Ancient

**Bold = HPBM Canon**

Regular = Bioware Canon

* **Elgar'nan creates The Sun in Rivain and makes The Lights of Arlathan to essentially become omniscient**
* **Helion is born**
* **The Commander is born**

### ~6000 Ancient

* **Ghilan'nain does something that angers Elgar'nan and is imprisoned deep beneath the ground under Antiva. The Commander is put in charge of Guarding her.**
* **Elgar'nan takes The Heart of Darkness and seals it in a pyramid together with a Forgotten One on the continent to the east. He uses the sun to destroy the landbridge that connected it to the Rivaini peninsula, merging the Amaranthine ocean with the Boeric Ocean.**
* **Elgar'nan puts the Executioners/Executors in charge of Guarding the Pyramid and the heart of Darkness.**

### -4600 Ancient

* Elves' First contact with Dwarves
* **War breaks out between the Dwarven Empire and the elves. A titan gives the dwarves of Llomerryn the knowledge of how to create massive Titan Golems.**
* **The Titan of Llomerynn is built.**
* **Elgar'nan uses the sun to destroy most of the dwarves. Cutting the Thaig of Llomerrynn off from the rest of the empire.**
* **The YorHa unit is founded with The Commander at its head to spread misinformation about the elven gods after the elven empire falls.**
* **Solas Erects the veil, trapping most of the elven gods on the other side.**
* **Helion enters uthenara in a Rivaini temple to avoid being trapped by the fade.**

### -3100 Ancient

* The Neromenian tribe arrives in Thedas in modern day Tevinter. **Traveling from Par Vollen.**

### -2800 Ancient

* The Old Gods begin whispering to humanity. They teach the Dreamers of the Neromenian tribes magic. These Dreamers become the priests and rulers of their people.

### -2415 Ancient

* The Alamarri tribes cross the Frostback Mountains and settle in the lands that will eventually become known as Ferelden. Alamarri tribal legends says they were fleeing a “shadow goddess”,

### -1815 Ancient

* The Alamarri living near what is known today as Lake Calenhad break away, becoming known as the Avvars. The two tribes fight with each other for several centuries, though they unite when the need arises.

### -1700 Ancient

* The Neromenian tribes split and form four ancient kingdoms: Tevinter, Neromenian, Barindur and Quarinus

### -1601 Ancient

* The entire Kingdom of Barindur vanishes under mysterious circumstances. It appears to be destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

### -1595 Ancient

* Thalsian, also known as the First Priest of Dumat, is the first known person to wield blood magic, and the first magister. The Archon claims to learn this art after personally communicating with the Old God. The power he gained from blood magic allowed him to spark the birth of a future empire under his rule.

### -1415 Ancient

* The Chasind people break away from the Alamarri tribes and settle in the wild and unexplored Korcari Wilds

### -1207 Ancient

* Darinius, the High King of Neromenian, takes control of the Tevinter throne, uniting the kingdoms of Neromenian and Tevinter under his rule.

### -1200 Ancient:

* Archon Darinius ventures into the Deep Roads and forges an alliance with King Endrin Stonehammer, ruler of the Dwarven Empire.
* The dwarven contests known as Provings become popular among the noble class of the Tevinter. A Grand Proving Arena is built in Minrathous.

## Post Tevinter Formation

### -1195 Ancient

* Darinius unites the kingdoms Tevinter and Qarinus, forming the mighty Tevinter Imperium. He declares himself the first Archon.

### **-1170 Ancient**

* The ruler of the dwarven empire, King Endrin Stonehammer moves the capital of the empire from Kal-Sharok to Orzammar, as trade with the surface becomes more and more vital for the prosperity of the dwarves and because of the internal turmoil caused in the Imperium following Darinius' death. Some attribute this move to Stonehammer's predecessor and ally, King Orseck Garal.
* Stonehammer orders the construction of the legendary Stonehammer Hall in Orzammar.
* The Orzammar Proving Grounds are expanded for the Grand Provings, previously held in Kal-Sharok. The winners of these Provings become the first of Orzammar's Paragons. Endrin Stonehammer builds of a hall to house huge statues constructed in their honor.

### -1160 Ancient

* Taxes collected by Orzammar from Kal-Sharok's trade profits become onerous.

### -1131 Ancient

* King Endrin Stonehammer is made a Paragon on his deathbed and becomes known as the "First Paragon" presumably for his vast accomplishments.

### -981 Ancient

* The hostility that festered between the Tevinter Imperium and the elves finally turned into open war. Armies of the Imperium surrounded the fabled elven city of Arlathan.
* **Desperate, elven mages bind a host of demons to spirits of purpose to protect the city and the surrounding area, the demons remain bound to the area even after the city's fall**

### -975 Ancient

* The Magisters resorted to a horrifying blood ritual that sank Arlathan into the earth, destroying it utterly and deciding the war in their favor. The conquest of the elven kingdom was complete: All those who did not perish with their city were enslaved, their spirit crushed and their ancient culture destroyed forever.

### -895 Ancient

* The Tevinter Imperium expands rapidly, bolstered by its new elven slaves. The Imperium takes nearly all of northern Thedas and begins the conquest of lands across the Waking Sea.

### -760 Ancient

* Archon Almadrius ascends to the throne of the Tevinter Imperium.
* **Tevinter after some difficulty successfully conquer the straggling clans of Rivain each lead by a Seer, descendants from the lights of Arlathan mixed with human clansmen.**
* **Archon Almadrius discovers The Sun and converts it into his summer palace.**
* **The Tevinters discover the trapped dwarves in Llomerrynn and free them, receiving the Titan of Llomerrynn as a gift.**

### -715 Ancient

* The Tevinter Imperium begins several campaigns to subjugate the barbarous Alamarri tribes in the Fereldan Valley. After many near losses, they manage to hold the central area for a time and pave the Imperial Highway across the Frostbacks to the fortress of Ostagar.

### -712 Ancient

* The First Tevinter expedition against the Avvars in the Frostback Mountains.
* **The Construction of the Road of Dumat, leading from Llomerrynn to the mainland is complete.**

### -695 Ancient

* The western part of the Tevinter rebels to form the Anderfels, mainly populated by the Yothandi people.

### -692 Ancient

* Archon Almadrius is assassinated. His apprentice Tidarion inherits the throne. Civil wars break out in the Tevinter Imperium

### -666 Ancient

* **A demon with a unique ability forms in the fade**

### -640 Ancient:

* Archon Tidarion dies without an heir. The civil war continues, and the magisters fight for power.

### -620 Ancient

* Emerius (Kirkwall), the last of the great Imperial cities, is founded in the distant south of the Imperium by the powerful magister, Emerius Krayvan. Elven slaves were brought in by the thousands to work the stone quarries, and suffered hardships that would give the city a dark and bloody reputation. In time it became known as the "City of Chains," the center of the Imperial slave market and the destination of all those captured by the spread of arcane rule.
* Archon Parthenius claims the throne of the Tevinter Imperium. The end of the civil war in the Imperium.

### -575 to -555 Ancient

* The largest civil war of the Tevinter is usually cited as when it began to decline markedly from its golden age. The magisters of the various noble houses wield terrible power but still seek more; their competition with each other leads to human sacrifice, and demon summoning becomes a regular occurrence. When two of the largest Tevinter houses battle to claim the Archon's throne, the Imperium is almost split in two. The resulting war left ruins and battlefields where the magical taint continues to be felt to this day. Peace is brokered in the Senate to prevent the dissolution of the Imperium, but the nobility continues its oppression of the masses in an effort to achieve supremacy.

### -535 Ancient

* After generations of independence, the Anderfels are reconquered by the Tevinter Imperium.

### -410 Ancient

* A group of kossith is believed to land in the southern Korcari Wilds, establishing a colony. They are likely killed off in the First Blight, giving rise to the first appearance of ogres on the continent

### -395 Ancient

* According to Chantry lore, the most powerful magister lords, seeking more power, open a gate to the Golden City at the heart of the Fade. The result is catastrophic: The Golden City becomes tainted, and the magisters bring the taint into the world, creating the first darkspawn.
* The Old God Dumat is freed and transformed into the first archdemon. The First Blight begins. The darkspawn attack en masse, concentrating at first on the underground Deep Roads of the dwarven empire. The dwarven kingdoms begin to fall by 815 TE and the race being at the brink of collapse, saved from annihilation by the actions of Paragon Aeducan. The darkspawn use the Deep Roads to appear throughout the continent. All of the Imperium is under siege and in a state of chaos. Finally, the nations of the Imperium begin to settle in for a long war as they become accustomed to the surges of the darkspawn. Communication becomes difficult across the Imperium, but cooperation is paramount. The people of Tevinter pray to the remaining Old Gods for help against Dumat, but they receive only silence. With the people's faith waning, unrest sees many temples destroyed as the Imperial people begin to turn from the Old Gods, believing themselves betrayed. The dark period lasts for over 200 years, extending post Blight.

### -355 Ancient

* The Blight has yet to reach the Alamarri. They are instead caught up in a war with the Avvar. In the Battle of Red Falls, Alamarri warrior Luthias Dwarfson fights Morrighan'nan, Avvar warrior queen. Both die in the battle. The Order of Ash Warriors is founded in Dwarfson's honor.

### -305 Ancient

* The Grey Wardens are founded at Weisshaupt Fortress in the Anderfels, dedicated to wiping out the darkspawn wherever they should rise. The organization is formed primarily of veterans from the countless battles against the darkspawn. They maintain communications within the Imperium and strike quickly wherever the darkspawn appear, quickly erecting fortresses everywhere and receiving tithes and supplies from all lands.

### -255 Ancient

* The dwarven Paragon Caridin creates the first golem from the Anvil of the Void to battle the darkspawn terrorizing the Deep Roads. The dwarves begin to retake lost thaigs and reclaim parts of the Deep Roads.

### -248 Ancient

* Caridin disappears along with the secret to creating golems, and the dwarven kingdoms continue their descent into oblivion.

### -203 Ancient

* The Grey Wardens gather the forces of humans and confront Dumat at the colossal Battle of the Silent Plains in the southern reaches of Tevinter. Dumat is ultimately destroyed by the Grey Wardens and the darkspawn forces routed. Though the darkspawn are still large in their numbers and still battle mankind, they are no longer directed by Dumat's power and become scattered. The contracts ensuring the powers and rights of the Grey Wardens date from this year.
* The prophet Andraste is born in the Alamarri lands.

### -195 Ancient

* Slowly, the last of the darkspawn hordes are defeated. They are forced into the Far Steppes, west of the Anderfels, and into the Deep Roads. For the dwarves, the war continues underground, but for humanity, the battle is believed to be over. After centuries of fighting, the once mighty Imperium is now weak.
* As the Deep Roads close, communication lines falter between the surviving dwarven kingdoms. Each thaig elects its own king while maintaining allegiance to a high king in Orzammar.

### -191 Ancient

* The Grey Wardens discover a number of intelligent darkspawn who can control portions of the horde even after Dumat's death. Warden Sashamiri arranges a trap to restrain and study one of these creatures, Corypheus, believed to be one of the Tevinter magisters who entered the Golden City and were corrupted into the first darkspawn two centuries prior. Corypheus is successfully imprisoned under the Vimmark Mountains in the southern Tevinter Imperium.

### -187 Ancient

* Andraste marries Maferath, an Alamarri chieftain.

### -186 Ancient

* Andraste preaches of a new creator, whom she calls the Maker. The more she says, the more her following grows. Maferath uses her teachings to unite the Alamarri clans under his authority.

### -184 Ancient

* The Tevinter Imperium's influence recedes in southern Thedas as Minrathous rebuilds.
* The Chasind claim the fortress of Ostagar.

### -181 Ancient

* Warden-Commander Daneken realizes the futility of the Wardens' attempts to control or kill Corypheus and proposes instead to seal the prison off from the rest of the world and keep its very existence secret forever.

### -180 Ancient

* A massive horde of Alamarri led by the warlord Maferath and Andraste cross the Waking Sea to invade Tevinter. Their advance is helped by natural disasters and slave rebellions.
* The Tevinter Imperium abandons the island of Estwatch to focus on mainland troubles. The island remains largely uninhabited for ages.

### -171 Ancient

* West of Minrathous, the Battle of Valarian Fields is fought between the Alamarri and the Tevinter Imperium. Maferath is victorious. At that battle the elven slave Shartan takes Maferath's side and leads other elves in the fight against their Tevinter oppressors. He later converts and is made a disciple, only to have his writings suppressed following the Exalted March of the Dales.
* The Alamarri army led by Maferath and Andraste stand before the fates of Minrathous and prepare for the battle to come.

### -170 Ancient

* In exchange for a truce and promise of lands, Maferath makes a pact with Archon Hessarian of the Tevinter Imperium. He betrays Andraste in Nevarra City, one of their strongholds, and allows her to be taken to Minrathous for execution. While Andraste burns at the stake, Archon Hessarien takes pity on her and stabs her through the heart.
* Disciple Havard, loyal to Andraste, collects her ashes and carries them back to the Avvar lands in the Frostback Mountains.

### -165 Ancient

* After the death of Andraste, the barbarian army disperses. Maferath is granted the lands of southern Thedas. He keeps the Fereldan Valley for himself, while dividing what will become Orlais, the nation of Nevarra, and the Free Marches between his three sons.
* The land between the Waking Sea and the Frostbacks is given to the freed elves by Maferath as a homeland and is called the Dales. The Long Walk begins as elves from across the Imperium begin traveling to the Dales largely on foot and are preyed upon by disease and robbers, causing massive chaos.

### -160 Ancient

* A cult devoted to Andraste's teachings spreads rapidly in the south but is largely disorganized and is very unpopular with the temples of the Old Gods. However, Archon Hessarian converts from revering the Old Gods to the Cult of the Maker and reveals Maferath's treachery. The Alamarri abandon Maferath, and southern Thedas collapses into anarchy. Back in the lands of the barbarians, groups which are claiming to be the Disciples of Andraste are formed, and the new religion begins to grow, referred to collectively as "the cults of the Maker."
* Archon Hessarian converts the Tevinter Imperium to Andrastianism, beginning the Transfiguration.

### -155 Ancient

* The Ciriane in present-day Orlais unite in a moment known as the Grand Unification.

### -150 Ancient

* **Demon by the name of Jabberwocky is forms in the fade under mysterious circumstances**

### -135 Ancient

* The Alamarri in the Fereldan Valley fall into a long series of internal wars as various warlords attempt to replace Maferath.
* Andraste's ashes disappear, revealed ages later to have been stored away at the Ruined Temple by the Disciples of Andraste.

### -130 Ancient

* The Chant of Light is created by Andraste's disciples, collecting her story and her teachings into hymns. Numerous versions of the Chant are written over time, with different interpretations of what Andraste taught about the Maker, each prevalent in different regions.

### -125 Ancient

* Archon Hessarian dies in his sleep. Many in the eastern and southern provinces of the Tevinter Imperium push for secession, fearing his successor, Archon Orentius, will restore the Old Gods and their clergy.

### -120 Ancient

* Rebellion begins in the east as the Rivaini attempt to split off from the Imperium. The resulting campaigns to stop the rebellion distract the Imperium from its attempts to reconquer the Free Marches and allow the south to gather its strength. Many of the eastern cities in the Free Marches intervene on the behalf of the Rivaini.

### -100 Ancient

* The Inquisition is founded around this time. The loose association of Andrastian hard-liners hunt heretics and mages in the name of the Maker.

### -53 Ancient

* After several losses that culminated in the disastrous Battle of Temerin, the Imperium finally abandons the east. **Rebels manage to strike back against their Tevinter rulers and forced them back across the landbridge to Antiva.**

### -44 Ancient

* The Kingdom of Rivain is formed. **From among the rebels a queen was crowned: The Silver Haired Ximena Trastamara I.**
* **Ximena gathers the remaining Seers and gives them all back their ancient clan lands, making them her vassals.**
* **Traders from all over Thedas would make Rivain their home, and where traders are, pirates thrive. The elven ruins of Llomeryn became a smugglers cove, a home to pirates and criminals.**

### -40 Ancient

* By order of High King Threestone the dwarves of Orzammar seal the Deep Roads that lead to the remaining kingdoms of Kal-Sharok, Gundaar and Hormak in a desperate bid to survive.

### -36 Ancient

* Castana Drakon, mother of Kordillus Drakon, is named *gothi* of the tribes of the Ciriane.

### -35 Ancient

* The dwarven kingdom of Hormak falls to the darkspawn and around this time the kingdom of Gundaar is overrun as well.

### -30 Ancient

* The city-state of Antiva expands and becomes a nation.

### -25 Ancient

* As the borders of the Imperium recede, Emerius(Kirkwall) becomes one of their lone outposts within a distant and violent frontier. The city is surrounded by the Kingdom of Ciriane, the barbarian Free Marches, the Alamarri, as well as the new elven homeland of the Dales. Despite its isolation, the city fought off many invading armies and did not fall until the slaves within the city finally rebelled, executing their Tevinter rulers in an orgy of violence. Possession of the fortress city remained contested for centuries to come, but it would never again rejoin the Imperium. No longer under Tevinter rule, the city changed name to Kirkwall, and became part of the Free Marches.
* The owner of the bone pit, Magister Claudian Vyrantus is killed in the slave rebellion. His robe: The Armor of the Overseer is stripped off his corpse and his body is thrown into the sea. **This begins a quick downfall of the Vyrantus noble family.**

### -24 Ancient

* **Archon Laurentius marches into Vyrantium and reclaims the city from the Elven Rebellion.**

### -15 Ancient

* The last of the Deep Roads are sealed, cutting off Kal-Sharok which is presumed lost to the horde. However, the dwarves of Kal-Sharok survive but never forgive the dwarves of Orzammar for their decision.

### -14 Ancient

* **Archon Laurentius if killed by the Lightning of Minrathous.**

### -11 Ancient

* The cults of the Maker spread quickly in the southern lands, resulting in the commencement of construction of the first great temple in Val Royeaux which becomes the center of worship for the new faith. One of its most fervent followers is the young king of Orlais, Kordillus Drakon. Drakon begins a series of holy wars in the name of the Maker, quickly proving himself to be one of the greatest generals in history.

### -3 Ancient

* Having conquered several neighboring city-states and forced others to submit to his overlordship, Kordillus Drakon is crowned emperor of the new Orlesian Empire in Val Royeaux. His ambitions to spread farther north into the Free Marches are confounded by constant pressures from the Dales to the east.
* The Chantry is formed by Emperor Drakon as he formalizes the Maker's cult an official religion.The emperor commands that missionaries be sent forth into the other lands, thus spreading the Chantry's teachings.