The four great houses of the elves - Dôr, Tïr, Naï and Ïlo - send a joint expedition from their traditional homeland and arrive on the continent of Varsolaris.
Ancient Varsolaris History
Covers the rise and fall of civilization at the dawn of the Varsolaran timeline
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The Age of Elven Prosperity
The Age of Elven Prosperity
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The Year of Visions
The Discovery of Varsolaris
Population Migration / TravelAll four houses of elves - Dor, Tïr, Nai and Ilo - come together to send an expedition across the ocean to see what lies beyond the horizon when their mystics predict a land directly under the watchful gaze of the Great Dunia.
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The Year of Visions
The Founding of Lyamael, the First City
FoundingLyamael, the powerful leader of the Dôr family, founds the first city and names it after himself. Lyamael City is built around colossal tower known as 'The Beacon.'
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Time of Sundering
Banishment of House Ilo
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The Age of Elven Prosperity
The Great Scholar Migration
Population Migration / TravelVarsolaris is somehow extremely attractive to those who would study magic, and many seeking knowledge migrate to the new land.
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The Age of Elven Prosperity
House Tïr founds the School of Nafine
FoundingFrom its humble beginnings as a school teaching the workings of magic to a student body that mostly consisted of local farmers, Nafine would eventually rise to become one of the top schools of magic in the world.
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The Age of Elven Prosperity
The Founding of Elthing
FoundingA breakaway group of scholars from Nafine establish their own school and city, both named Elthing. Elthing was founded underwater and was protected by a magic bubble that provided air for the residents to breathe, and was located at the favoured resting place of a great Storm Serpent named Glengosh.
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The Age of Elven Prosperity
Shrine to Viktoria Created
Religious eventA shrine is made of pure gold deep under water in the center of the city to remember Viktoria.
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The Long Heat
The Long Heat
Geological / environmental eventA student studying dark magic at Nafine cast a spell which brought about the "Long Heat," a heat wave lasted many many years.
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The Long Heat
Elthing Population Boom
Rising temperatures on land drive people to the undersea city of Elthing, creating a boom period for the city.
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The First Elven Dark Age
The First Elven Dark Age
A period marked by high mortality rates. Dragons first arrive in Varsolaris during this era.
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The First Elven Dark Age
Mysterious Plage Afflicts Elves
Plague / EpidemicSome illness affects elves when they live close to the trees. First to discover this was the Naï family.
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Precursor to the dragons arriving
The First Great Dragon Wars
Era beginning/endDraconis, Hrassitssar, Morrinda, Tsalindar and Xarka escape a great war by means of a magic portal. Each leads a small group of dragons to Dunia.
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The Elven Civil War
Assassination of High Chancellor Judo
Military actionHigh Chancellor Judo is assassinated during the Festival of the Serpent by Dolgil, the High Chancellor's bodyguard.
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The Last Dragon War
The Last Dragon War
Disaster / DestructionOpen war breaks out amongst the dragons for the last time. Untold numbers bystanders die in the crossfire.
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The First Elven Dark Age
Kamdur arrives in Varsolaris
MiscellaneousThe green dragon Kamdur is the first dragon to arrive in Varsolaris. Kamdur sets up his lair near @Naï territory. Other dragons soon follow and establish their own territories.
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The Elven Civil War
The Elven Civil War
Military actionTensions between the elven houses that have been building for generations break out into a civil war that engulfs much of Varsolaris.
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The Last Dragon War
Frost Dragons and the Aktril are wiped out
Disaster / DestructionHrassitssar and the last of the Aktril are wiped out in a coordinated assault by the Earth Dragons and the Flame Dragons, believed to have been led by Draconis himself. Cries for peace intensify.
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Age of Seeking
The Elven Schism
Political eventWith the arrival of the dragons, dissent among the elven houses causes their four houses to splinter back on the mainland. When one of the Dark Elf houses splinters to follow Draconis as an avatar of their deity incarnated, the Light Elves also reorganize to give rise to the Sea Elves.
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The Elven Civil War
Glengosh becomes Protector of Elthing
Elthing was forced to pick side in the Elven Civil War or else. Since Elthing didn't have their own army, they were able to remain neutral by petitioning the Storm Serpent Glengosh to protect their city.
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The Elven Civil War
Nafine wizards learn secrets of Reincarnation
Scientific achievementWizards at the Nafine School of Magic discover a way to replicate the Reincarnation spell. The research is led by a brilliant wizard named Terryon Terries. Shortly after its discovery though, the spell is banned by High Chancellor Kree.
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The First Elven Dark Age
Discovery of the Plague's Source
Plague / EpidemicLater generations of the Naï family discover that, while the trees are somewhat poisonous themselves, it's actually small grey bears living in the trees that entire race has a deadly allergy to.
The Invisible Toxic Koala Bears turned out to be the cause, and were discovered when a member of House Naï, delirious from fever, cast the spell Fairy Fire at a random place in the forest.
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The Elven Civil War
House Tïr under new leadership
Political eventA new communist-style government takes control of House Tïr. The Festival of the Serpent becomes a national holiday.
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The Elven Civil War
Magic Prohibition
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventBlu the archer reveals herself and is angered by what she sees has become of House Tïr. She punishes House Tïr, and in response a full prohibition against magic is enacted.
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The Age of Expansion
The Age of Expansion
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The Age of Expansion
The Rise of Mythanar
FoundingMythanar becomes the centre of the trade market. The port city attracts a lot of magical talent and grows to become Lyamael's rival. Mythanar eventually becomes the capitol of Varsolaris after Lyamael falls.
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The Age of Expansion
The Diversivication of Transportation
Though most citizens continue to ride pigs as transport as they have for generations, the wealthy elite make great efforts to have unique steeds. Leander of the Tïr is seen riding a capybara to a meeting of the houses.
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The Age of Expansion
Creation of the Thunderdome
Cultural event"Mad Max" of the Ïlo hides his magical stash in an arena called "The Thunderdome"
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The Last Golden Age
The Last Golden Age
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The Last Golden Age
Kamdur moves to Lyamael
Disaster / DestructionKamdur attacks Lyamael and takes it over as his nest/lair. House Dôr suffers a loss in status that they never recover from. Mythanar becomes the new capitol.
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The Last Golden Age
Elven Capitol move from Lyamael to Mythanar
The Elven capitol moves from Lyamael to Mythanar. Lenna, the last heir to Lyamael's Golden Crown, refused to give the crown to the city's leader Lancaster and escaped the city with it through an underground passage to an Underground city.
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The Last Golden Age
The Beacon Falls
Disaster / DestructionThe Beacon falls, and with it towers across the continent collapse to the ground per Lyamael's decree.
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The Great Mana Depletion
The Great Mana Depletion
With the depletion of mana, magic is harder to perform and plants and animals across the land suffer.
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The Great Mana Depletion
The Mists Descend
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA fog/mist covers the land night and day and is causing magic spells and items to not work. Cities develop runes to try and protect from it. The civilization hid magic items underground or in vaults with traps and runes to protect them from thieves as well as the mists.
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The Great Collapse
The Great Collapse
DisbandmentCivilization on Varsolaris comes to an end and the last ships leave.
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The Great Collapse
The Search for the Past
ExpeditionScholars have searched for the supposed Underground City, but have never found more than a cluttered basement. There are rumours of places where great works of magic still take place and still hold a great deal of magic even though magic has declined in the land.
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The Great Collapse
Elthing swallowed by the sea
Disaster / DestructionAs wizards flee or perish, the bubble around Elthing dwindles into nothing and the city is retaken by the sea.