The City of Flickering Lights is founded on Conifer Isle, the original home of all thunderbirds. The City would later become the dominant naval power of ancient Lyardia.
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History of the Elementals
A complete history of the Elemental, or 'human', kingdoms in Lyardia.
Era of the Darkness
... 0 DD
The time before the People of the Elements knew who had created them, the Era of the Darkness was one of tribalism, war, and fear.
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-5000
The Founding of the City of Flickering Lights
Founding -
-2500
The Rise of the Empire of the Split Sands
FoundingThe Land of the Split Sands, located in the Solar desert, becomes unified. Their ancient Pantheon of the Sands influences our modern-day Pantheon of Elementism. They became the religious center of ancient Lyardia.
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-2300
The Founding of the Bountiful Khanate
The Bountiful Khanate is founded in the northern lands of the continent of Lyardia.
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-2000
The Rise of the Empire of the Butterfly’s Wingbeat
FoundingThe rise of the Empire of the Butterfly's Wingbeat was the biggest of the early Elemental civilizations, dominating the central region of Lyardia.
Location
Lyardia
Era of the Wilds
0 DD 300 DL
Also known as the Era of the First Dragons, this is the time before the Splitting of the Elements.
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1 EW
The Descending of the Light
Celestial / CosmicThe Light-born and their kin the Dark-born Descended, leaving behind their ancestors in the Celestial, becoming the Dragons of their Creation.
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2 EW
The Shattering of the Lands
Religious eventExactly one year after the Descending, revolutions spurred on by religious fervor, paranoia, and general upheaval in the wake of the Descending tore apart the kingdoms that had come about During the Darkness. It would be a century and a half before proper nation-states would rise out of the squabbling city-states and warlord dominions.
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150 EW
15 Phoenix
The Founding of the Modern Human Kingdoms
FoundingIn the year 150, the first post-Descent human kingdom, Hilldal, was founded. The humans had come together out of their shared fear of the new Celestial-Born Dragons.
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198 EW
200 EW
The Two Year War
Military: WarThe first of the modern elemental wars, the Two Year War was a small, yet impactful squabble between the Kingdom of Hilldal and the Cloud’s Confederation.
Era of the Dragon Terror
300 DL 999 DL
Known as the Era of the Element Borne by the dragons, this is the era before the conquest.
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378 DT
410 DT
The War of Four Houses
Military actionThe human houses of Rosery, Skylar, Mirthen and Tarrenar fought with eachother, eventualy escalating the conflict to a four-sided civil war. Eventually, the Rosery and Mirthen houses joined to form Myrtle house, and Tarrenar and Skylar joined to form Skiper house, and each made peace with the other.
Location
Lyardia -
517 DT
532 DT
The War of the Nadiquan Succession
Military: WarThe War of the Nadiquan Succession was a continent-spanning war that started over a dispute over the inheritance of the throne of the Empire of Nadiqa, one of the biggest powers in central Lyardia at the time.
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860 DT
24 Specter860 DT
17 Thunderbird
The Treaty of Windamere Summit
Diplomatic actionThe Treaty of Windamere Summit brought the three largest kingdoms, Tonitmon, Lapses, and Tempesum, into an alliance, known as the Alliance of the Roaring Storm. This was in response to the pirate-kingdom of Undacella's threatening presence.
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861 DT
1 Griffin866 DT
35 Phoenix
The War of the High Waves
Military actionThe War of the High Waves was a mainly naval military conflict between the Alliance of the Roaring Storm (kingdoms Tonitmon, Lapses, and Tempesum) and the pirate-kingdom of Undacella,
Era of the Great Conquest
1000 DL 1039 DL
The Conquest was mankind's solution to their dragon fear.
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1001 C
12 Salamander
The Creation of the Three Weapons
Artistic creationThe creation of the three weapons, the Sword of Scale and Wing, the Bow of Past and Present, and the Shield of King and Country. Each represents one aspect of humanity. The Sword is fear, the Bow is history, and the Shield is unity.
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1039 C
35 Specter
The Death of the Last Dragon
Life, DeathOn the last day of the month of the Spirit, the last dragon, Lord Delzrainth the Last, was slain by a solider who bore the Sword of Scale and Wing.
Era of the Triumph
1040 DL and beyond
The time after the Conquest.
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1047 TR
The War of the Sun and the Moon
Military: WarThe War of the Sun and the Moon is the most recent of wars in elemental history. Still ongoing as of today, the Great Nation of our Lord of Day and the City of the Queen of Night continue to struggle for power over the Republic of the Divided.
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