Amathara Timeline

The known timeline of Amathara uses PC for “pre-crisis” and AC for “after-crisis”. This is a bare bones introduction to the world: if your characters find books or speak to scholars along the way, other events will be added to the timeline.

-2600 PC to 0- The Lost Ages. Stone, copper, and brass weapons. Little is known.

-2600 PC- First surviving humanoid writing found, Hechicero Tribe founded in Generis

-2200 PC- Founding of Bethera, seat of the Ancestors

-1250 PC- Amaranth Druidic Circle is formed

-187 PC- The prophet Aaeleyah, chosen of Ancestors, combines multiple tribes into the people of Talim

-100 PC- Ancestor War begins

0 - “The Crisis”--banishment of Ancestor race and birth of modern Amathara, fall of Bethera

1 AC - The Night Sky Accord is struck between competing philosophies, followed by The Ascension-gods of Amathara take their place in the pantheon.

1 AC-250 AC- The Age of Separation. Naval innovation, established trade routes and nomadic tribes create diasporas that will lead to modern regions.

15 AC - Mornfall established by Hechicero tribe

50 AC - Northern Razurnal is punished by the god Pocan eternally, crystallized by lightning, becomes Burning Sands

162 AC- Isles of Twilight and Calcordia are settled

245 AC- Ancestor’s Reef is settled by exiled Talimish

251 AC-700 AC- The Iron Age. Advances in vehicles, weapons, and iron crafting comes along with more solidified kingdoms that bolster themselves in defense, the beginning of modern empire building. Wars rage and tear apart whole societies.

265 AC - Solstafir founded in the Blacklands

314 AC- Talim builds Erciyes in the Windswept Coast

410 AC- Amberhelm is founded by the Kharaba royal family

517 AC- Radiant Crusade begins

642 AC- The Madness Wars begin in the Golden Plains, leading to the fall of the lynchpin kingdom of Pristor

700 AC- The Kingdoms of Glyderon and Lusertine fall, the last of the Seven Kingdoms. The Golden Plains becomes colloquially known as the Fallen Planes

701 AC-1080 AC- The Age of Adventure. Thornmoor meets with Myrlund and invents developed clockworks and explosives. New vessels become safer and stronger. The survivors of the Madness Wars take on new colonial and exploration projects.

703 AC- Primrose is founded in the Windswept Coast by Lord Archaunbault Dalmeny

844 AC- New Bethera is settled by Madness War survivors

1050 AC- Barony of Cephalan is established

1077 AC- The Savage Colonies are colonized by Amberhelm

1081 AC-1399- The Clockwork Age. New conceptions of time are developed and employed as urban trade and labor take on new demands. Large scale technological projects begin in Talim’Valkor, Steinvegg, Thornmoor, Ethergaarde, and elsewhere.

1153 AC- Hechicero Tribe loses Mornfall battles, colonized by Cephalan

1399 PA - The Battle of Shyndre takes place on the Vaitarna, leading to the biggest ever loss of Amberhelmian troops

1300 PA - Amberhelm defeats the Barony of Cephalan, establishes city state of Ethergaarde in its place, takes the colony of Mournfall

1368 PA - Thornmoor occupies Terrestre

1372 PA - Amberhelm annexes Erciyes, Maraport, Calderwood, Aarden Towers and other towns

1375 PA - Thornmoor annexes the Dornholz

1377 PA - King Kepesk makes a deal with demon lord Graz’zt to gain power

1390 PA - Historic Ostara festival in Primrose

1397 PA- *Recurring: The Ethergaarde Saga* begins.

1398 PA - The Vaitarna Dam is built in Ethergaarde

1399 PA- Volaris, the creation of Namatius Elysium, becomes the first airship to take flight

1400 PA - Nightfall, a prophetic eclipse

1400 PA- Defeat and banishment of a number of fiends threatening Amathara: Demon Thraxxia, demon lord Graz’zt, and the devil, Incabulos

1400 PA - Coup in Ethergaarde. Lord Skipta is killed by Yex, Wolfrun, and soon-to-be Lord Azrael, who takes the throne.

1400 PA - Thurianni Clan Shadow Elves settle in Ethergaarde

1400 PA - King Kepesk of Vorel’thel is forced into exile and Thurkear takes power

1400 PA- *Recurring: Epilogue begins*

1400 PA- The Nightfallen Age