Prehistory

Prehistory is a term that refers to all events that occurred in the world of Parvolon prior to the mass adoption of agriculture. This article encompasses a summary of these events, and the major divisions of this period.

The divisions of prehistory are:

* Early Prehistory (~40,000 b.p.y. to ~12,000 b.p.y.)
* The Great Freeze (~12,000 b.p.y. to ~10,000 b.p.y.)
* Late Prehistory (0 g.f. to ~4000 g.f.)

### Late Prehistory

#### 0 g.f.

Evolvi: The Inheritance has occurred. Evolvi have now overtaken all other humanoid species in the Greater Straits area, and with the warming of the surrounding climate, Evolvi are beginning to expand outward.

Skala: The end of the Great Freeze has finally given the Skala and their Draconic brethren a break; spirits, however, are low. Dragons have been brought below a critical population, and are interacting too infrequently to reach replacement levels. The Skala are now mostly independent of the Dragon Cults of the past, and the pockets of Skala that survived the Great Freeze are beginning to reenter the lands they used to populate.

Woodlands Avians: The Karsts experience a wet season stronger than anything seen by Avians in over 2,000 years. Flooding and the increase in inland bodies of water encourage Avians to move out of the lakes they depended on during the Great Freeze.

Drylands Avians: The migration of Avians arrived in a more rugged land north of the Desert. Though dry, this land reminds them of home and has been safer the other areas they have traversed.

Highlands Avians: This Avian group has found the Eastern Mountains, and arrived in time to see the return of fauna in the region.

West Orcs: The Western Orcs have been in perpetual conflict with Goblins and Giants ever since the Great Freeze forced all of them into the Jungle. Things seem to leaning in the favor of the Orcs now, as they begin to push their monstrous neighbors away.

#### 2000 g.f.

Birth of Agriculture: An Evolvi farmer in the Greater Straits, an Avian shaman in the Karsts, and an Elven ranchhand independently cultivate cereal plants for the first time. Orcish growers in the River Delta begin growing rice, and Skala farmers in the east have harvested maize.

#### 4000 g.f.

Birth of Cities: Advances in agriculture across the world have finally allowed people to develop sedentary lifestyles at a higher food yield than hunting and gathering in most wetter climates. Tribal societies are building the earliest long-term cities, and the idea of the nation has been born.

Orcish-Evolvi Conflicts: The Evolvi and Western Orcs have recently met. Relations were amicable for a moment, but have quickly deteriorated. Mutual raiding of settlements along the frontier have occurred. Western Orcs led by numbers in the beginning, but recent migrations south of Evolvi are increasing their numbers in the area. Western Orcs in the north have also met up with Eastern Orcs, beginning further conflict here.

The First Giant City: Giants deep in the Eastern Mountains are beginning the construction of *The* *Fort of Rhaddhaghára*, a massive complex to protect their dwindling numbers from Western Orcish raiders. After fifty years of continuous work, it will be the largest structure built for almost two millennia.

Pax Archaeopteruga: After a millennium of conflict, Skala and Highlands Avians have reached peace accords that promote coexistence. Highlands Avians begin navigating further south and settle with communities of Skala.