BCH World History

## A History of the World of Bits, Crits, and Halfwits

### Year 0

* The Elves of the northern desert create the city of Zreah on the beaches of Sustham Cove.

### 1500

* The Genasi form the city of Anle’Ves in the Hadrane River delta, established as a home for all Genasi.

### 2000

* The Aarakocra found Birdsgeuoise in the southeast cliffs.
* The Triton establish Pushverins at the mouth of Sustham cove.

### 2500

* he Elves establish a city in the Reidmeiota  mountains called Apud.

### 2630

* The Gnoll city of Dryling forms on the shores of the Newnear Shallows.
* The Human city of Stipvale is founded in the southern reaches of the Meliland Wilds.

### 2630

* The Earth Genasi move north into the desert and found the city of Slagos.
* Zreah makes great bounds in the use of war magic, becoming its most advanced users.

### 2680

* The Minotaur Ulfast Stormhorn establishes the city of Ulfast on the northern shores of the Misty Loch. Under his teachings the Minotaurs become the most advanced warriors on the continent leading the charge in both warfare and weapon smithing.
* The continent experiences the largest rainy season ever, the Newnear shallows flood and destroy Dryling. The Gnolls are left in a state of nomadic clans.

### 2700

* Humans in Stipvale become master engineers, leading the continent in this field.
* The Genasi of Anle’Ves master the art of healing using magic, people with afflictions from across the world come there to be healed.

### 2715

* The City of Apud founded the Zhrean College of Magic, it is the first magical school anywhere on the continent and trains mages from across the continent.
* A race of nomadic Firbolgs are found living at the base of the world tree, they are mentored by the Minotaurs from the north.

### 2800

* The Dwarven race emerges for the first time from the base of the Rak’toa Volcano chain.

### 2810

* A water elemental takes up residence in the Hadrane river delta, protecting the city of Anle’Ves from enemies from the sea and Piracy. Anle’ves establishes its first standing army to protect itself from overland threats.

### 2811

* In a response to its southern neighbors establishing a standing army, the Elves establish a standing defense force at both Zreah and Apud.

### 2863

* The kobolds come down from from the mountains and establish the raiding camp of Koboldia.

### 3000

* The dryad city of Fuchsia forms in the southern desert, surrounded by lush oasis in the midst of red sands and a hostile environment.
* The dwarves create a haven called Deross at the base of the Rak’toa’s largest volcano. They become experts in Armorsmithing to protect themselves from the local wildlife.

### 3018

* An order of Human Scholars forms in Stipvale.

### 3032

* The Genasi of Anle’ves and Slagos establish a spellcasting school centered on nature between the two of them, bringing them closer to their environment.
* The Fire Genasi cross the Meliland Wilds and create the outpost of Aleburn.

### 3076

* The Elves establish the temple of Xoit at the base of the world tree, as well as an outpost in the eastern cliffs.
* The Firbolgs establish the city of Eyrila with the help of Ulfast on the south side of the Misty Loch.

### 3100

* The Dwarven civilization become the most advanced miners in history, using new refining techniques to pull ore out of even the barest rocks.
* A thieves guild is established in Zreah.
* A military coup is started in Zreah, with the military valuing expanse to claim land for themselves to feed their people and their troops.

### 3112

* The Sahuagin attack from the undersea city of Sudense. They use complex enchantment magic to turn the water elemental against Anle’ves. As the Water Genasi army pulls north to set up a defensible site, Anle’ves is occupied by the invaders.

### 3140

* In preparation for war the Elves of Zreah become masters in the art of creating Warforged. Through this technology they bolster their army with magically fed foot soldiers.

### 3167

* The Firbolgs become masters of using nature's magic to create food.
* With the elves creating armies the minotaurs of Ulfast begin building walls to defend themselves
* after a long and happy life Ulfast Stormhorn dies of old age.

### 3200

* In order to create a better standing army in the plains on the edge of the Hadrane river, the elves of Zreah make an alliance with the Gnoll clans to control more territory.
* In the Southwest red desert the Dwarves create the fortress stronghold of Rido.

### 3205

* Using a large amount of magic, the Genasi army forms up south of Slagos to build and defend a wall to keep out the Sahuagin.

### 3208

* A peaceful order is created in Ulfast that is opposed to the old way of war, and wishes to transition to a simpler time. This order protests against the weapon making traditions as the Elven armies of Zreah create outposts on the edges of the eastern lakes.

### 3209

* An order is created between both the Firbolgs and the Minotaurs that is a peaceful place for those who are not involved in the warrior tradition to live peacefully, the joint city of Ohans is created on the eastern coast of the Fog Lake. A new avatar is created in the city of Ohans known as  High Priest Hirkust Boldspeaker, who lives to promote a pacifist way of life.

### 3210

* A race of Dragonborn descend from the mountains into Koboldia, and build giant walls to protect it from the elven armies.

### 3211

* The humans become experts in the use of magic to fly, developing the first magical airships to navigate amongst the trees. Birdsgeuoise become hostile because of this action hurting their ability to use aerial trade routes.
* The High Priest Hirkus Boldspeaker of Ohans becomes more vocal within the Minotaur faction, calling for a change in the leadership style, and calls for them to move to a spiritual leader instead of one given the position due to lineage.

### 3213

* The leader of the Minotaurs, Durast Stormhorn, speaks to remind the minotaurs that the original leader of the city was a leader because he was the best. He proceeds to create an event known only as “the Games” Where as a coming of age ceremony every minotaur can EARN their place in society.

### 3215

* The Zhrean school of magic becomes the best in the land, any who wish to learn magic travel to Apud for instruction

### 3220

* The smaller volcano on the dwarven island explodes, leveling the surrounding landscape. Many dwarves contemplate leaving the city as they fear for a larger eruption.
* The humans begin to follow a Technocracy, where the leader of the city is whoever creates the most useful invention at the years “Stipvale Inventatorium” The thieves guild begins stealing secrets from the creators of the Warforged and selling them to the humans in the south for the competition.

### 3225

* The water avatar turns back on the Sahuagin and heads up the coast to join the rest of the Genasi. An earth elemental appears near Slagos, and defends the city from the armies of the south. As this happens several circles of druids begin to gain prominence in the city.
* With the new defenders in Slagos, the Genasi establish a trading post in the mountains to trade with both the Elves and the Dragonborn.

### 3229

* As the Elves reinforce their front with the Minotaurs, an army of Elves and Gnolls pushes across the plains and attacks the World Tree near the Firbolg settlement with the intention to control it.
* Duras leads an army of minotaurs to defend the World Tree. He leads the army himself and they engage with the Elves and Gnolls , the Firbolgs in the south create walls of magical plants to protect the city from invasion should the World Tree fall.

### 3230

* As the battle rages around the base of the world tree a magical spell is struck against it by the Elven forces, in a ripple felt across the continent, both of the armies fighting beneath it, and all of their equipment, are turned to stone.
* The Elves of Xoit appear to go mad, and begin to make offerings to the World Tree. they no longer react to orders from Elven command, and anyone who enters a radius around the world tree falls into line with their new ideals. With a loss to their forces, the Elves begin to conscript more soldiers and mages from Apud.
* The travel to and from Birdsgeuosie is cut off as the birds become fiercely territorial, and begin to use any means necessary to protect their tree from outsiders. The Roc’s that make up their nests in the mountains seem on board with this, and attack any airships that come near.
* For three minutes during the Stipvale Inventatorium all magic ceases, leaving many humans confused, before airships and platforms begin to crash down around them.
* all people around the continent feel a pulse from its center, the pulse makes them scared and temporarily confused as to what's going on. When asked what the pulse meant to everyone each one had a different answer, fear, confusion, neediness. But one feeling is felt by everyone who came in touch with the pulse. Anger.