Timeline

The Timeline is a rough outline of the events of the world of Valen'Dria. The early eras have little to no exact dating to them, as many events occurred long before modern time keeping was created.

Before Recorded History

 * From out of the Void came the First Gods, Lady Light and Lord Night.
 * They began their dance, and from it they created the union of the Day and Night cycle, which in turn gave birth to the third: Chronus, Lord of Time, and so did time begin.
 * From the Void arose the Primordials, beings of terrifying and raw elemental power. They used their power to begin to shape the planes of existence.
 * From their creations came the mortal plane, the elemental planes, the Abyss, the Shadowfell, the Feywild and the Astral Sea.
 * During this time, new Gods appeared, lured by the creation of the Primordials. Intrigued by this, they added permanency to the planes, stabilizing them and making them permanent.
 * The primordials took great offense to this, and thus did begin the Dawn War.
 * At great cost and sacrifice, the Gods did eventually win, slaying or imprisoning the primordials.
 * Eventually the Gods gave in to infighting and turned on each other, beginning the War of Heaven.
 * The Gods defeated the betrayer Gods, banishing them to the Abyss or to the Hells.
 * Some of the betrayer Gods became the first devils.
 * The Gods created the Pax Materium, and all sides of the War of Heaven signed it. This contract forbids direct contact with the Mortal Plane. Only via avatar, or agents of the Gods and Devils can they interact with the Mortal Plane. The contact is kept in the Plane of Law, heavily guarded, as the words on the contract make things reality.

The Age of Heroes

 * The Cerulean Wars happen. A central series of conflicts that spread from the Astral Sea into the Mortal Plane. The Ceruleans were a race of constructs that have memories of their genetic ancestors implanted into them, and used as the army of the Masters.
 * The Wars finally end with the Cerulean Masters defeated and chained in the space between realms, to never escape.
 * The God of Death, Mortis, descends to the Mortal Realm, seeking to become the ultimate God, and annihilating all life. Mortis bypassed the the Pax due to his role to the one who ferries the deceased of the Mortal Plane to the afterlife.
 * Mortis sought to combine two legendary relics, the Sands of Chronos and the Shard of Chaos from the Abyss, to create a singular point in time where he is the central focus and can alter reality as he saw fit.
 * Mortis was hunted down and defeated by a party of legendary heroes, his body shattered into different aspects of death: Kharon, the Ferryman, the Judge of the Dead, and the Goddess of Death.

The Dark Age (Sekaiden)

 * A great star falls from the heavens, and lands in Sekaiden. The impact site is known as the Great Scar. Monsters previously unknown to the world spill forth from the crater.
 * After years of struggle against the horde, a great leader rises up and leads a great army against the mosnters.
 * The monsters are pushed back to the Scar, but from the depths of the underworld, the Great Serpent of Hell is summoned forth to aid the monsters.
 * The Gods come to the aid of the mortals, gifting the leader with the Kamidogu. Using this power, the Serpent is slain, and the monsters are driven from the land.

The Unifying Age (Sekaiden)/The Age of Enlightment (Tamariel)

 * Shortly after the defeat of the Serpent of Hell, the armies of the mortals turn to infighting, and a great civil war breaks out amongst themselves.
 * After a decade of warring, the one who slew the Serpent once more rose up, being the victor of the civil war and united all the people under his banner. He then established the Empire of the Sun, naming the land Sekaiden, the Jade Lands. Taking the name of Hoshihito, and begins his reign as the First Emperor of the Sun Throne.
 * In the years following the establishment of the Empire, the Great and Minor clans are formed.
 * During this time, the Wall of Heaven's Will construction begins around the Great Scar, and manned by the Onikage Clan to push back the monsters should they return.
 * After a decade, the great wall is completed.
 * Hoshihito passes, his final decree is that the Kamidogu is sealed away, to forever have it's secrets guarded by his blood until the day it is needed again. His firstborn becomes the next Emperor, taking the name Hoshihito II.
 * On Tamariel, two powers formed. The Philosopher Kings of the North, and the Goblin Mage Kings of the South. Both sought peace and enlightenment, and an age of intellect and artistry grew.
 * The Goblin Empire continued to craft great wonders, culminating in their massive floating cities that they used as their center of power.

The Age of Decay

 * The Philosopher Kings delve deeply in their hunt for knowledge, becoming hungrier for even more.
 * The tribes of the wildmen began to raid the two powers, testing their defenses.
 * The tribes proved to be a threat, their savagery and skill in battle saw them strike many victories against both powers.
 * The Goblin Empire opted to relocate to their floating cities completely. The Philosopher Kings, not having a strong force in which to defend themselves, decided to turn to forbidden knowledge.
 * The Philosopher Kings tap into the power of the Far Realm, and using that power, turned back the wildmen tribes.
 * The Kings, corrupted by the taint of the Far Realm, began to expand aggressively across Tamariel.
 * The Goblin Empire, seeing the change in the Kings, declares war on them.

The Age of the Great Fall

 * The Philosopher Kings and the Goblin Empire wage a terrible war across the land of Tamariel. This war would be known as The Fall.
 * Eventually, the Goblin Empire emerges victorious, but weakened. The Philosopher Kings, defeated, are driven deep underground into the Underdark. There, they are warped by the taint of the Far Realm, their hunger for knowledge becomes literal as they feast on the brains of sentient beings, becoming the Mindflayers.
 * The Goblin Empire retreats to their final floating city, retreating to an isolated and secluded location, wishing to be left alone.
 * The battle left a great storm of arcane energies that opened a rip into the elemental planes, and through spilled forth the Djinn.
 * The Djinn rule over the people of Tamariel for many years, enslaving and punishing any who dared to challenge them.

The Era of Change

 * The Goblin Empire return and wage war against the Djinn. During this time, a rebellion of mortals rises up against the Djinn as well.
 * The Goblins battle the Djinn on the elemental planes and seal the Efreeti away, this act pushes the Goblin Empire to the brink of collapse.
 * The mortals defeat and drive away the rest of the Djinn, with a man known only as Hawkthorn rising up to lead them forward into a new era.
 * At the same time, a new faction within the elven empire has pushed forward and taken charge.
 * The new elven force, known as the loyalists, are led by the Blessed Mother. She begins to lead her people on a conquest of the world.

Star Fall Era (SF)

 * 0 SF - A star fell from the heavens and struck the Silver Glade.
 * 75 SF - A group of adventurers are captured and experimented on by a member of the Ala'Shin alien race.

Splintered Future (No Longer Exists)

 * 125 SF - A group of adventurers escape from a medical laboratory, and free a group of ghost pirates imprisoned to a mystical jewel.
 * Adventurers return to their own time and free the pirates in that time, creating a paradox that removed the souls from the future,
 * Jonathan Jones, the undead pirate, feels robbed of his property, revives Henry Gallows, tasking him with the mission to find these adventurers and bring their souls to him.