Timeline

This is a timeline that lists all the major events in the history of the Adorian universe in chronological order. This timeline uses the dating system invented by the goblins of Gorgogem in the 692rd year of the Fourth Age (of Mortals). According to this calendar, the events of the Wicked Night took place in the 823rd year of the Fourth Age.

## Age of the Gods

Long before mortal creatures were ever created, there used to be an Age of the Gods. No records are kept of this time-period, nor do any creatures bar the most ancient of gods remember any of the events that transpired during this time. This age is often interpreted as a grand battle between the Stars Above and the Dark Beyond, long before the world of Adoria was created.

## Age of Forebears

At the dawn of the Age of Forebears, the world of Adoria was created by the Stars Above. The gods had birthed a great number of children, but not enough seats in the Heavens. And so, the gods created the world of Adoria as a testing ground for their offspring. They placed nine divine thrones on the surface of the world, and tasked their children with claiming them. Those that managed to claim one of these seats would join the gods in the Heavens, while those that failed were to be disinherited. The divine children that were send to Adoria became the Forebears, as they would later give birth to all of Adoria's creatures.

* *At least eight-thousand years*
* **The Last War** (end of the Age of Forebears). The war fought between Sytha the Golden Mother and Tarak the Felled. At the end of this war, which had lasted centuries, Sytha took the throne from Tarak the Felled at the last moment.

## The First Age

The end of the Age of Forebears meant the beginning of the First Age of Mortals. The Forebears had all spawned their own creatures, and had bestowed upon them the Gift of Mortality and the Gift of Blindness. The mortal children of the Forebears who had successfully ascended to the Heavens were also gifted with the Gift of Potential. The noble races could now prove themselves worthy of joining the gods in the Heavens.

* *At least three-thousand years*
* **The Fall of Sigil** (3472 1A). The First Age ended with the collapse of the Tower of Sigil. Knowledge of the divine language of the gods was lost.

## The Second Age

* *At least one-thousand years*
* **The War of Purity** (558 2A - 589 2A). The War of Purity was fought between the Sythean Empire and the Tallasilvan settlers. It was at the end of this war that the Forebear Sytha was reincarnated in the form of Elera, and ousted the lineage of the First Kings.
* **The Unborn Rains** (1333 2A). The Second Age ended with the Unborn Rains. The droplets of these rains reversed the aging of creatures, plunging the world into utter chaos.

## The Third Age

* *At least three-thousand years*
* **The Time of Hammers** (3349 3A - 3872 3A). A combination of volcanic eruptions, changing weather patterns and other natural disasters let to the slow decay of many civilizations. Across the world, radicals took the opportunity to supplant the old orders during the Time of Hammers.
* **Albaster the Thrice-Buried** (2901 3A - 3872 3A). Albaster the Thrice-Buried was a human necromancer that ruled over the southern regions of the Oldenland for nearly five-hundred years (with interludes). After his third and final defeat in 3872 3A, many felt that the Third Age had come to a close.

## The Fourth Age

* *823 years*
* **The Wicked Night** (823 4A). The Fourth Age ended with the madness caused by the Wicked Night.