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History of the Worlds

Pre-Time

Events that occurred before the beginning of time, at least as mortals understand it.

  • before time
    Gathering of the Gods
    Gathering / Conference

    The Progenitor gods gather in the Outside to discuss the creation of the multiverse. All but one are in favor.

    Species
    Divine Being

Creation

80000 70000

Events that occurred while the multiverse was being formed.

  • Creation
    Creation of Spacetime
    Celestial / Cosmic

    Spacetime is woven together by Time and her Autochronotrons.

  • 79000


    Creation of the Waters
    Geological / environmental event

    The lakes, rivers, and oceans are created by Syvanthea and Ossh.

  • 78800


    Creation of the Woods
    Geological / environmental event

    Terolthen plants himself in a nameless valley and grows the first forest around him.

First Anarchy

70000 60000

The earliest days of mortals and monsters alike, including the earliest mortal civilizations.

  • 69999


    Creation of the first mortals
    Era beginning/end

    The first mortals are created by the gods.

  • 69900


    Arrival of the Aeli
    Population Migration / Travel

    The immortal Aeli arrive from Elsewhere.

  • First Anarchy
    Nazantu'ul murders and usurps Death

    King Nazantu'ul becomes the first lich, tricks Death, steals his scythe, and turns it against him. To prove that Death is dead, he uses magic to make the dead of his kingdom rise and turn against the people, then uses the scythe to reap the zombies he created.

  • First Anarchy
    Tembru feasts on Death

    A beetle feasts on the corpse of a god of death and becomes a new god.

Godswar

60000 50000

The time of the terrible conflict between the gods, which tore reality asunder.

  • 51000


    Time's Sacrifice

    In a desperate attempt to end the Godswar, Time sacrifices herself to destroy War in a temporal paradox. With Time's death, fate is unbound and the Autochronotrons are left to try to hold Creation together without her. Time's demise shocks the gods into desiring peace, and War's demise makes it possible.

    Species
    Autochronotrons
  • 49999


    Beginning of the Divine Concordat
    Diplomatic action

    The gods set aside their differences to sign a peace treaty in an attempt to stop another Godswar from ever occurring again.

    More reading
    Divine Concordat

Second Anarchy

50000 40000

The fragile era after the Godswar but before the arrival of the Overlords.

  • 49999


    Beginning of the Divine Concordat
    Diplomatic action

    The gods set aside their differences to sign a peace treaty in an attempt to stop another Godswar from ever occurring again.

    More reading
    Divine Concordat