The Seven Eras
The Advancing Time of Colonisation
The first era when sapient life first appeared and history began. It lasted 2,000 years. Grand Lilithians believe that there was a world and life before this time, and humans are coming round to the idea, but they are alone.
Dates
Important Events
- By means and persons unknown, The Sunstone is removed from the Yumec's Sunspire, resulting in the collapse of their civilisation.
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The Celestial Age of Blessings
The second era when everything seemed to be going well and there were no major wars. It lasted 2,300 years.
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The Dissolute Time of Poorhouses
The third era which began when currency and the economy collapsed and wars became more frequent as resources became rarer and worth more. It lasted 800 years. The exception to this global poverty were the Children of Nherru who rose to prominence in the last centuries of the era. Kyrosos records indicate that they once referred to this as the Age of Ivory.
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The Bloodstained Aeon
The fourth era which was an all out war between, essentially, every sapient race on the planet. Evidently the Aeon was largely instigated by the Children of Nherru. It was during this era the Western Orcs were killed. It lasted 550 years. At the start of the Aeon, the The Zikal Crystals came into being when the Eye of Nherru was shattered.
Dates
15 A.S. the Aeon begins with the expansion of Nherru
0 A.S.- The Eye of Nherru destroyed.
~50 A.S. - Collapse of the Empire of Nherru, Children of Nherru become extremely Xenophobic but manage to hold their nation together for approximately the next 50 years.
114 A.S. - Nherru itself burns to the ground, only the ominous Tower of Nherru remains intact.
~30 A.S.- 443 A.S. Western Orcs menaced by the Northern Hordes.
443- Northern Hordes sack the Western Orc Capital. Western Orc government-in-exile sets up a rump state centered around the mountain fortress of Shug.
449- Cicazl send astronomer-priests to colonize Zikal.
459- Western Orcs turn on their human allies from Dokra and Groyle, launch air-raids against their territories and try to re-claim their lands; 1 Grand Dirigible, The Flight of the Buzzard, lost in the subsequent war.
470- Crusaders of Cicazl attack Western Orc remnants; baloonists sieze two of the remaining Grand Dirigibles;
472- Last stand of the Western Orcs; Shug falls after a long siege, its inhabitants massacred or scattered by the Cicazl warrior-priests. Western Orcs destroyed.
503- Sun Lilithians and allies cut off the Cicazl aqueducts; Tlapili falls
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From the time of the shattering, time is often measured as "AS" or After Shattering. This the Bloodstained Aeon ends at 550 AS.
The Age of Wounds
The fifth era was a recovering stage from the end of the wars. Wars during this time were brief, as each nation needed to lick its wounds, so to speak, and begin to rebuild. It lasted 590 years.
Dates
551 AS - 1140 AS
Circa 800 AS - Kyrosos at the height of it's power.
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The Era of Expansion
The sixth era was a time of expansion, exploration, technical advancement and scientific discovery. It was considered something of a "golden age" and lasted 900 years.
Dates
1141 AS - 2040 AS
Important Events
- 1553- Pollicles become extinct, after four hundred or so years of exquisite map making in this time of exploration.
- 1882- The lost kingdom of Quuarmar rediscovered in The Desert of Kobbon.
- 2026- Revolution of the Seers; Crystal of Fate brought to Orath.
- 2033- Egutu the Bloody gains control of the Crystal, begins his conquest of central Orath.
- 2041- Egutu the Bloody defeated; beginning of the Virtuous Age of Salvation
Important People of the Age
The Virtuous Age of Salvation
The current age, which has so far lasted 520 years. Since the last era was considered the "golden age", this one is often referred to as a "platinum age".
Dates
2041 AS - Present (2560 AS)
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Comments (6)
Lord DragonFang said
at 6:46 am on Aug 7, 2006
Hmm. We have a slight date discrepancy in the Era of Expansion. Most amusing that it lasts for 1,900 years, yet the dates read 1141 AS to 2040 AS. ;)
Nonetheless it will need changing, I guess it will be more appropriate to change the noted length, since we already have events occurring at 2040 AS that mark the end of the era.
anacharis said
at 6:49 am on Aug 7, 2006
Uhmmm, would you believe there was an accident involving a rubber band, a bottle of Vodka, the eye of harmony, and a couple of tons of Gelignite? :P
anacharis said
at 6:50 am on Aug 7, 2006
And it's changed.
Lord DragonFang said
at 7:03 am on Aug 7, 2006
Now THAT'S a volatile combination! ;)
Lord DragonFang said
at 3:47 pm on Aug 8, 2006
I've altered the description of the Age of Blessings slightly, as I can't conceive of there being a period of 2,300 years with NO wars whatsoever.
Lilith Nightwalker said
at 9:01 pm on Aug 13, 2006
Good idea, since that seems to be where I'm going to stick the Lilithian conflicts. I'm still working on it. For the Lilithians, it would be about 70-100 years of major conflict, but it didn't involve the rest of the world, and they never really called it a war, so it would all work out! Hoorah!
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