Summarized History

(wip) Ifrit is a land this is filled with a long history, filled with much technological progression, lore and philosophy. However, accurate written historical excerpts have only really existed in Ifrit for the last 15,000 historical Idenian years.

### The Standard Idenos Calendar

*Main Article: Standard Idenos Calendar*

The main Ifritian calendar system, known as the Standard Idenos Calendar, was developed in Edago, Ketselund, by a serpopard named Falogar Idenos. Though translated into modern speak, it used widely by many for its easy-to-understand and follow usage. Each Idenos year has 320 days, split into 8 months with 40 days each. The year is divided into four seasons with two months each for one season (that being Summer, Autumn, Winter and lastly, Spring). Idenos years are formatted as Day/Month/Year format.

The years are sorted into year notations by the Idenos calendar. The year the Idenos calendar was invented was year (0) NE, marked as the first year of the "New Era" (Abbreviated as NE), and is still used as years after for modern day, and are counted in numerical order (i.e. 23 NE, 24 NE, 25 NE, etc...). Years before (0) NE are marked as Before Idenian Era (BIE) and are counted BACKWARDS in numerical order (i.e. 55 BIE, 54 BIE, 53 BIE, etc...), the smaller the number, the more recent the year.

## Prehistorian Era

Not much was known during the prehistoric era of Ifrit other than from heavy archeological and paleontologist discoveries and many advanced series of guessing games based on scientific evidence. This was where the very first lifeforms popped up in Ifrit and it is greatly speculated on how life even originated in the first place. Some go for the more religious route and form their own complicated belief systems as to the creation of life, while others scientific, often going for theories on the development of magic.

It is commonly accepted that Sentient Species of Ifrit where either few and far between or simply non-existent at all, as there was practically no known evidence of complex lifeforms existing during this time. It was an era ruled by ancient forms of prehistoric magic, "wild magic" as referred nowadays, which relied on raw instincts as self-defence. It is still used by feral beasts to fend themselves off to this day, and oddly enough, the Isle of Gloria seemed to still have a lot of the remnants of wild magic left, seemingly "stuck in time'.

How long this time period lasted was unknown, but it was at least around before (15,000) BIE.

## The Great Grazing

(wip) The Great Grazing was best described as the very root of the beginnings of societal Ifrit. It was a competitive era where many species grew intelligent at the same time, and competition between them to survive increased greatly. It was described as an era of sheer brutality, as the race to become king of the food chain had more and more drastic measures as competition increased between rivaling species with similar skillsets and magical abilities. Fighting over resources was common place and more and more individuals found themselves teaming up and finding out the benefits of teamwork, which foreshadowed the early attempts of society. This also unfortunately was the era for many species extinction as a result of the competition, including other sentient species. Some species also evolved to become smaller/larger to suit the new playing field they were forced to compete with.

The era also dawned the first farms and pastures as well, as many looked towards different means of sustenance, hence its name. Rather from hunting, moving and gathering, they began settling down and involving agricultural ventures. The very first animals were domesticated and the first families began gathering in their built up permanent homes. Others would sometimes come to also settle for short periods of time, as they found these cozy settlements inviting.