the ages lost to time have left echo's of past trials. umong these echoe's are whispers of a age of Arcanium, an age of Celest, and an age of reckoning but any notion of what these ages witnessed are long gone
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AGE OF CREATION
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in the beginning all that existed was the divine from their lips the words of creation brought the song of life into harmony and from that music, discord and disparity were born and cascaded into life as we know it. the age of creation was once likely broken up into many ages and eras lost to time
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the lost ages
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the great divergence
Celestial / CosmicThe age of creation was at an end after the great divergence a celestial phenomenon shunted the gods and other especially powerful entities to their own realms. Preventing them from directly effecting the material worlds. this split and tearing of reality formed many different planes of existence and many timelines, realities, and universes branch off from this seed.
AGE OF FIRE
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In The Age of Fire the veil between the lower realms was weak and fiends spilled onto Albion in droves, nearly dooming the planet and all life on it. Until a group of heroes came to drive them back whence they came.
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defeate of the fiends
Celestial / CosmicIn the age of fire the races of Albion united and rediscoverd their faith, pledging themselves to the memory of the gods, This shift gave the mortals the ability to harness their faith and granted some the power of divine spell casting. with their new found power they defeated the fiendish armies
AGE OF ASH
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After the races of Albion drove away the fiendish armies a new age dawned. The races were once again faced with subjugation and anhelation, this time by the dragons that had hid away in the previous age growing fat and strong in their lairs. This age lasted far longer than the age of fire but eventually brave heroes killed the last of the dragons
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extinction of dragons
Celestial / CosmicWhen faced with the tyranny of dragons the races of Albion did not give into dispare, for they had battled creatures born of flame and hatred once before. a tale as old as time demanded new heros rise and reclaim the land from evil and chaos.
AGE OF DEICIDE
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Following the extinction of the dragons the races of Albion began undergoing sudden dramatic mutations resulting in the creation of Kobals and dragonborne. These dragon touched mutations hid away from the other races until through arcane ritual they managed to bring back the dragons. the dragons remembering the cost of their pride and the pain of defeat choose to hide once again till they could come out and retake their place at the top as rulers of Albion The Old moon goddess, Selune struck the planet crushing a whole civilization and deposited Ad Anhair Evista, the elves who lived their. The unleashed power of the feeled goddess tore a rift through the planes connecting the Feywilds to Albion. This age is marked as the start of the elven calendar as well as the beginning of elvish expansion across the world.
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old moon died
Celestial / Cosmicthe old moon collided with Albion and her death Selune bore Luna the silver moon and Umbra the black moon
age of conquest
1500 1777
In direct response to the elves expanding a human by the name of Alexander made many alliances and gathered strength. He wished to protect his lands from the invading elves and began conquering the continent, only being stopped by the forces of Gilgamesh of Sumer. when the two heroes battled they gained respect for one another and for the second time in Gilgamesh's life he felt he meat a equal. With a newborn friendship between the two the continent was united and dubbed Exandria.
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Alexanders campaign
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siege of Istracor
1778 2277
After uniting the continent of Exandria under one leader and celebrating in his home. Alexander began to plan his next military campaign. A full on assault against Istracor, but he died in his sleep before he could bring his plans to fruition. In his grief Gilgamesh gathered his armies of Sumer and sailed to Istracor himself. Beginning a 500 year long siege against the high elves of Istracor. He didn't stop until his blood lust was quenched. Demanding one of the glass towers of Istracor as tribute, which he took with him back to Sumer before entombing himself in a pyramid in Babylon and resting for 2,000 years a routine he took to repeating
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Gilgamesh's rest
Celestial / CosmicAfter satisfying his bloodlust Gilgamesh took one of Istracore's glass towers, returned home and entombed himself in a pyramid for a 2,000 year long rest.
age of mending
2277 4369
This age is marked by the races of Albion trying to forge new friendships and overcome prejudices from past conflicts while allowing their civilizations to flourish. This a long time of global peace, while small scale conflicts arise and atrocities inevitably happen no large reaching struggle grips the world.
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pact of the eight
Cultural eventafter the atrocities in the past war the races worked to regrow and rebuild, forming the first pact between all the races of Albion since the age of fire. Now 1,humans 2,dwarves 3,halflings 4,fey 5,servos (all the reptilians races untouched by the dragon mutation) 6,arials (winged natives of Albion-flying races) 7, giants and 8,the new dragon races all worked together and opened their boarders and hearts to their neighbors, thus began an era of reconstruction and peace.
the great wake
4369 8999
after the age of mending and the races strived to overcome there past differences, the most knowledgeable among them formed a united order, the peasants called them the wise ones for they provided council to all peoples on all mater of things, above all they toiled away in their large towers studying the stars in pursuit of the old moon. During this age clerics of the old moon Goddess Selune aligned with the human clerics of Hermes and the elven clerics of Mercury, creating their own order the silver knights who patrol the roads and protect wayfaring travelers as well as hunt things that bump in the night. a evil cult arose to power in this era and managed to revive the god of death Vecna, during his revival before he could fully transcend into his divinity or regain his lost power a group of heroes arose to slay the mad god and save the realm once again
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scourge of Luyarnha.
Cultural eventthe silver knights discovered the lost city of Luyarnha., in their study of the mad town the scourge beasts and the curse of Yharnam took control of a chunk of land in southern Exandria on Sumers side. Only the Jaegers live their now
AGE OF DESLOATION
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with the connection to the gods being more unreliable than ever before, the faithful of Albion have been forced to worship saints, heroic vassals of their gods, intermediaries between the mortal and divine in this age of uncertainty, whispers of prophesies speak of an era of great struggle, where heroes will have to rise once again and battle ancient enemies of ages past
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