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During the Darkness

Equivalent to B.C.E, During Darkness is the ancient history of the world.

-5001 DD

The Founding of the City of Flickering Lights
Founding

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
-2501 DD

The Rise of the Empire of the Split Sands
Founding

The 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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-2001 DD

The Rise of the Empire of the Butterfly’s Wingbeat
Founding

The 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

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-1001 DD

The Arrival of the Snow Elves
Population Migration / Travel

The oldest ancestors of today's Leaf elves, the Snow elves arrived on the continent of Baru from an unknown place in the Northern Frozen Aurora.

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History of the Elves
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The Descending of the Light
Celestial / Cosmic

The 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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History of the Elves

History of Dragons

Equivalent to C.E, During Light is the history after the descending of the light.

1 DL

The Descending of the Light
Celestial / Cosmic

The 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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History of Dragons
300 DL

The Founding of the Sacred League
Founding

A lung dragon named Xuanteng, or Flying Cliff Dragon, the descendent of the legendary Xingshe, founded the Confederation of the Stars, which would eventually come to bear his name as the Sacred League of Xuanteng. Founded in an effort to unite the scattered tribes of shapeshifters, the League would grow to include centaurs and merfolk.