First Age

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**1A01:** The first Matron of the Ministry, Augora I, is instated at the still unfinished Grand Temple in Ducailles.

* The free use of magic is declared illegal in Maudet except by those mages operating under the direct auspices of the Ministry.

**1A05:** Patemis awakens and the Second Scourge begins with the fiendish horde slaughtering the entire city of Lougrick before the Grey Order finally gets the word out. Once again, mankind is launched into a desperate battle for its survival over the course of the next 100 years.

* Emperor Volantus I calls on mages to use their magic against the Scourge. The mages prove themselves to be effective allies in battle.
* The Adamantium abandons Netheren and attempts to protect itself, a betrayal that is remembered by the Netherfolk even to this day.

**1A16:** In several engagements, including the hard-fought victory at the Battle of Umberland, the Maudesians defeat several hordes of fiends, and numerous cities are saved. The Maudesian Empire under Volantus' command expands quickly, as does the influence of the Ministry.

**1A20:** The Anderan Accord is signed between the Ministry and the Vigilants of Sibylla. The senior members of the Vigilants form the Inquisition. The Templar Order and Institute of Magic is also created from this agreement, formally permitting Mages to practice magic under the close watch of the Templars and, in extension, the Ministry.

**1A25:** The people of Maudet are angered when the city of Montelleu is nearly destroyed by the fiendish horde as an elven army watched from nearby.

**1A31:** The fiendish horde fails to overrun the City of Adamantium.

**1A33:** Emperor Volantus is given the opportunity to expand southward, but instead he chooses to swing his armies east and relieve the siege of Greyhold.

* The Grey Order is impressed enough to convert to the worship of the Ministry, and together the Grey Order and Volantus save the badly weakened nation of Netheren from destruction, making it a part of the Maudesian Empire and bringing it to a devout worship of the Watcher that continues to this day.
* Throughout the Second Scourge, the elves of Sylvandale refuse to provide aid to their neighbors.

**1A40:** The Drahanim warrior Heford unites the tribes and quells the fiendish horde in the Nordish Valley.

**1A45:** Emperor Volantus perishes from old age. His empire, forming the majority of the eastern Freemarks and all of Netheren, does not survive his death. His successor, Caecilius II, doesn't possess the political savvy of his father, and Netheren declares independence 20 years after the death of Caecilius I.

* The teachings of Sibylla are popularized in Lysadore.

**1A45–95:** Over the next 50 years, the Ministry continues to spread rapidly, aided by the Grey Order as the Scourge winds down.

* The Ministry spreads west into the Freemarks and Lysadore.

**1A50:** Heford defeats combined Welserine and Cleve forces and holds the Nordish valley. He is proclaimed Jarl.

**1A65:** Netheren once again declares their independence, this time from the Maudesian Empire.

**1A79:** Harren Pardasian, who would one day become the first Pardasian king of Anderlay, is born in Hunteron.

**1A95:** The Freemarks and Maudet are hard-pressed to defend themselves, but the Grey Order and the Maudeisan armies make the difference. The last battle of the Second Scourge is fought at the ruins of Alepool in the Freemarks. The human army is led by the Grey Order and takes a resounding victory, where Patemis is finally destroyed and the fiendish horde routed.

* The period that follows is known as the "Rebuilding" - a time when trade, culture, and religion become paramount across most human lands.

Astyla the Grey is made an Exemplar after sacrificing her life for the king. The Sisterhood of Silence are formed in her memory.

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