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Global Timeline

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This timeline uses the worldwide standard for recording eras of history, which the Isles regards as BM (before Mahlan) and AM (after Mahlan). Mahlan was the first written language in the Isles.


To understand the world's progression, it is highly recommended to read the three History chronicles first:



10,500 BM

The Dark Ages of the Isles, when hill giants, frost giants, and megafauna ruled the lands. Inside the Twin Crescents, the gods have spurred dwarves, elves, and other species to evolve.


10,500 - 5,000 BM

The Early Ages of the Isles, when humanity began to form tribes.


In the Isles:

  • Invention of crops, plows, and other simple tools

  • Domestication of animals

  • Fishing vessels and basic villages/towns are constructed

In the Crescents:

  • Electricity, steam engines, long-range communication, and terraforming has been discovered

  • Munitions, magic, and warfare is advanced to the point of lasers and long-range gatling guns

  • Dwarven automatons, elven airships, and lizardfolk shield technology are ultra-powerful

5,600 BM

The Aether Elves crash-land on Ilisara's surface from their homeland, the moon.


2,000 BM

Inside the Twin Crescents, the ancient civilizations of the Lizardfolk, Sun Elves, and Dwarvenkind annihilate each other. Civilization inside the Crescents restarts from near-scratch.


0 BM

In the Isles, the first written language, called Mahlan, is invented by a scholar named Heiwei. The Castle Age begins.


In the Isles:

  • Settlements become fortified and feudalism is established

  • Organized militias are formed

  • Ships capable of ocean-travel are built

In the Crescents:

  • Tribal societies have just begun to settle into permanent towns

  • Elves and dwarves are fighting each other and hurtling towards extinction


1 AM - 300 AM

The Isles:

  • The first wars are fought as civilizations encounter each other for the first time

  • An'mani attempts to colonize Arcadia, and fails

  • The Azure Empire is founded

The Crescents:

  • Humans are created by the gods in Thrain

  • Wars stop long enough for new civic inventions to thrive, like basic plumbing

  • The Age of Life begins

300 AM

The Isles:

  • The first independent kingdoms are formed in the Isles

The Crescents:

  • Veladriel arrives and founds the Kingdom of Vestia, ushering in an era of feudalism to the Crescents

  • Magic is supplied to the Crescents by the death of the god of magic

660 AM

The Isles:

  • The first magic university is founded

  • The Azure Empire is founded

700 AM

The Isles:

  • The Age of Magic begins

  • The remaining independent kingdoms in the Isles are formed


725 AM

The Crescents:

  • Mok'gram erupts, rendering the entire eastern crescent a scorched husk of desert, scrubland, and volcanic rock

740 AM

The Crescents:

  • The Confederacy is created, uniting elves, dwarves, and humans against the orcish threat

973 AM

The Crescents:

  • Verunism becomes a formal faith with the Radiance title to lead it

1,000 AM

The Crescents:

  • Winterheart is destroyed

  • The Confederacy does battle against the orcish warlords, and wins (Drums of War)

1,026 AM

The Crescents:

  • The Afterlife collides with the living world, removing the barrier around the Crescents

  • The Vestian Empire is formed

  • Veladriel becomes a goddess

1,030 AM

The Isles make contact with the Twin Crescents while fighting the Silver War.

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