History of Tymarel

## The Birth of the Cosmos

* The Dawn War
	+ Ancients vs. Primals
		- Ancients
			* Ys’Agoth, the Shadow in the Dark
			* Iso’Gorath, The Great Faceless One
			* Gnu’Thun, the Eater of Dreams
			* Ny’Alotha, the Corruptor of Flesh
			* Kog’Naru, the Darkness of the Void
		- Primals
			* Alvit, the Life-Bringer
			* Morla, the All-Knowing
			* Gmork, the Spell-Weaver
			* Norvi, the Guardian Spirit
			* Fenrir, the Wolf-Mother
			* Circhos, the Keeper of Stars
		- Ancients and Primals battle for aeons, neither side able to defeat the other.
		- Primals pool their power, sacrificing themselves to the destroy the Ancients.
			* Their collective essences are scattered into what is now known as the Astral Sea.
* The Birth of the Gods
	+ The Pantheon
		- Dumat, the Blazing Seraph
			* Dumat would later be labeled “The Oath Breaker”
		- Decima, the Eye of Fate
		- Aelmar, the Flame of Vengeance
		- Xanathos, the Cloven Trickster
		- Kalgoros, the Bastion of Victory
		- Valythria, the Seed of Life
		- Lathorius, Archon of the Hunt
		- Eladarath, the Ever-Seer
	+ The Pantheon explores the Astral Sea, shaping the worlds they encounter as they see fit.
		- They learn that their power increases as the sentient life they encounter begins to worship them as gods.
	+ The Pantheon is drawn to a particular planet, one completely in tune with its counterparts in the Feywilds and Shadowfell.
		- This planet would later be called Tymarel.
* The Creation of the Precursors
	+ The Pantheon creates a race of humanoids for the sole purpose of worship to increase the Gods power exponentially.
	+ The Precursors are gifted with knowledge of Nature, the Arcane, and of the Mystical powers of the ley lines that course like veins throughout the planet.

## The Age of Enlightenment

* The Precursor Empire
	+ The Precursors spread like a plague across the face of Tymarel, tapping into its vast resources, and channeling its magicks to build cities to house their vast stores of knowledge and arcane artifacts.
	+ The native inhabitants of Tymarel quickly fell to the might of the Empire and were either completely destroyed or assimilated, all except the immortal dragons and trolls .
* The War of Wings
	+ The Precursors felt as though they would be unstoppable once they held dominion over the Immortals, however they lacked the means to defeat both threats, despite their formidable might and knowledge of magic.
	+ The Precursors took to creating an army; an army that didn’t eat or sleep and could fight on indefinitely without tiring.
		- They create the Warforged, a race of sentient automaton.
	+ In a war that lasted centuries, the Precursors and the Warforged decimated the population of Trolls and enslaved Dragons of every color.
		- With their power left unchecked, the Precursor Empire wreaked devastation across the surface of Tymarel.
* The Great Convergence
	+ X
	+ Y
	+ Divergence

## The Age of Upheaval

* The War of 1000 Banners
	+ In the wake of the Great Convergence, new and old races alike struggled to find a balance. With the surface of Tymarel torn asunder, and the massive empire mere ruins of its former glory, the denizens of Tymarel quickly devolved into warring bands of barbarians squabbling over land and resources.
* The Dawn of Dragons
	+ Having recovered from their centuries of enslavement at the hands of the Precursors, and vowing to never let the world meet the same fate, Dragons of every brood banded together in an effort to heal the world.
	+ They turned to their kin, the proud Dragonborn, and took them from the squalor that had befallen all of Tymarel’s inhabitants, gave to them their knowledge of the Arcane, culture, and civilization. Together they began to uncover the secrets of the ley lines; now forever changed.
* The Arkhosian Empire
	+ Over the next few centuries, the Dragonborn and their Dragon Lords founded cities and towns the world over. Shadow magic was outlawed, darkness was pushed back to the furthest recesses, highways were built and patrolled, and Tymarel was at peace.
	+ The Empire of Arkhosia was ruled by the Dragon Emperor, Bahamut, the Golden One, while each city-state was lorded over by an Imperial High Dragon, who was tasked with the safety and growth of his respective domain. Lesser dragons ruled in smaller capacity, while their wilder cousins, the Wyverns, were left to stalk the wilds.

## The Age of Ascension

* The Ascension of Bahamut
	+ In the wake of the Great Convergence, the Gods fell silent, licking their wounds. In their silence the inhabitants of Tymarel found solace in their new Dragon Emperor and worshipped him as a God-King. This only stood to further weaken the already diminished Gods, who received their powers from the prayers of the faithful.
	+ The Gods sent storms, quakes, and plagues to remind races of Tymarel who their true Gods were, however this only pushed them further into Bahamut’s embrace. A beacon of protection, he sent out the chromatic dragonflights to combat the elements by any means.
	+ The harder the Gods fought to show their presence the more the denizens Tymarel clung to their Dragon Emperor, until something happened that no one expected. Bahamut ascended to godhood.
	+ Bahamut’s ascension only served to further sap the gods of their strength, now placing him as the strongest amongst them. This made Dumat furious, and in an attempt to regain the power that once rightfully belonged to his brothers and sisters, he used the last of his power to enact a plan that would set him on a long dark road.
* The War of Ruin
	+ Dumat took mortal form and descended to Tymarel. There he sought out the young race known as Humans, who had no innate magical powers of their own, and quickly fell to the might of the Arkhosian Empire. He searched high and low for even the slightest bit of unrest in the Arkhosian Empire, finding the chinks in his enemies armor. He offered those he saw fit, contracts of power. They would be forever bound to serve him in exchange for mastery of powers not seen since the time before the Great Convergence. These lieutenants would become the world’s first Arch-Devils.
	+ The Arch-Devils spread their dark magicks in secret, undermining the authority of Arkhosia. They whispered secrets in the ears of people with power all across Tymarel, offering similar deals as they were offered, binding these people to them.
	+ By the time war broke out, Dumat had amassed an army, and with each conscript he further weakened the armies of Arkhosia.
* The Fall of Dumat

## The Age of Nobility

* The Founding of the Great Kingdoms
* The Cult of Twilight
* The Spellplague