"Gaze upon all of Creation,
Made from Silk and Wonder,
Made from Shadow and Light,
Cast above the Wound,
A Maelstrom of Hate,
By the One of Ten-Thousand Hands,
Before It left us.
See Now,
How Beneath us Lurks the Starving One, ,
A beast of tooth and desire,
Ever it has been,
Ever it shall be."
The Celestial War
The time where the Choirs and Bands worked together in order to create and maintain the universe, and the time where that peace was first shattered, never to be truly remade again.
The Era of Peace
... 1350
The Choirs and Bands live together in peace. In this time, massive performances of both Choir and Band working together would be made, symphonies of sensation and temporary matter and space, led by Conductors of both Choirs and Bands. Most famous of these conductors were Aventus, Soluhn, Hald, Wraena, and Sidhanna.
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0 EoP
The Creation of All Things
Celestial / Cosmic -
1 EoP
The Creation of Choir and Band
Artistic creation"From the very silk of Creation,
The Spider did Weave us,
With Seven Mouths to sing the Song,
And Demons,
With Eight Hands to Play.
Only together are we made whole." -
1348 EoP
The First Lie
Criminal Activity"Weep for The Prophet!
He who would seek out the truth of the void,
Yet instead would find lies of the most vicious kind,
Lies of bloodshed and destruction,
Of the betrayal of His Lover,
And though he could See,
He could not Understand,
And all of reality would Weep at his Failings." -
1349 EoP
The First Murder
Criminal Activity"And weep also for Esteele!
Fallen is she,
Struck down by the favored son of a Mad God,
Traitorous is he,
He who Polluted the sanctity of song,
He who spilled blood as the verse changed,
He who began the War of All Things."
The Cosmic War
1350 and beyond
During Which time all of Creation is under threat by the war between Angel and Demon, and the Lurker rejoices in the spilling of blood.
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1 CW
The Creation of Celestial Silver
Discovery, Scientific"So seized by hate were we,
Desiring weapons of war and destruction,
That we took the silver of our homes,
That we stripped our Gardens,
And bathed the metal in our blood,
So that it may devour the magics and flesh of our foes,
And leave us victorious,
And alone." -
2 CW
The First Battle
Military: Skirmish"So it was that Justice Would Not be had,
For when The Rightful Demand of Blood for Blood was made,
It was met with Fire and Blade,
And still more blood would be spilled." -
3 CW
The Battle of Bloodied Halos
Military action"So it would be that The Choirs,
Emboldened with their new arms and armor,
Would descend upon the Bands from on High,
With flashing blade and burning fire,
And so it would be that vast swathes of the Real would be dyed red,
By spilt blood and rage.
So it would be that in our desire to end the War,
We would only worsen it." -
4 CW
Hald Leaves
Life, Trauma/ Loss"So it would be,
That Hald, ,
Blind Seer,
Would be so harmed by his failings that he would depart,
To the Edge of Space and time,
And Abdicate His Throne,
That he may contemplate all He had done. -
5 CW
40 CW
The Creation of the Faewild
Construction beginning/end"So it would be that Sidhana,
God of Her Choir,
Would see that War would come unto the Cosmos,
And would be disgusted by the Slaughter,
And Create the Veil,
Separating Time and Space,
To Create a place of Respite,
For Weary Soldiers and Refugees,
And none would be permitted to tread upon her Wild. ." -
20 CW
Birth of the Destroyer
Discovery, Scientific"Desperately losing the War,
The Bands would turn inward,
Each demon desiring the power of the others,
And they would consume the flesh and blood of their kin,
And from this perversion would rise the First Devils,
Beings of raw ambition and power,
First and Foremost was The One Who takes Joy From The Breaking of Halos,
He-Who-Takes-Joy-In-The-Breaking-Of-Halos,
And he would unify Bands beneath him,
to aid in his Maelstrom of violence." -
22 CW
Vuender'Fel is Burned
Military action"And so a truly massive Band did Descend upon Vuender'Fel,
Whose Host blocked out the Light with their bodies and banners,
And while there upon the Threshold of Aventus' realm,
They would demand his Favored Son.
He would refuse,
Seeing the Destroyer as merely another foe,
And so His Garden would be burned,
His Children would be slaughtered,
And as Soluhn drove the Destroyer back,
Coming to his Brother's Aid,
It would be too late,
And the God would kneel next to his favored son,
Blood and ash staining his armor,
And wept,
For what else can one do with such grief?" -
22 CW
5
Aventus finds Eclipse
Life, Supernatural"So it would be that He would find It,
A Blade with the form of Bleached Bone,
Keening in Its Hunger,
Malignant in Its knowledge,
Hateful in Its desires,
And He would draw that blade forth from the Unreal,
And He would bring about destruction." -
22 CW
6
Aventus Purges the Wild
Military action"In his Grief,
Aventus the Silent God would march forth,
And he would enter Sidhana's Domain,
And slaughter all demons he could find,
For in His eyes,
They were all Hounds Eating at the Edges of Reality." -
22 CW
930 CW
Sidhana Creates the Elemental Lords
Artistic creation"From the Concepts we had seen,
Of earth, air, fire, and water,
Sidhana did Weave Lords of those elements,
And from these Elements did the Lords create planets, stars, and moons." -
23 CW
Aventus Falls
Criminal Activity"So it would be,
That in Soluhn's Counsel,
Aventus would Speak to the Web-Watchers,
Prophets were they,
And from their words he would be Galvanized,
That to save all of creation,
He must kill all who would destroy it.
So it would be that he would slaughter them,
And upon his return state that the Destroyer had attacked him once more,
So he would be made General for his prowess,
For none knew they had been deceived." -
23 CW
2
Soluhn Creates Eldraeon
Life, Birth"Suspicious of his Brother's Claims,
The Father would cast forth His will,
And claim the winds of the new planet Jupiter as His own,
And from these storms and winds,
He would create the Seraph Eldraeon,
The Tempest and Wrath of Jupiter,
And upon Him Soluhn would bestow a spear,
And upon His creation he would give the task,
To investigate the death of the Web-Watchers,
Wherever their Garden may have drifted to." -
25 CW
The Creation of Terrestrial Silver
Construction beginning/end"So it would be that The Lords of Elements would attempt to craft a weapon,
A metal to contend with Celestial Silver,
And so they created Terrestrial Silver,
A shadow of its Celestial Cousin,
But enough for the cause of war." -
25 CW
1
Aventus kills the Elemental Lords
Criminal Activity"In His rage He would descend,
Glorious and Resplendent,
Wrathful and Terrible,
And He would punish those Lords,
Who sought to guard themselves from him,
To all of Them he would deliver death.
He would give their responsibilities unto Soluhn,
The most trusted of His lieutenants,
To cast His eyes upon the Faewild,
Unknowing that Soluhn had helped many escape Aventus' grasp. From their corpses,
After the Traitor God had left,
The Astral Dragon would be born,
With a craving for the flesh of Doves." -
42 CW
Falista creates Heaven
Construction beginning/end"Guided by Sidhana,
Falista would bring forth the Walls of Heaven,
To keep Gardens apart from each other,
Seeing that Aventus' madness would lead to bloodshed for all." -
47 CW
52 CW
The Battle of Molten Stars
Military: War"So it would be that both sides would meet,
In a little known place in reality,
And they would battle and grind at each other,
Neither side having the advantage,
And from the cosmos It came,
A being whos eyes were galaxies,
Whose breath was the infernal rage of supernovas,
And the Astral Dragon would lay waste to all before it,
Turning reality itself to glass beneath its breath." -
50 CW
Falista creates Purgatory
Construction beginning/end"So she would bring it forth,
A prison separated from reality,
And The Choir of Resolute Wardens would guard it,
So that no being may escape,
So that all would serve their sentence." -
53 CW
Eldraeon Returns
Political event"So it was that the Eldest Son returned,
With Sorrow in his heart,
And told unto his Father,
That Aventus had betrayed them all,
And gazing upon that his Brother had wrought,
The Father said only,
'I know.'" -
53 CW
1
Soluhn's Children meet the Lurker
Life, Trauma/ Loss"So it would be,
That He would return home to Brothers and a sister,
And He would rejoice to no longer be alone.
So they would go to play in an Abandoned Garden,
A foolish place,
And so It would speak to them there,
Speaking honeyed lies,
And though He would strike it,
He would break only a chip from it's brow,
And it would touch him.
All would be saved,
For both Father and Hald,
Alerted by Rafael,
Would find them,
And thus save them,
But not before Eldraeon was touched by corruption,
And could never forgive himself." -
53 CW
253 CW
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The Coalition is Established
Founding"Seeing the growing madness and Power of Aventus,
The two sides of the war would meet,
Far from the General's eyes,
And construct a Coalition,
Of Demon and God,
Angel and Devil,
To oppose Him,
and lay him low." -
53 CW
3
Hald Confronts Aventus
Life, Death -
53 CW
453 CW
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The Choir of the Final Dirge is created
Founding"The Mad God with his two trusted lieutenants,
Would bend the knee of many choirs,
Offering service in his perversion of a choir or death,
And let it be known that many of us chose death." -
54 CW
Battle of the Pearlescent Plains
Military: Battle"The Coalition did march forth,
Singing Hymms of Creation,
And Hymms of Destruction,
And they did meet with the Choir of the Final Dirge,
And were cast down in eerie Silence,
And few escaped the Mad God's Wrath." -
55 CW
56 CW
The Astral Rampage
Military action"The Astral Dragon,
The One made of Hatred and the Last Breaths of Fallen Lords,
Struck forth alongside an army of dragons,
Laying waste to both the forces of Coalition and Aventus,
And spilled the blood of many unfortunate souls." -
56 CW
Biological Life Begins to Evolve
Discovery, Scientific"So it would be,
That on these tattered battlefields,
Strange things that would one day be flesh,
Would emerge from waste,
To drink the blood of the Divine." -
56 CW
256 CW
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The Lurker is Sealed
Celestial / Cosmic"The Creature would Stir,
Its hunger insatiable,
Gorged as it was upon the flesh and blood of angel and demon alike,
It would take the union of foes,
Of coalition and dragon,
To cast the beast,
Even partially,
Into purgator to be held amongst the other prisoners of war." -
57 CW
57 CW
The Coalition Recruits the Astral Dragon
Political event"The Father would meet with the Dragon,
And so eager was it for the flesh of doves that it would try to take his blood,
He would keep it at bay with shield in hand,
And offer all it wanted.
He would offer it Aventus." -
58 CW
Falista discovers the Law of Invitation
Discovery, Scientific"Falista the Architect of Heaven,
So great was her understanding!
So great was her knowledge!
She would find a way to keep the unwanted out,
That they must be invited,
Else alert the others that the veil had been pierced,
And set in motion Aventus' downfall!" -
59 CW
The Battle of Tarnished Halos
Military: Battle"The Forces of the Coalition would go forth,
To lure Aventus,
Knowing their deaths would be likely.
Many did die that day,
Each sacrifice counted,
But as the Mad God led his charge from the front,
Lost as He was,
The Gates of the Heavens would seal behind Him,
Leaving He and the Coalition alone." -
59 CW
159 CW
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Aventus Duels the Astral Dragon
Military: Battle"Striding forth confident and sure,
Aventus would raise his blade to the Astral Dragon,
And boast that he would slay it as he slew its progenitors.
The Astral Dragon would strike at him,
With ferocity and fury thus far unseen,
Rending armor and spilling blood,
Yet it was not enough,
For We would see that Aventus would rise from the battle,
His blade wet with blood,
His eyes filled with rage." -
59 CW
2
Aventus and the Lurker are Sealed
Celestial / Cosmic"Soluhn, would step forth,
Wielding a blade of pure solar might,
And challenge Aventus to a duel.
Knowing he could kill Soluhn,
Aventus accepted.
While they dueled,
The Eldest Son,
The Fury of Jupiter,
Approached Aventus from behind,
And drove his spear through the Mad God's chest,
pinning him. As Aventus was pinned Falista would open Purgatory,
Only to find that all within had been consumed,
Leaving only the Fathomless Serpent,
More powerful than could be belived.
With few options,
A nearby place was chosen in the material realm,
Under the Watchful Eye of Soluhn and his Choir,
And A piece of the Lurker,
And the whole of the Mad God,
Were both sealed upon what would become Earth."