History

## Timeline

A full timeline of Lana's pre-civilization history, in direct comparison to the planet Erde. Though the points in time are written directly in parallel to each other, it is to note that each development on Lana happened a few thousand years after the happenings on Erde.

## Civilization

### Total Destruction (?-0)

The Cerima-Helians were thriving for thousands of years, but they slowly faced their own problems as they realized that due to the large amount of magic supplied by the deities, they became immortal. People became restless and eventually they started wars all over Cerima, that ended with 80-85% of them dying. The rest tried to rebuild Cerima into the paradise it once was, but the resources were scarce, opportunities were low and suicide rates were the highest in the entire history of the planet. The deities had tried to warn them this would happen, but nobody listened to their words, so they had refused to help until the very end when the Helians repented for their sins and begged them for their mercy.

### Great Reunion (0-214)

Meanwhile, the Nolase-Helians had found records of their earliest ancestors that told of the prosperous continent they had originally migrated from and many of them decided to go back in the hope of once again gaining the ability to practice magic and overall improving the quality of their lives. What they find when they get back are the remains of the wars and they quickly realize that the continent is not what it once was. Still, they decide to stay and help the Cerima-Helians rebuild, along with the divine species that had until then stayed away from the wars in solidarity with the deities.

### Divine Blessing (215-341)

Slowly, things start to get better and people start settling into different tribes in the seven regions. They invent many things to help themselves with everyday things that they previously used their magic for, though due to the scarcity of it they now have to find other ways to do things. The deities watch them do so for hundreds of years until they finally decide to honour their hard work. They do so by guiding the Thalicans, that were believed to have gone extinct, back to Lana and encouraging them to bless the humans with magical abilities once more.

### Cinderborne Plague (342-555)

After a short period of peace in Cerima, the Thalicans start favouring certain Helians over others and make them stronger than other Helians, even before they are born. These children quickly gained the name Enthavians ('Cinderbornes') since they are known to set their mothers on fire during their birth, usually killing them in the process with very few known exceptions. On one hand, people were jealous of their immense powers, yet they also became scared, especially due to the tragic fate of their mothers, despite the children not being at fault for their deaths. The regular Helians started to hunt the Enthavians, who tried to either defend themselves violently or were defended by the Thalicans who were outraged at their favoured souls being harmed. As punishment, they took away the Helians' ability to practice active magic in the form of spells or directly applying magical effects, only leaving them other magical abilities such as being able to brew potions or get visions of the future. Only some of the descendants of former Cerima-Helians retained the ability to practice active magic, though they usually hid the ability, scared that the Thalicans would take it away from them, so many of their bloodlines eventually forgot about their retained abilities.

### Crystalline Rise (556-1197)

After taking away the Helians' ability to practice active magic, the Thalicans once again turned their backs on them and went back to the Sky Kingdom were they had spent many thousands of years. However this time, they came back every year to choose new Enthavians. The Helians once again start to explore the possibilities and limits of their new form of magic, and they start to discover the importance of other things such as nature's treasures like precious metals, plants or crystals. Prominent tribes from the prior ages had already started to gain more power as they get more treasures and start naming themselves Noble Houses instead. One such Noble House, House Chamilina, previously started attempts of uniting six of the regions (except what is today known as the Exiled Abyss, as people thought it was a mythical place) and make themselves the rulers of their newly established Crystalline Empire in 559. A few hundred years later, Emperor Emris II. becomes a tyrant and is eventually exiled with his siblings by the Ministry, which is how the Exiled Abyss got its name (until then, it was simply known as the Abyss).

### Gwynlyndian Bloom (1198-?)

After the sisters Gvinnira and Roslinda defeated Emperor Emris II. they were made the new Queens of the new Elective Kingdom of Gwynlynd, along with their husbands. Every ~30 years or so, a new pair of Queens and Kings is selected by the members of the Ministry. This era is undoubtedly a new era of beauty, education, enlightenment, peace, tolerance and change.