History

Overview of the Vesax timeline

  • 10000 B.F.O.


    The Tear
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The Tear refers to an incident where the barriers of the planes were thinned and began to bleed into one another.

  • 9978 B.F.O.

    8500 B.F.O.


    Ash Lord
    Disaster / Destruction

    After much of the known world was destroyed by the Tear, a being either created or affected by the plane of fire, began to quickly assert dominance over ancient Vesax and whatever few civilizations survived the Tear.
    Eventually, the Ash Lord was defeated by the Templars, an ancient group similar to modern Paladins.

  • 5000 B.F.O.


    Rise of Orstad
    Political event

    The small kingdom of Orstad begins expansion.

  • 1230 B.F.O.


    The Holy dragon war
    Military action

    The armies of Tiamat and Bahamut (mostly kobold and dragon born) meet in the western desert and fight for the glory of their god under the command of the chromatic and metallic dragons.

  • 800 B.F.O.


    Dwarven Surfacing
    Founding

    The first dwarves are seen in Darnia since the Ash Lords era and quickly establish relations with the Orstad empire, trading resources to avoid invasion.

  • 746 B.F.O.


    Mondlicht established
    Political event

    At this point, the Northern high elves begin to make themselves known and most other small powers recognise them as a major power. Many of these small kingdoms, towns, and city-states pledge themselves under the banner of the new country of Mondlicht.   This was the first group to give Orstad pause in centuries.

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  • 86 B.F.O.

    Melorus

    Establishment of Donze
    Political event

    Human kingdoms in the eastern parts of Vesax unite to reclaim land from the Orstad.

  • 22 B.F.O.

    15 Erathis
    1 A.L.

    1 Mordum

    Liberation War
    Revolution

    Slaves rebel on a weakening Orstad Empire.

  • 205 A.L.

    10 Erathis

    The Rising of Bilhus
    Geological / environmental event

    In a show of immense magical power, Abadon Mournwing conjures enough magic power to raise the entirety of the city of Bilhus into the sky and create a floating city, permanently cementing Ennesland as the magical powerhouse of the continent.

  • 253 A.L.

    16 Erathis

    The first fall
    Disaster / Destruction

    With the open worship in Ennesland and the allowance of any religion or cult, many believed that the peace would not last. While small issues would crop up, these usually resulted in the isolation of groups on their islands. For many years this was believed to be the extent of punishment.
    However, after the Cult of *Vecna* made a bid for power and directly attacked the Bilhus university and attempted to break into the magic vault, the attacking forces found themselves, their families, and in one case, their phylactery teleported back to their island.
    The offending group and its allies had their island begin to float away from the cluster of Bilhus's other islands with their own island covered in an immense anti-magic field. Once the island floated roughly 400ft away, the entire Bilhus heard the words "Traitors will not be tolerated." in the voice of Abadon Mournwing, after this was heard, the entire Vecna island fell from the sky, killing everyone on it.
    Since then, there have been two more drops.

    • 843 A.L. - Tharizdun worshippers attempted to destroy several civilian islands
    • 1785 A.L. - Tiamat worshippers attack the Bahamut Embassy and attempt to assassinate Abbadon via Ancient Red Dragon
    Countries that have been dropped must wait 135 years before their embassy is allowed back.

  • 546 A.L.

    1065 A.L.


    Donze expansion
    Military action

    After the fall of Orstad, most countries began to repair and build their own cultures after having much of it taken for more than a millennia, unlike others though, the kingdom of Donze began to grow its army.
     Once the army of Donze grew to a sizable force it began to expand the borders of the kingdom. Over the course of the expansion era, much of the southern wildlands and orc kingdoms were conquered leaving only Jujan Tok, the south mountain principalities were turned into puppet states to guard against Ichan, and the Far North was turned into allies via treaties signed by the largest clans. During the late expansion era, Donze began to expand into Ennesland, this prompted their former allies of Sykengland  to take notice and utterly devastate the expansion forces of Donze and end the expansion era.

  • 1065 A.L.


    Central alliance is officially formed
    Diplomatic action

    After years of comfortable peace, the countries of Ennesland and Sykengland were threatened by the Donze expansion.
     After the expansion war ended, Ennesland and Sykengland wanted to make their partnership official and recognised. An official alliance was made and signed by the Headmaster of  Enneslands university and the Chancellor of the country, while Sykenglands High-commander and six most senior council members.
     This signing is repeated every six years.

  • 1922 A.L.

    5 Pelorus

    The mines begun to run dry
    Disaster / Destruction

    After many ages of plentiful and successful mining operations, the Darnia kingdom begins to find that the largest mines have run dry and that the new mines typically get overrun by Duergar, Void spawn, or Drow from the Underdark. Within a very short period of time, most of the power of the Darnia power was almost entirely lost.
    Other affected countries that relied on the mines of Darnia included Donze, Ennesland, and Sykengland.

  • 1943 A.L.

    Bahamus (Sun'deth in Donze)

    Mondlicht opens trade
    Financial Event

    As many locations begin to struggle to supply ore and minerals after Darnia began to run dry, many became shocked when the relatively small RedRum traders begin to offer immense amounts of ore on behalf of the Mondlicht crown. Within the span of a couple of months, Mondlicht becomes the trading centre of Vesax and the wealthiest country by far.

  • 1996 A.L.


    Mondlicht ceases trade with Donze
    Political event

    During a visit by the Donze trade ambassador, negotiation fall apart when the Ambassador forced himself on what he thought was a servant, in truth, this was the Princess Lithal Xiltane. 
    Since then, Mondlicht has sent no more than 30 pounds of steel per year into Donze, forcing them to rely on their own limited mining abilities.

  • 2006 A.L.

    2 Kordus

    Mondlicht joins the central alliance
    Political event

    After a long period of semi-seclusion, the new Queen Luazara Xiltane of Mondlicht  pushes for her people to try and join the wider world, one of the first actions for this being to join the central alliance of Ennesland and Sykengland, a moce that surprised and upset a large number of people.

  • 2042 A.L.

    2 Pelorus

    Othrin is declared independent.
    Military action

    For a large number of years, the principalities of the southern mountains in Donze served as a prison country and as a barrier against Ichan, however, a large violent conflict broke out, resulting in a small group to claim these principalities as their own nation of Othrin, the name of the capital city during the reign of the ignited lord.

  • 2079 A.L.

    Seranes

    Koi Exodus
    Miscellaneous

    The first refugees from the koi confederacy and Sanu empire war in the east begin to trickle into Vesax. Many refugees become stuck in shanty towns in Donze, while a lucky few make their way into Sykengland.
    As the year's pass, civilians, soldiers, and others make the Eastern population grow quickly. Not far behind the refugees, a number of Sanu soldiers follow, some searching for escaped criminals or enemies of Sanu, or as scouts for future attacks from Sanu.