Age of Giants

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# The Age of Giants

**Date: -80,000 YK**

* The giants rise from the ruins of the Dragon-Fiend Wars to establish a civilization on the continent of Xen'drik.
* The Cul'sir Empire was empire of cloud giants and storm giants, was formed in current-day Stormreach. They focused their resources on developing a thriving society, with large infrastructure projects and civil arcane research, leading to it becoming the preeminent civilization in Xen'drik for millennia leading up to the quori invasion.
* The Cul'sir Giants invade Thelanis, and enslave a large population of Eladrin. These eladrin would eventually become the first elves, after spending generations in the material plane.
* The Formorians are created in Thelanis: either as a storybook refection of this invasion, or as a curse placed upon captured giants.

**Date: -75,000 YK**

* Dragons come to Q'barra to guard Haka'torvhak and build an empire across Khorvaire. This is the age of Draconic expansion.

**Date: -65,000 YK**

* The empire of dragons in Khorvaire eventually falls to tyranny and civil war due to the influence of Tiamat.
* Tiamat is freed, or nearly freed, from her prison.
* The dragons begin searching for other means of expansion that wouldn't increase the power of Tiamat.

**Date: -60,000 YK**

* Dragons make contact with the giant kingdoms and teach the giants arcane magic.
* The giants master the arcane arts, creating wonders unequaled even in the modern day. The elves - ignored by their giant masters - watch and learn.
* The Su'lat League were a group of fire giant mages skilled at elemental binding and other arcane techniques. They are credited with creating the drow and the Sulatar drow seek to imitate their magical skill.
* The Cor'dan Empire was one of the mightiest giant civilizations before the quori invasion. They were masters of schemas, docents and constructs.
* The Eshtarn Empire are noted for fielding cabals of storm giants against the quori that were capable of calling down lightning strikes on their foes.
* The Group of Eleven was a faction of giants that battled the quori.

**Date: -40,000 YK**

* The quori invade Xen'drik from the plane of Dal Quor, the Plane of Dreams. After 1,000 years of battle, the giants call upon the most powerful magics of the dragons to throw Dal Quor out of planar alignment, forever sealing that plane away from Eberron. The resulting backlash shakes Xen'drik to its core and plunges large chunks of the continent beneath the sea.

**Date: -39,000 YK**

* Event: 1,000 years after the end of the Giant-Quori war, Xen'drik is still suffering from the magical backlash of disrupting Dal Quor's planar orbit. Horrible curses and plagues still sweep through the land, and the elves use the opportunity to rebel.
* A corp of elves - called the Phiarlan or "Spirit Keepers" - work as bards, scouts and couriers during the elven rebellion against the giants.
* In a desperate attempt to regain control of their slaves and save their dying civilization, the giants turn again to the most powerful draconic magics. Before they can unleash such destruction a second time, the dragons attack Xen'drik and the giant civilization collapses.
* The Phiarlan spread the word of the elven prophet Aeren, gathering elves to flee Xen'drik for the the sub-continent that would become known as Aerenal. The elves that chose to stay behind in Xen'drik and go into hiding, become the drow.