becoming undead, driven by the same internal hunger for divine essence that plagues the Soulless. The Gods convened and banned the use of the elixir, but [[Fain]] and eleven other Gods secretly use the elixir on Themselves, turning the tide of war in the Gods' favor. | ||
The [[Twelve Traitors]] are eventually discovered and exiled to the Void, and without a clear way to defeat the Soulless, the remaining Gods decided to escape into the Void on a search to recover Dynara and Magnora from wherever They disappeared to. A last-minute attack by the Soulless resulted in a handful of Gods being trapped in Lusternia, and over the course of thousands of years, those Gods splintered into the mortal races of Lusternia. | The [[Twelve Traitors]] are eventually discovered and exiled to the Void, and without a clear way to defeat the Soulless, the remaining Gods decided to escape into the Void on a search to recover Dynara and Magnora from wherever They disappeared to. A last-minute attack by the Soulless resulted in a handful of Gods being trapped in Lusternia, and over the course of thousands of years, those Gods splintered into the mortal races of Lusternia. | ||
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The mortal races of Lusternia carried on the war against the Soulless started by the Elder Gods, and created great [[:Category:Edifices of Power|edifices of power]] from which they were able to raise their own to great power. These were the [[Vernal God]]s. | The mortal races of Lusternia carried on the war against the Soulless started by the Elder Gods, and created great [[:Category:Edifices of Power|edifices of power]] from which they were able to raise their own to great power. These were the [[Vernal God]]s. | ||
The mortals who became Vernal Gods all possessed the strength and abilities of those who passed through the [[Portal of Fate]], and these powers were only amplified by becoming Vernal Gods. In this way, the Vernal Gods were effectively more powerful than the Elder Gods before them, and so | The mortals who became Vernal Gods all possessed the strength and abilities of those who passed through the [[Portal of Fate]] [citation needed], and these powers were only amplified by becoming Vernal Gods. In this way, the Vernal Gods were effectively more powerful than the Elder Gods before them [citation needed], and so they had more success in fighting the Soulless than history had ever seen before. Because Magnora and Dynara had not returned to this reality, there was no true way for the Soulless to die; they could only be trapped: their ability to wreak havoc delayed until they grew strong enough to break free. | ||
Eventually, the Vernal Gods were able to trap the last remaining Soulless, the [[Kethuru|Mighty Kethuru]], behind [[:Category:Living Seals|Nine Seals]], though they had to | Eventually, the final nine Vernal Gods were able to trap the last remaining Soulless, the [[Kethuru|Mighty Kethuru]], behind [[:Category:Living Seals|Nine Seals]], though they had to merge themselves into [[Avechna|one being]] to do so. With the Soulless imprisoned and the Vernal Gods' power absorbed by the Seals, the Vernal Wars ended, and mortals were finally, for the first time in history, able to thrive without their very existence threatened by extraplanar beings. | ||
==The Holy Celestine Empire and the | ==The Aftermath and Holy Celestine Empire== | ||
After the Elder and Vernal Wars, Lusternia was greatly damaged, with only pockets of the world remaining remotely habitable. The largest of these pockets is the [[Basin of Life]], which became the primary region for the rest of history. | |||
Tremendous progress toward remediation came when [[Ellindel Treeheart]], her mate [[Glinshari Strongleaf]] and their students began working with the [[fae]] of the [[Ethereal Plane]] to heal the ecology of the Basin. These [[wiccan]]s and [[druid]]s helped found the nature communes around the [[Great Tree]]s, the first [[Nexuses of Power]] since the Vernal Era. | |||
Later a group of primarily [[merian]]s settled an island in the [[Crystal Sea]] and attempted to purify the waters there. Their efforts eventually led to the discovery of the [[Elemental Plane]] of [[Water (plane)|Water]] and the [[Cosmic Plane]] of [[Celestia]]. Channeling these planes, they created the [[Pool of Stars]], the first artificial [[Nexus of Power]]. | |||
===The Nature Wars=== | |||
Conflict broke out at some point between the Holy Celestine Empire and the forest communes, this is known as the [[Nature Wars]]. | |||
==Modern History: Coming of Estarra== | ==Modern History: Coming of Estarra== | ||
The [[Elder God]] [[Roark]] eventually found the tear in reality into which Dynara and Magnora followed the Nameless Son of Yudhe. Roark determined that the three beings had formed into one and helped this being cross back into Lusternian reality. Thus [[Estarra|Estarra the Eternal]] came to the First World and brought along with her the [[human]] race. | |||
===1st Century=== | ===1st Century=== | ||
===2nd Century=== | ===2nd Century=== | ||