Mysterious beings called the Wanderers discover a world of Primordial elemental power and immense magic. They begin a process of reshaping the world into the Shaphur of today.
History of Shaphur
The history of the entire world as recorded by the Watchers
Elemental Era
... 9352 DT
The time before time, here is the arrival of the Wanderers and their decisions to reshape the world of Shaphur into what it is today, creating the Mythic beasts and humans. It is in the last years of this time that the order of the Watchers is created, and the first record of history truly begins.
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-448 EE
The arrival of the Wanderers
Celestial / Cosmic
The Mythic Age
9352 DT 0 DT
With the Wanderers gone, the world is left to the Mythic Beasts, who proceeded to dominate the world for the next ten thousand years, with the first humans left scrambling in their shadow.
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-9200 MA
War of the Wanderers
Celestial / CosmicThe end of a great conflict between the Elemental's of old Shaphur and the mysterious world-shaping Wanderers. And with it a new world is born
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-9100 MA
-2300 MA
The First Mythic Wars
Celestial / CosmicWith the departure of the Wanderers, the new Mythic Beasts begin slaughtering each other for control of the new world. In the end the Dragons would reign supreme across land and sky, for a time.
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-5462 MA
The Death of Jorki
Life, DeathThe mighty Dragon Jorki dies in his sleep, the first (known) instance of a Mythic Beast dying of old age.
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-343 MA
The Wrath of Bor'Salac
Disaster / DestructionA clash of a Dragon and a Leviathan changes the Wetslands forever, creating the Salacian Sea and the continent of Voradez.
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0 MA
The Ruby Tribe
FoundingThe very first human permanent settlement is born under the protection of the dragon Laxidos.
The Shadow Age
0 DT 4864 DM
With the first Treasure Hold, humanity is finally able to settle down and carve its own place in the world, albeit under the shadow of the Mythic Beasts.
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0 SA
The Ruby Tribe
FoundingThe very first human permanent settlement is born under the protection of the dragon Laxidos.
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162 SA
1037 SA
The Second Mythic Wars
Celestial / CosmicThe other Mythic Beasts, long in hiding, rise up and begin a second catastrophic global war against the Dragons.
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857 SA
The first Primal Pact
FoundingThe first Primal pact is made creating the Dracodian species, marking the beginning of the Primal Era
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3392 SA
The Beast March
Population Migration / TravelThe mysterious Beastfolk emerge from from the Everforest, settling lands across the world.
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4529 SA
22 /3 9:004529 SA
22 /3 14:00
Almaras Coup
Era beginning/endAlmara seizes control of the city of Heilitras, this marks the founding the Almerithan Empire, and what many would in hindsight consider the beginning of a new Era.
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4834 SA
31 /44864 SA
17 /8
The Drakes War
Military actionA brutal thirty year conflict that saw the destruction of the old powers of the Dragon Realms in Druzohpia and the rise of the Almerithan Empire as the sole Hegemon of Vorad.
The Bright Age
4864 DM and beyond
With the end of the Drakes War, the last vestiges of Mythic Beast rule are at an end, the time of Mankind has arrived.
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247 BA
The Great Cooling
Geological / environmental eventAcross the climate begins to cool, creating a ripple that would shake societies across the globe.
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279 BA
357 BA
War of the Dancing Crown
Military actionA brutal civil war that wracked the Almerithan Empire and would see a multi generational struggle between the competing branches of the Imperial family.
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350 BA
358 BA
The first Wurgos Invasion
Military actionThe first invasion of the Wurgos crossing the Kusakrad into northern Karth and then Almeritha
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359 BA
397 BA
March of the Five kings
Population Migration / TravelFive Horun Kings lead their people on a great migration that will destroy two empires and reshape a continent.
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366 BA
379 BA
The Second Wurgos Invasion
Military actionThe second and most devastating Wurgos invasion, as Wurgos tribes gathered under King Rexigor and laid waste to northern Vorad.
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395 BA
510 BA
The Tide Wars
Military actionThe Naga along with an amassed army of Mer allies, launch a brutal war of genocide against the Almerithan Empire that lasts for over a hundred years and nearly destroys the empire.
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432 BA
14 /9434 BA
22 /4
The Orgos Invasion
Population Migration / TravelAlso called the Third Wurgos Invasion, one last major Wurgos tribe, the Orgos, would carve out a kingdom in the centre of the Salorian realm, which soon collapsed as a result.