The History

Genesis

Ao, the Unmoved Mover, sorted the Positive, Negative, and Ethereal planes from the endless Astral Sea using the magic of the Plummet of Space. The first beings, the Primordials, awoke and lived throughout the positive plane, but after an uncounted age the negative plane came to house many primordial families as well. The Ethereal plane could be traversed to cross between the planes, but further passage to the deep ethereal was strictly prohibited by the will of Ao.


And so, the Boundless Age began. An Age of ideation and partitioning.

The Dawn War

Among newly emerging demiplanes planes within the positive and negative hemispheres of the cosmos, the second beings were born, inheriting the energy of their home plane and thus mutating into a multitude of forms. Growing strong with belief, the Deities were willful and challenged the Primordials for mastery over the planes. And victorious, The Deities divided among themselves the Outer Planes; the Primordials were banished forever to the Inner Planes and soon were further removed by the Elemental Chaos.


And so, unsettled, the Cosmic Egg was broken and the Rainbow-dragon was born of that unjust war.

The Travels of Avaloros

A hallowed being, Avaloros inspired fear and envy in the Deities and was beset by many while touring the Cosmos. Gathering advocates among the Elder Elementals, Avaloros performed the Ritual of the Rainbow which conceived the Material plane. Avaloros entered the new space and draped a veil of star nymphs over their body, a vanguard for this special plane hidden within the Deep Ethereal.


And so, nearing the exhaustion of their energy the Arrow of Time was forged, an artifact that generated the Past and the Future. A bounty unlike that of any other plane flowed within the Material Plane, so began the Spring of Avaloros and the first counting of years.

The First Great War

The race of Dragons arose spontaniously on the land-forms that sprouted from Avaloros through the cultivation of Behemoth, the Elder Elemental of Earth. The race of Iskuzai arose from a small colony of powerful Giant magicians who scryed the Material plane from their war-town home in Ysgard. The Giants suffered from dreams of mastery over the land and with the conclusion of their war with the Dragons came the Marring of Avaloros.


And so, the First Age began. An Age of both harmony and discord. The arrival

The Hesperides Awaken. After the Marring of Avaloros, 13 satellites orbit Avaloros, with shards of their Harmonic energy within. Manifestations of this energy traverse the land in avatar forms, aiding the living things with boons and punishing those who break the natural laws of the Material Plane.


And so, the Pendulum of Balance swung towards harmony for a time.

The Population of Avaloros

The Hesperides opened portals to other planes briefly to collect living beings from abroad to participate in the harmony of the Material Plane. With plentiful space and resources, many kingdoms and clans establish themselves across the land.


And so, The Council of Animalia declared the Great Blood-Pact and there was peace for an Age.

The Second Great War

The Pendulum of Balance was tipped toward Discord when war erupted between the races of Tiefling and Aasimar. The fury of the opposition was unbridled and the stars were dark in mourning for the terrible loss of life.


And so, the Second Age began. An Age of incursion and darkness.

The Piercing Talons

The darkness after the Second Great War was interrupted when a satellite of Avaloros erupted in a shower of molten rock and choking fumes. Among the cataclysm, all suffered the agony of want while four Heralds of Death, born from the incursion now named Moira, stalked the good folk of Avaloros.


And so, the conquest of the Material Plane began in earnest. Some dark force from beyond the Astral Sea sought the final end of the Harmony of Avaloros.

The Waking of the Stars

Deep within the land, a hungry slave miner discovered a round fist-sized gemstone that they swallowed, unnoticed by their task-master. The revelation of the Geode Prophecy blazed like a fire in the slave’s dreams and upon waking so began the Quest for the Stars.


And so, through great effort and no small loss of life the Star Veil was reformed and the Terrible Shadow was held at bay for an Age.

The Last Great War

The seed of corruption was however sown. Slowly enriched by the small darkness in every creature’s shadow, cankerous princes forgot their heritage, and joined the dark march of the four Heralds of Death. There was war and pillage among the Children of Avaloros. The fate of the Material Plane was held in contest.


And so, the Third Age began. An Age of war and decline.

The Calendar of Zaborav

Prophesied events that preceded the remaking of the world, the Calendar marks the deaths of the Heperides and waning of the Elder Elementals. Death cults hold processions of lamentation, desperate to hope for the Future.


And so, there was much suffering in the Material Plane.

The Ever-storm

The Elder Elementals are the last Advocates of Avaloros to fail in their task. The waters and airs become spoiled and turbid, the sun is darkened, and the bounty of the land fails.


And so, it falls to the Party of Heroes to enact the Ritual of the Rainbow, the required magic that would save Avaloros, and get back to the Past.

Avalorosian Spacetime

The Arrow of Time and the Plummet of Space are the Devices of the Planes. Energized by the Rainbow Ritual and activated by the Party of Heroes, the encroaching Darkness is defeated and the All-light erupts in a font of life, the Cosmic Egg is remade.


And so, the Last Age ends.