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==Prehistory: Cosmogenesis==
==Prehistory: Cosmogenesis==
[[Yudhe]] formed [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]], creation and destruction respectively. Dynara created divine creches in the [[Cosmic Plane]]s, and created many other beings. [[The Fates|The Fates]] were also first observed somewhere around this time.
[[Yudhe]] formed [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]], creation and destruction respectively. Dynara created divine creches in the [[Cosmic Plane]]s, and created many other beings. [[The Fates]] were also first observed somewhere around this time.


Most of Dynara's earliest creations were cast off to Magnora to devour, though Magnora kept some as her Handmaidens. These would later be known as the [[Soulless God]]s.
Most of Dynara's earliest creations were cast off to Magnora to devour, though Magnora kept some as her Handmaidens. These would later be known as the [[Soulless God]]s.


Yudhe also formed a son, who would remain [[Nameless Son of Yudhe|Nameless]]. With the Son's help, Dynara was able to consistently create beings with souls, the [[Elder God]]s.
Yudhe also formed a [[Nameless Son of Yudhe|son, who would remain Nameless]]. With the Son's help, Dynara was able to consistently create beings with souls, the [[Elder God]]s.


Magnora grew jealous of her brother, attempting to consume him. Instead of being destroyed, the Nameless disappeared through a tear in the fabric of reality. Yudhe despaired at the absence of his son, and his daughters felt this despair keenly through their connection to Yudhe. Magnora and Dynara would later disappear through that same tear in reality on a quest to retrieve their brother.
Magnora grew jealous of her brother, attempting to consume him. Instead of being destroyed, the Nameless disappeared through a tear in the fabric of reality. Yudhe despaired at the absence of his son, and his daughters felt this despair keenly through their connection to Yudhe. Magnora and Dynara would later disappear through that same tear in reality on a quest to retrieve their brother.
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The Elders won a pyrrhic victory against the Soulless by enacting the [[Daath Sequence]], a fearsome ritual capable of destroying an entire [[Cosmic Plane]]. Alas, without Magnora's presence, the Soulless Gods couldn't be truly destroyed and soon reformed, made stronger after consuming those slain on the battlefield.
The Elders won a pyrrhic victory against the Soulless by enacting the [[Daath Sequence]], a fearsome ritual capable of destroying an entire [[Cosmic Plane]]. Alas, without Magnora's presence, the Soulless Gods couldn't be truly destroyed and soon reformed, made stronger after consuming those slain on the battlefield.


Several members of the [[Fifth Circle]], the Thinkers, developed [[Fain's Elixir|an Elixir from Soulless essence]]. The elixir reanimated the mortally-wounded [[Orlachmar]], becoming the first [[undead]], subject to a similar hunger for divine essence that the Soulless exhibit. After the second use of the Elixir to restore the [[Sun Spirit]] drove the spirit to violent madness, the Gods convened and banned the use of the Elixir. However, [[Fain]] and eleven other Gods secretly continued to manufacture and use the Elixir on themselves, which helped turn the tide of several battles.
Several members of the [[Fifth Circle]], the Thinkers, developed [[Fain's Elixir|an Elixir from Soulless essence]]. The elixir reanimated the mortally-wounded [[Orlachmar]], becoming the first [[undead]], subject to a similar hunger for divine essence that the Soulless exhibit. After the second use of the Elixir to restore the [[Sun (spirit)|Sun Spirit]] drove the spirit to violent madness, the Gods convened and banned the use of the Elixir. However, [[Fain]] and eleven other Gods secretly continued to manufacture and use the Elixir on themselves, which helped turn the tide of several battles.


The [[Twelve Traitors]] crimes are eventually revealed and the sixth [[Triumvirate]] sentenced them to exile to the [[Void]]. When the Soulless breached the [[Domothean Spires]], the remaining Gods decided to escape into the Void as well in search of Dynara and Magnora. A last-minute attack by the Soulless resulted in a handful of Gods being stranded in Lusternia, and over the course of thousands of years, those Gods splintered into the mortal races of Lusternia.
The [[Twelve Traitors]] crimes are eventually revealed and the sixth [[Triumvirate]] sentenced them to exile to the [[Void]]. When the Soulless breached the [[Domothean Spires]], the remaining Gods decided to escape into the Void as well in search of Dynara and Magnora. A last-minute attack by the Soulless resulted in a handful of Gods being stranded in Lusternia, and over the course of thousands of years, those Gods splintered into the mortal races of Lusternia.
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''[[Vernal Wars|The initial summary of the Vernal Wars]]''
''[[Vernal Wars|The initial summary of the Vernal Wars]]''


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 as [[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 as [[Vernal God]]s.   


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.
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 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.
Eventually, the final nine Vernal Gods were able to trap the last remaining Soulless, the [[Kethuru|Mighty Kethuru]], behind [[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.


Precise dates are mostly lost to time, but several events are known to have occurred in order.
Precise dates are mostly lost to time, but several events are known to have occurred in order.
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==The End of the Holy Celestine Empire==
==The End of the Holy Celestine Empire==
[[Ladantine VII]], Holy Celestine Emperor, announced [[Project Cosmic Hope]], an expedition to reach the then-theoretical [[Astral Plane]] using a nexus of power. The forest communes shared prophetic warnings they received about the Project, but the Empire ultimately did not heed them. [[Magnagora]]'s [[Stone of Truth]] hosted the launch and, upon reaching the Astral Plane which is heavily [[Taint]]ed by [[Kethuru]]'s presence, the Stone cracked unleashing the Taint throughout [[Shallamar]], [[Earth]] and Magnagora. The Taint cloud spread, killing or mutating everyone who encountered it. [[Hallifax]] used summoned winds to deflect the cloud from reaching them but ended up blowing the Taint south to [[Glorianna Forest]], which became [[Glomdoring]] the merciless.
[[Ladantine VII]], Holy Celestine Emperor, announced [[Project Cosmic Hope]], an expedition to reach the then-theoretical [[Astral Plane]] using a nexus of power. The forest communes shared prophetic warnings they received about the Project, but the Empire ultimately did not heed them. [[Magnagora]]'s [[Stone of Truth]] hosted the launch and, upon reaching the Astral Plane which is heavily [[Taint]]ed by [[Kethuru]]'s presence, the Stone cracked unleashing the Taint throughout [[Shallamar]], [[Earth (plane)|Earth]] and Magnagora. The Taint cloud spread, killing or mutating everyone who encountered it. [[Hallifax]] used summoned winds to deflect the cloud from reaching them but ended up blowing the Taint south to [[Gloriana Forest]], which became [[Glomdoring]] the merciless.


The Expedition, heavily Tainted or undead from being stuck on the Astral Plane, reappeared through [[Gaudiguch]]'s [[Eternal Flame]]. Gaudiguch's wary leadership tried to keep the emperor's cohort under house arrest. Nonetheless, Hallifax invaded the Plane of Fire, fearing that Gaudiguch had fallen to the Taint. Gaudiguch held a similar fear about Hallifax due to this sudden aggression. The two cities resorted to their greatest experimental powers at the same time and the resulting interaction froze them both in time and severed the Taint's connection to Kethuru.
The Expedition, heavily Tainted or undead from being stuck on the Astral Plane, reappeared through [[Gaudiguch]]'s [[Eternal Flame]]. Gaudiguch's wary leadership tried to keep the emperor's cohort under house arrest. Nonetheless, Hallifax invaded the Plane of Fire, fearing that Gaudiguch had fallen to the Taint. Gaudiguch held a similar fear about Hallifax due to this sudden aggression. The two cities resorted to their greatest experimental powers at the same time and the resulting interaction froze them both in time and severed the Taint's connection to Kethuru.


[[Elder Honeysap]], the [[Great Tree]] of [[Ackleberry Forest]], retreated from the world to avoid becoming Tainted like Glorianna.
[[Elder Honeysap]], the [[Great Tree]] of [[Ackleberry Forest]], retreated from the world to avoid becoming Tainted like Gloriana.


==Modern History: Coming of Estarra==
==Modern History: Coming of Estarra==
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**New Celest and Magnagora war, and eventually the [[Star of Celest]] is brought down and must be raised again. ''({{News|Events|4}})''
**New Celest and Magnagora war, and eventually the [[Star of Celest]] is brought down and must be raised again. ''({{News|Events|4}})''
**A misunderstanding causes members of the Celestines to murder the [[fae]] of [[Faethorn]] and feed them to [[Gorgulu]] in an attempt to slay the [[Demon Lord]]. Gorgulu instead becomes stronger and transforms the devoured fae into imps. A [[little fae girl]] resists being transformed. Mortals read a poem from [[Gorgaliel|King Gorgaliel]] to obtain a true tear from [[Nifilhema]] which is used to reverse the transformation of the little fae girl. ''({{News|Events|5}})''
**A misunderstanding causes members of the Celestines to murder the [[fae]] of [[Faethorn]] and feed them to [[Gorgulu]] in an attempt to slay the [[Demon Lord]]. Gorgulu instead becomes stronger and transforms the devoured fae into imps. A [[little fae girl]] resists being transformed. Mortals read a poem from [[Gorgaliel|King Gorgaliel]] to obtain a true tear from [[Nifilhema]] which is used to reverse the transformation of the little fae girl. ''({{News|Events|5}})''
**A group known as the Disciples of Crow enact a blood ritual in [[Glomdoring]] that allows [[Mother Night]] to bring back the [[Great Spirit Crow]]. ''({{News|Events|6}})''
**A group known as the Disciples of Crow enact a blood ritual in [[Glomdoring]] that allows [[Mother Night]] to bring back the [[Great Spirit]] [[Crow (spirit)|Crow]]. ''({{News|Events|6}})''
*'''104 CE'''
*'''104 CE'''
**The [[Hand of Tzaraziko]] is uncovered in the [[Skarch Desert]], and the existence of [[Hallifax]] and [[Gaudiguch]] is confirmed, though they remain frozen in time.
**The [[Hand of Tzaraziko]] is uncovered in the [[Skarch Desert]], and the existence of [[Hallifax]] and [[Gaudiguch]] is confirmed, though they remain frozen in time.
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**[[Shikari]] returns to the First World. ''({{News|Events|32}})''
**[[Shikari]] returns to the First World. ''({{News|Events|32}})''
**Prophecies warn of an invasion. Creatures called [[gorgog]]s invade. On a mission, 4 [[lucidian]] sisters appear on Avechna's Peak and teach [[Astrology]] to the [[Guardian]]s and [[Wiccan]]s. Together, the newly-founded observatories perform a ritual that lowers a shield revealing the [[Arysian Isles]] in [[Bondero Bay]]. ''({{News|Events|33}})''
**Prophecies warn of an invasion. Creatures called [[gorgog]]s invade. On a mission, 4 [[lucidian]] sisters appear on Avechna's Peak and teach [[Astrology]] to the [[Guardian]]s and [[Wiccan]]s. Together, the newly-founded observatories perform a ritual that lowers a shield revealing the [[Arysian Isles]] in [[Bondero Bay]]. ''({{News|Events|33}})''
***The [[Arysian Isles]] hold a forgotten [[mage]] facility where [[Project Gorgog]] developed creatures from all 4 elements as living probes for testing [[Astral Plane|Astral]] travel prior to [[Project Cosmic Hope]]. During the [[Taint Wars]], when [[Earth]] became [[Taint]]ed, the gorgogs became twisted and insane as well. The facility's resident [[Geomancers]] similarly went mad, while the [[Pyromancers]] and [[Aeromancers]] were called away to fight. A few Imperial [[Aquamancers]] did their best to seal the gorgogs into dimensional pockets; however, some gorgogs eluded them and the invasion began when the free gorgogs released the others.
***The [[Arysian Isles]] hold a forgotten [[mage]] facility where [[Project Gorgog]] developed creatures from all 4 elements as living probes for testing [[Astral Plane|Astral]] travel prior to [[Project Cosmic Hope]]. During the [[Taint Wars]], when [[Earth (plane)|Earth]] became [[Taint]]ed, the gorgogs became twisted and insane as well. The facility's resident [[Geomancers]] similarly went mad, while the [[Pyromancers]] and [[Aeromancers]] were called away to fight. A few Imperial [[Aquamancers]] did their best to seal the gorgogs into dimensional pockets; however, some gorgogs eluded them and the invasion began when the free gorgogs released the others.
*'''121 CE'''
*'''121 CE'''
**Dimensional parasites, released by the invasion of the gorgogs, afflict the Basin with mental ailments. Development of the cure leads to [[mage]]s being able to learn the skill of [[Psionics]]. ''({{News|Events|34}})''
**Dimensional parasites, released by the invasion of the gorgogs, afflict the Basin with mental ailments. Development of the cure leads to [[mage]]s being able to learn the skill of [[Psionics]]. ''({{News|Events|34}})''
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====126 - 150 CE====
====126 - 150 CE====
*'''126 CE'''
*'''126 CE'''
**Two [[trill]] hunters, [[Aiella Ironwing]] & [[Viric Longfeather]], tracked two white tigers who attack [[New Celest]] and [[Magnagora]], while [[Mraxin]], an [[aslaran]] [[druid]] from [[Jojobo|beyond the Basin]], tasks the [[Hartstone]] and [[Blacktalon]] with protecting the endangered species. The two tigers are killed, but two cubs are found later. The trill hunters teach the city [[warrior]]s [[Hunting]] & [[Tracking]], while the druid teaches the commune folk [[Hunting]] & [[Ecology]]. ''({{News|Events|38}})''
**Two [[trill]] hunters, [[Aiella Ironwing]] & [[Viric Longfeather]], tracked two white tigers who attack [[New Celest]] and [[Magnagora]], while [[Mraxin]], an [[aslaran]] [[druid]] from [[Jojobo|beyond the Basin]], tasks the [[Hartstone]] and [[Blacktalon]] with protecting the endangered species. The two tigers are killed, but two cubs are found later. The trill hunters teach the city [[warrior]]s [[Hunting]] & [[Tracking]], while the druid teaches the commune folk [[Hunting]] & [[Ecology]]. ({{News|Events|38}})
*'''129 CE'''
*'''129 CE'''
**[[Lacostian]] uses a floating quartz disk to drain energy from the [[Seal of Beauty]] at the same time that a being called Whisp (later identified as [[Isune]]) begins contacting novices. Lacostian's disk succeeds in extracting Isune from the Kethuru side of the Seal but the disk is overwhelmed and shatters. With much effort, mortals and Lacostian assemble the pieces into a statue of Isune that comes to life, marking her second return to Lusternia. However, in a strange inverse of [[Viravain]]'s condition, a horrified Isune perceives everyone and everything as [[taint]]ed, even if they are not. ''({{News|Events|39}})''
**[[Lacostian]] uses a floating quartz disk to drain energy from the [[Seal of Beauty]] at the same time that a being called Whisp (later identified as [[Isune]]) begins contacting novices. Lacostian's disk succeeds in extracting Isune from the Kethuru side of the Seal but the disk is overwhelmed and shatters. With much effort, mortals and Lacostian assemble the pieces into a statue of Isune that comes to life, marking her second return to Lusternia. However, in a strange inverse of [[Viravain]]'s condition, a horrified Isune perceives everyone and everything as [[taint]]ed, even if they are not. ({{News|Events|39}})
*'''132 CE'''
*'''132 CE'''
**Sudden lighting plants a crystal tree on [[Mount Seirode]]. Unusual new birds called Aerials appear and, when brought near the crystal tree, bond with it. With enough Aerials, the tree flashes and the [[Elder God]] [[Elcyrion]], brother of [[Lacostian]], returns to Lusternia. Lacostian is skeptical, believing his brother died in the Elder Wars, until Elcryion explains his escape. ''({{News|Events|40}})''
**Sudden lighting plants a crystal tree on [[Mount Seirode]]. Unusual new birds called Aerials appear and, when brought near the crystal tree, bond with it. With enough Aerials, the tree flashes and the [[Elder God]] [[Elcyrion]], brother of [[Lacostian]], returns to Lusternia. Lacostian is skeptical, believing his brother died in the Elder Wars, until Elcryion explains his escape. ({{News|Events|40}})
*'''133 CE'''
*'''133 CE'''
**With the sudden appearance of the pillars in the Cave of Justice, [[Viravain]] is pulled into the [[Seal of Justice]]. [[Isune]] tries to extract her later until something goes wrong and so [[Shikari]] cuts the attempt short. In the aftermath, Isune's form contains both herself and Viravain. The dual goddess travels to [[Glomdoring]] and has a long conversation with herselves. Eventually, the [[Ebonglom Wyrm]] spins an enormous cocoon around itself, [[Crow (spirit)|Brother Crow]], [[Night (spirit)|Mother Night]], the [[Master Ravenwood Tree]], and the goddesses. ''({{News|Events|41}})''
**With the sudden appearance of the pillars in the Cave of Justice, [[Viravain]] is pulled into the [[Seal of Justice]]. [[Isune]] tries to extract her later until something goes wrong and so [[Shikari]] cuts the attempt short. In the aftermath, Isune's form contains both herself and Viravain. The dual goddess travels to [[Glomdoring]] and has a long conversation with herselves. Eventually, the [[Ebonglom Wyrm]] spins an enormous cocoon around itself, [[Crow (spirit)|Brother Crow]], [[Night (spirit)|Mother Night]], the [[Master Ravenwood Tree]], and the goddesses. ({{News|Events|41}})
**''({{News|Events|42}})''
**Black roses appear in [[Glomdoring]] and inhabitants feed the roses to the cocoon. Eventually the cocoon opens and the [[Ebonglom Wyrm]] emerges as the [[Ebonglom Wyrdling]] along with the [[Great Spirit]]s [[Crow (spirit)|Crow]] and [[Night (spirit)|Night]] and the newly-separated [[Elder God]]desses [[Isune]] and [[Viravain]]. They rose up in the sky and drew Glomdoring's [[taint]] up to them where it was transformed into the [[wyrd]], a fae word that means "a powerful event which changes the course of the Fates." ({{News|Events|42}})
*'''134 CE'''
*'''134 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|43}})''
**An invisible membrane ruptured on the [[Astral Plane]], afflicting everyone present with alien thoughts and strengthening the astral denizens. ({{News|Events|43}})
**''({{News|Events|44}})''
**[[Crow (spirit)|Crow]] felt he was not receiving enough devotion. [[Brennan Stormcrow]] led worked with the [[Glomdoring Commune]] to put on a feast with dirge, dancing and bloodletting. Crow was pleased. ({{News|Events|44}})
*'''137 CE'''
*'''137 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|45}})''
**[[Lacostian]] teaches the [[Basin]]folk how to treat the insanity now caused by the [[Astral Plane]].''({{News|Events|45}})''
**The [[World Library]] is constructed on [[Avechna's Peak]].
**The [[furrikin]] scholar [[Weeky Peedia]] emerges from the [[Skarch Desert]] interested in the great libraries of the [[Basin]]. Eventually disappointed by the extant collections, he founds the [[World Library]] on [[Avechna's Peak]]. He also endeavors to reward quality writings of both literary and scholarly natures.
**''({{News|Events|47}})''
**A dark spirit from the [[Elder Wars]] seeks out [[Roark]], alluding to unsavory secrets about the god from that time. ({{News|Events|47}})
**''({{News|Events|48}})''
**When the Iron Council of Magnagora seems unconcerned about a shrine to [[Elcyrion]] in the city, the Great Houses leave and begin plotting. [[House n'Rotri]] captures members of other Great Houses and enacts a demonic ritual. Upon completing the ritual, [[Kebira n'Rotri]] demands all people recognize her as Empress of the Basin. No one concedes this and so she causes the [[Necromentate]] to create "strange creatuers" which invade the Basin and eventually merges with it to become a colossal horror. With the help of [[Alaron y'Bolgari|Alaron]] and [[Selima y'Bolgari|Selima]] of [[House y'Bolgari]] and [[Snaikka i'Xiia|Snaikka]] of [[House i'Xiia]], a trap is set that disempowers Kebira. ({{News|Events|48}})
**''({{News|Events|49}})''
**In [[Faethorn]], [[Perriwinkle Sweetpease]] proposes to and marries [[Butter Sweetpease|Butter]]. Animosity between the [[fae]] of [[Glomdoring]] and [[Serenwilde]] is put aside during the festivities. [[Queen Maeve]] officiates and after offers the newlyweds with one wish as a wedding gift. Butter wishes that her godmother [[Jeitara]] could join the celebration. Jeitara appears and blesses the couple before traveling to the depths of the [[Inner Sea]] to spawn mutated [[kelpie]]s. The slaying of these aberrant beings gives Jeitara what she needs to awaken a volcano on the ocean floor opening a tunnel to [[Carai Caroo]]. ({{News|Events|49}})
*'''138 CE'''
*'''138 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|50}})''
**[[Rahrah]] the rafter finds a gravely injured man in the [[Toronada]]. Some help heal the man while others search for his attacker. This leads to the rediscovery of the [[Verasavir Valley]]. ({{News|Events|50}})
*'''139 CE'''
*'''139 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|51}})''
**[[Elcyrion]] and [[Lacostian]] attempt to use an orb they made to peer into the [[Void]] (just as [[Xyl]] had once done). A hesitant Lacostian evokes a shield to contain the untested invention. Though highly critical of the entire experiment, [[Raezon]] adds power as well and the vision coalesces into what appears to be [[Fain]], [[Hajamin]] and [[Terentia]] in a losing battle with a [[Soulless]]. Fearing for their kin, Elcyrion, Lacostian and Raezon strain themselves to extend a lifeline of essence into the Void and narrowly rescue Fain and Terentia but not Hajamin. Fain and Terentia, both unconscious and greatly wounded, are taken to [[Nil]] and [[Celestia]] respectively to recuperate. Mortals gathered [[essence]] from the [[Ethereal Plane|Etheral]] and [[Elemental Plane]]s to hasten their recovery. Terentia awakens first and demands to know if "he has 'it'". Without explaining further, she dashes back to the [[Transcendental Fulcrux]], back into the Void and returns with a [[:Category:Elder Artifacts|large crystal sphere]]. Fain arises soon after, similarly concerned about 'it', and furious at the news of Terentia and the crystal sphere. ({{News|Events|51}})
**''({{News|Events|52}})''
**Mysterious abductions on [[Avechna's Peak]] worry [[Trader Bob]] that creditors of his have come to collect. Instead, it turns out to be [[gnome]] [[aetherspace]] travelers who needed [[powerstone]]s. In exchange for the powerstones, [[Starhopper|Captain Girda Starhopper]] introduces the Basinfolk to [[algontherine|algontherine eggs]], which can hatch within an [[aethermanse]] to make the manse into an [[aethership]]. ({{News|Events|52}})
*'''141 CE'''
*'''141 CE'''
**The Silent Cathedral is built in [[Magnagora]].
**The Silent Cathedral is built in [[Magnagora]]. ({{News|Events|53}})
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*'''143 CE'''
*'''143 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|54}})''
**({{News|Events|54}})
*'''144 CE'''
*'''144 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|55}})''
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*'''145 CE'''
*'''145 CE'''
**Shrines belonging to the Orders of the Divine are transformed and capable of being attuned to the frequencies of war, shield, or healing. ''({{News|Events|58}})''
**Shrines belonging to the Orders of the Divine are transformed and capable of being attuned to the frequencies of war, shield, or healing. ({{News|Events|58}})
*'''147 CE'''
*'''147 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|59}})''
**({{News|Events|59}})
*'''148 CE'''
*'''148 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|60}})''
**({{News|Events|60}})
*'''149 CE'''
*'''149 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|61}})''
**({{News|Events|61}})
*'''150 CE'''
*'''150 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|62}})''
**({{News|Events|62}})


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====151 - 175 CE====
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*'''249 CE'''
*'''249 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|166}})''
**The [[Golden Triad of Leprechauns]] claims to have found their long-lost pot. ''({{News|Events|166}})''
**''({{News|Events|167}})''
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*'''250 CE'''
*'''250 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|168}})''
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====251 - 275 CE====
====251 - 275 CE====
*'''252 CE'''
*'''252 CE'''
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**After an eternal second, the shield that sealed [[Hallifax]] in time begins to crumble. The Beacon of Harmony and its Matrix returns to normal time after over 600 years in stasis. All the citizens had turned to glass, frozen in their final moments. Only Chairman [[Cririk Adom]] revives and is very confused, having experienced no time between the [[Taint Wars]] and the current epoch. ''({{News|Events|174}})''
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**''({{News|Events|178}})''
**With Hallifax's Primary Generator brought back online, the Matrix functions once more and re-establishes access to [[Air (plane)|Air]] and [[Continuum]]. [[Aeromancer]]s guild reopens. ''({{News|Events|178}})''
**''({{News|Events|179}})''
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*'''261 CE'''
*'''261 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|187}})''
**''({{News|Events|187}})''
**''({{News|Events|188}})''
**A temporal anomaly appears on the [[Emerald Road]], spewing out [[Dominator]]s and setting off alarms inside [[Hallifax]]. The Collective seeks out a 'candidate' and downloads massive amounts of information into [[Irima Ironwing]], a low-level research assistant. Irima goes to the [[Ministry of Peace]] and there transforms into the first [[trill|storm trill]] in modern history. With her new-found abilities, she raises a spire at the temporal rift to close it while fellow comrades fight of the [[howler]]s that escape from it. Afterwards, Irima explains the forgotten history of the [[Sentinel]]s and reopens their guild, herself acting as their tutor. ''({{News|Events|188}})''
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*'''262 CE'''
*'''262 CE'''
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*'''275 CE'''
*'''275 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|205}})''
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====276 - 299 CE====
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*'''565 CE'''
*'''565 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|453}})''
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====575 - 599 CE====
*'''575 CE'''
*'''575 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|454}})''
**The independent guild of [[Horizon Walkers]] make themselves known and open the way to the [[Ruins of Grimkeep]]. ({{News|Events|454}})
*'''581 CE'''
*'''581 CE'''
**''({{News|Events|455}})''
**[[Hugo Girard]] leaves [[Delport]] to strike out on his own and become the next mandolin star of the Basin. ({{News|Events|455}})
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*'''598 CE'''
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===7th Century===
====600 - 624 CE====
*'''601 CE'''
*'''601 CE'''
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**An [[aslaran]] in a floppy hat starts encouraging everyone to plant sunflower at the base of [[Avechna's Peak]] to commemorate the pilgrims and other travelers who died in recent years. ''({{News|Events|489}})''
**An [[aslaran]] in a floppy hat starts encouraging everyone to plant sunflower at the base of [[Avechna's Peak]] to commemorate the pilgrims and other travelers who died in recent years. ''({{News|Events|489}})''
*'''614 CE'''
*'''614 CE'''
**Gelu, a [[Champion of the Flame]] who died long ago on [[Celestia]] to the [[Army of Love]] while serving [[Loathys Inalai]] became an angel bound to a scabbard which was then [[tainted]], was laid to rest and returned knowledge of [[Holy Fire]] to the [[Celestine]]s. ''({{News|Events|490}})''
**Gelu, a [[Champion of the Flame]] who died long ago on [[Celestia]] to the [[Army of Love]] while serving [[Loathys Inalai]] became an angel bound to a scabbard which was then [[taint]]ed, was laid to rest and returned knowledge of [[Holy Fire]] to the [[Celestine]]s. ''({{News|Events|490}})''
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**Tilibe, the tae'dae, arrived at the pilgrim camp on [[Avechna's Peak]] and set up an agricultural commodities shop. ''({{News|Events|495}})''
**Tilibe, the tae'dae, arrived at the pilgrim camp on [[Avechna's Peak]] and set up an agricultural commodities shop. ''({{News|Events|495}})''
*'''620 CE'''
*'''620 CE'''
**The miner Voarag Dragnet toured the Basin's settlements and then established a shop for mineral commodities at the pilgrim camp on [[Avechna's Peak]]. ''({{News|Events|496}})''
**The miner [[Voarag Dragnet]] toured the Basin's settlements and then established a shop for mineral commodities at the pilgrim camp on [[Avechna's Peak]]. ''({{News|Events|496}})''
*'''621 CE'''
*'''621 CE'''
**A scholar in [[taurian]] history arrived as a guest lecturer at the World Library. They would only stay for 1 year. ''({{News|Events|497}})''
**A scholar in [[taurian]] history arrived as a guest lecturer at the [[World Library]]. They would only stay for 1 year. ''({{News|Events|497}})''
*'''623 CE'''
**[[Hulleh Honeytongue]] sought help locating flowering plants to attract bees and to remove a hornet's nest. This was all part of establishing the new [[Honeytongue Apiary]] in [[Tolborolla Valley]]. ({{News|Events|498}})
====625 - 649 CE====
*'''629 CE'''
**Conflict in the streets of Gaudiguch between the [[Shibchoyi Syndicate]], [[Cult of Transcendent Flesh]] and the [[Flamewright]]'s revolutionaries. South of the city, [[Mama Moschomi]], a retired [[Templar]], tends a village of the poor, maimed and infirm. Moschomi explains the three violent factions had been swelling their ranks with those villagers who felt they had no other options. ({{News|Events|499}})
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*'''648 CE'''
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====650 - 674 CE====
*'''650 CE'''
**({{News|Events|503}})
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*'''651 CE'''
**({{News|Events|505}})




[[Category: History]]
[[Category: History]]

Latest revision as of 03:57, 10 August 2023

The Timeline of Lusternia is an ongoing attempt to develop a comprehensive overview of all historical events.

Prehistory: Cosmogenesis

Yudhe formed Dynara and Magnora, creation and destruction respectively. Dynara created divine creches in the Cosmic Planes, and created many other beings. The Fates were also first observed somewhere around this time.

Most of Dynara's earliest creations were cast off to Magnora to devour, though Magnora kept some as her Handmaidens. These would later be known as the Soulless Gods.

Yudhe also formed a son, who would remain Nameless. With the Son's help, Dynara was able to consistently create beings with souls, the Elder Gods.

Magnora grew jealous of her brother, attempting to consume him. Instead of being destroyed, the Nameless disappeared through a tear in the fabric of reality. Yudhe despaired at the absence of his son, and his daughters felt this despair keenly through their connection to Yudhe. Magnora and Dynara would later disappear through that same tear in reality on a quest to retrieve their brother.

The time immediately following their disappearance is known as the Great Silence. At this time, the Elder Gods dwelt on the First World and the Soulless Gods were somewhere in the Void.

Eventual side-effects of Dynara & Magnora's absence:

  • Without Dynara, nothing could be truly created ex nihilio.
    • Any proto-gods left in the Cosmic Planes would never finish developing and are said to be half-formed.
  • Without Magnora, nothing could be truly destroyed forever.

Godsreign: The 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 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 Awakeners and Creators.

Their reign over Lusternia is thrown into chaos when the 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 Elder Gods met the Soulless in the Void but were entirely devoured, leaving the surviving Elder Gods to prepare for war.

The Elders won a pyrrhic victory against the Soulless by enacting the Daath Sequence, a fearsome ritual capable of destroying an entire Cosmic Plane. Alas, without Magnora's presence, the Soulless Gods couldn't be truly destroyed and soon reformed, made stronger after consuming those slain on the battlefield.

Several members of the Fifth Circle, the Thinkers, developed an Elixir from Soulless essence. The elixir reanimated the mortally-wounded Orlachmar, becoming the first undead, subject to a similar hunger for divine essence that the Soulless exhibit. After the second use of the Elixir to restore the Sun Spirit drove the spirit to violent madness, the Gods convened and banned the use of the Elixir. However, Fain and eleven other Gods secretly continued to manufacture and use the Elixir on themselves, which helped turn the tide of several battles.

The Twelve Traitors crimes are eventually revealed and the sixth Triumvirate sentenced them to exile to the Void. When the Soulless breached the Domothean Spires, the remaining Gods decided to escape into the Void as well in search of Dynara and Magnora. A last-minute attack by the Soulless resulted in a handful of Gods being stranded in Lusternia, and over the course of thousands of years, those Gods splintered into the mortal races of Lusternia.

Mortals began to populate the First World but were still ravaged frequently by the Soulless. Xyl constructed the Portal of Fate according to the Fates' instructions and mortals pass through it to become forever changed. Meridian is the last surviving Elder to splinter, and with that, the Elder Wars come to an end, with the Soulless still remaining a constant threat.

Mortal History: The Vernal Wars

The initial summary of the Vernal Wars

The mortal races of Lusternia carried on the war against the Soulless started by the Elder Gods, and created great Edifices of Power from which they were able to raise their own to great power as Vernal Gods.

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 final nine Vernal Gods were able to trap the last remaining Soulless, the Mighty Kethuru, behind Nine Seals, though they had to merge themselves into 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.

Precise dates are mostly lost to time, but several events are known to have occurred in order.

  1. Gorob of Glomborolum becomes the first Vernal God and then teaches the method to numerous other people and places.
  2. Shallah gives her heart to protect the krokani of Lirangsha and the Order of Shallah.
  3. Battle at the Andoven Cliffs ends with Takimaru, Lasoki of Larem, and Cullumbara of Xavi slain, while Il'vania and Il'garala are possibly mortally wounded. (Only one primary source has thus far been found of this event.) Klangratch and Urlach survive.
  4. The final nine merge to become the Nine Seals, form Avechna and seal away Kethuru.

The Aftermath and Founding of the 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 wiccans and druids helped found the nature communes around the Great Trees, the first Nexuses of Power since the Vernal Era.

Later a group of primarily merians 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 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.

The End of the Holy Celestine Empire

Ladantine VII, Holy Celestine Emperor, announced Project Cosmic Hope, an expedition to reach the then-theoretical Astral Plane using a nexus of power. The forest communes shared prophetic warnings they received about the Project, but the Empire ultimately did not heed them. Magnagora's Stone of Truth hosted the launch and, upon reaching the Astral Plane which is heavily Tainted by Kethuru's presence, the Stone cracked unleashing the Taint throughout Shallamar, Earth and Magnagora. The Taint cloud spread, killing or mutating everyone who encountered it. Hallifax used summoned winds to deflect the cloud from reaching them but ended up blowing the Taint south to Gloriana Forest, which became Glomdoring the merciless.

The Expedition, heavily Tainted or undead from being stuck on the Astral Plane, reappeared through Gaudiguch's Eternal Flame. Gaudiguch's wary leadership tried to keep the emperor's cohort under house arrest. Nonetheless, Hallifax invaded the Plane of Fire, fearing that Gaudiguch had fallen to the Taint. Gaudiguch held a similar fear about Hallifax due to this sudden aggression. The two cities resorted to their greatest experimental powers at the same time and the resulting interaction froze them both in time and severed the Taint's connection to Kethuru.

Elder Honeysap, the Great Tree of Ackleberry Forest, retreated from the world to avoid becoming Tainted like Gloriana.

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 the Eternal came to the First World and brought along with her the human race.

1st Century

2nd Century

100 - 125 CE

126 - 150 CE

151 - 175 CE

176 - 199 CE

3rd Century

200 - 225 CE

226 - 250 CE

251 - 275 CE

276 - 299 CE

4th Century

300 - 325 CE

326 - 350 CE

351 - 375 CE

376 - 399 CE

5th Century

400 - 425 CE

426 - 450 CE

451 - 475 CE

475 - 499 CE

6th Century

500 - 524 CE

525 - 550 CE

  • 526 CE
  • 527 CE
  • 530 CE
    • To honor the memory of those lost in the Shanty Town Massacre in New Celest, the Memorial Water Gardens are finally opened after a long period of construction. (Events #431)
  • 535 CE
  • 538 CE
  • 539 CE
    • (Events #434)
    • Tensions between the Orders of Maylea and Nocht rise after She steals a prized artifact from the Silent. (Events #435)
  • 540 CE
    • Nocht strikes back at Maylea, slaying one of Her treasured peacocks and stealing its blood and feathers, believed to have magical properties. (Events #436)
  • 545 CE
    • Mysrai the Thousandfold returns Her gaze upon the city of Gaudiguch and the Basin of Life. (Events #437)
  • 548 CE
    • A follower of Maylea successfully steals the Eye of Dynara from Nocht's temple, the most recent in a string of assaults against each other. (Events #438)

550 - 575 CE

575 - 599 CE

7th Century

600 - 624 CE

625 - 649 CE

650 - 674 CE