Eshun

## Continents

* Caimass
* Helkan
* Ogru'unel
* Yashima

## Timeline

The Timeline of Eshun uses the suffixes PT and AT, which stand for "Pre'Rah Tairlūm" and "Ae’Rah Tairlūm". These are celestial for Pre-Divine Separation and Post-Divine Separation, and are used to track the years around the date in which the gods banished themselves from the material plane.

## The First Age (??? - 100,000PT)

### The World is Born

Long ago before creation lay the evermoving boundaries of the Outer Planes. During one particular Planar Alignment, a large chunk of the Abyss was dislodged by a particularly ground shaking boxing match between two great demon lords. This chunk jettisoned through the planes one by one collecting small pieces of each as it went like a great cosmic snowball. The result was a giant ball of combined energies from across the cosmos, which eventually gained enough kinetic energy to puncture the fabric of reality and planeshift to the void of the Material Plane. An unknown Being of great power came across the small jagged mass. The primitive planet was inhabited predominantly by demons at the time, who slowly began to make their horrific marks on the rocks. Intrigued by the potential within this strange creation, the Creator began to shape the world into one of prominence.

### Elemental Guardians

Drawing from the powers of the plane of Elementus, the land was carved and the oceans were spread far and wide. Four elemental guardians of fire, earth, water and air were created to protect and grow the landscape of the world. The powers of these four titans managed to shape the world into a similar landmass to what is known today, but more importantly clear the plague of demons left over from the initial Abyssal shard. While they could not be completely cleared, their numbers were driven down enough that they were no longer a threat to the balance of the world.

### The First Races

As the land formed, the Creator knew that life was needed to sustain the planet. The eladrin from the feywild were invited to this new world, which started the first race of Eshun in the form of the elves. Inspired, the Creator took to shaping new races in their image; The dwarves, formed from the towering mountains and hardiest rocks; the halflings, sprouted in the rolling hills of the lowlands to provide comfort and hospitality in this harsh world; and the humans, fusing the qualities of the other races to create a jack-of-all-trades. The four races lived separated, but in harmony across the lands, and with a gentle guidance from The Creator, more races flourished in their wake.

### An Inter-dimensional Hub

Whilst Eshun lay within the boundaries of the material plane, its roots extended beyond that. The jumbled and broken pieces from across the different planes were disconnected from their source, but dormant magic still hummed within. Planar gateways continued to open, bridging the divide between the origin plane and the new home for the landmass. Creatures from across the multiverse found themselves stumbling to Eshun through these hidden gateways; some stayed and began to settle, and others hopped to different planes entirely.

## The Second Age (100,000PT - 10,000PT)

### The Abyssal Incursion

Eventually, the maddened forces of the Abyss wished to reclaim that which was once their own, and whispered to the fresh races of Eshun, tempting them with offerings of power and riches in exchange for small favours. These manipulated creatures constructed the first Abyssal shrines of Eshun, of which the demons used to anchor their planar portals to the material plane. With the gates opened, the full force of the Abyss spilled out into the material plane. The titans had come close to eradicating the remaining demons left scourging the land, but were not prepared for a large scale infestation of abyssal creatures, and were practically powerless to stop them. The celestials from the heavens above observed the destruction caused by the demonic invasion, and rushed into battle fearing the fallout to the multiverse if the threat was left unchecked. The titans delved into the plane of elementus, creating new zeniths and warriors of elemental power. Among these new creations were vast creatures that combined the four elements; fire breathing behemoths of the skies with armour as solid as the rocks and power as strong as the waves. These creatures were called dragons.

Two great dragons of platinum and ruby were created to aid the titans, and more rose in their wake, formed from raw creation magic tapping into vast veins of metal and gemstone. The metallics rushed to defend the towns of cities across the world, acting as guardians and protectors. The gem dragons attacked the demons at their source, commanding sieges against the abyssal gates directly in an attempt to cut the invasion off at its source. With the help of the celestials and the elemental warriors, the demons were slowly pushed back from whence they came, and within the next few hundred years the incursion was ended with the defeat and banishment of the demon lord of war, Rak-Tulkhesh. But the demons had left their mark already, and whilst one conflict ended more brewed on the horizon.

### The Corruption

The demons banished, the celestials returned to the heavens above. One celestial wished to follow the demons into the abyss and end them once and for all whilst their numbers were weak, but they were met with laughter and mockery as the others deemed it a foolish idea. Determined, the celestial gathered up an army of celestials and mortals and delved into the abyss to finish them off. Unfortunately, they were ill prepared for the infinite layers of nightmares, and were quickly taken down. Valiantly fighting to the last breath, the celestial was eventually the last man standing before succumbing to the forces of the abyss. The corruption flowed through them and met with the honour within bestowed by their fellow fallen comrades, and through an act of divine majesty the celestial was reborn. The corruption had made its mark however, as the celestial's skin burned red and demonic horns sprouted from their temples with new fiendish energy. Escaping the abyss, the celestial fled back to Mt Celestia for aid with his kin, but the others saw a new darkness within they wished not to be part of. They cast him aside, banishing him from the seven heavens and forcing him to wander in exile. Finding like-minded individuals within the plane of Baator, he gained the admiration of the devils and quickly rose in power to become Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells. From this admiration, Asmodeus found himself surging with newfound divine energy and became one of the first beings to ascend to true godhood.

Meanwhile elsewhere on the material plane, some of the elemental warriors slowly became corrupt and relishing in chaos and destruction, but would not be dealt with for many years, treated as forces of nature rather than insidious evils. The dragons continued their quest to protect civilisation and defend the world from aberrant threats, until one dragon grew bored of acting as a noble guardian to the new races. She began to treat her assigned settlements as her territory to control, demanding payments and slaves from the citizens in exchange for protection. Sardior caught wind of this new tyrant, and rushed in to put a stop to it. Tiamat was prepared, and set a deadly ambush. The upcoming battle was short but brutal, ending with the Ruby Dragon fleeing to shelter to tend to his wounds, but they proved too great and Sardior perished. His four draconic generals were present at the time of his death and rushed to Tiamat to enact justice, but she was prepared for them as well. Bahamut amassed his legion of metallic dragons to provide aid, but he was too late as Tiamat had already slain the four generals. Now outmatched by Bahamut's legion, Tiamat surrendered and recieved punishment. Her scales were stained blood red as a reminder of the ruby dragon she had slain, as well as the foul murders that now taint her soul. Four other heads sprouted from her body to remind her of the other four lives she needlessly claimed, and then she was banished from the material plane to the Nine Hells. Unfortunately, other dragons were inspired by her might and followed her path of tyranny and greed, and with this came the same divine worship that had blessed Asmodeus, and Tiamat became the Scaled Tyrant, goddess of greed. These dragons became so obsessed with hoarding wealth, they even peeled their own metallic scales off their body to add to their collection, forming the first of the chromatic dragons. Bahamut also ascended to godhood as a paragon of nobility and justice.

### A Pantheon of Gods

The fresh races recognise the current ascended gods, and with their beliefs, create the official Pantheon of Gods; a power beyond imagination that recognises and provides proper designations to the divine beings in the multiverse. It is not well understood at the time, but respected.

## The Third Age (10,000PT - 0AT)

The third age of Eshun begins with the expansion of the Pantheon, and runs to the Divine War and the end of the fallout of it. Included in this timeline is the end of mortal ascension, the rise and fall of the Arcane Zenith, and the various conquests that shook the world as the races began to expand their borders.

## The Fourth Age (0AT - Present)

The fourth age of Eshun started with the re-discovery of divine magic, and stretches up to present day.