First Age

The First Age, the Age of Creation, began with the Founder and their establishment of the Universe.

## Conclusion

### Subsequent Age

Second Age

“
*The best and worst of all things occurred in the First Age. Creation was not a purely good act: there was evil in it too.*
”
— Professor Dantell Alchenstidt, Faculty of History at the Blackhurst Conservatory.
The **First Age** was a period of time in the history of the universe.

At the dawn of time, the Founder established the universe. The primordials, whose very essence of being was creation itself, and whose souls were tied with the creative effort, became the first creatures to walk the earth. They were followed in short succession by mortals.

The first age is known to have lasted somewhere in the vicinity of 30,000 years, although its exact duration is unknown, and perhaps unknowable.

## Timeline

### The Birth

* **1 PC (Post-Creation)**. The Founder creates the universe, possibly from its own being. Based on what is known of magic, the idea that the Founder could have created the universe from nothing has been contested.
* **1 PC**. Near the beginning of creation, the first primordials are born. Of a similar nature to the founder, these beings ostensibly aid the efforts of creation. Given their early disappearance, though, their exact nature and biology remain elusive to scholars.
* **Shortly after creation**. Around this date, dragons are born. Dragons and primordials are at times allies and at times rivals.

### Mortalkind

* **ca. 10 PC**. Around this date, the first mortals are born or created.
	+ **ca. 10 PC: Humans.** Based on magical remnants and archaeological evidence, scholars believe that Humans were the first of the mortals to be created (or, at the very least, the first of the mortal races to provide evidence of their existence.
	+ **ca. 15 PC: Dwarves.** Dwarves claim to be the first of the children of the founder, although this claim has been refuted by archaeological evidence.
	+ **ca. 15 PC: Elves.** The evidence for the existence of Elves appears close to the same time as that of Dwarves.

### The First Divines

* **ca. 50 PC**. Around this date, the First Divines begin to ascend to their thrones. Before the slaying of the elder primordials, however, they are not believed to be true Divines, but simply mortals of awesome power.
	+ **ca. 200 PC**. Aquvul, the primordial of water, is slain by Soros. Soros will go on to establish Elysium with this power.
	+ **ca. 250 PC**. Aetheriul, the primordial of air, is consumed by Sinvariol, the foundress of Magic. From its remains, she will establish Anarchia, the source of Chaos: Magic.
	+ **ca. 250 PC**. Terratul, the primordial of earth, is defeated by Tzulft the All-Father in single combat. Drunk with the glory of victory, Tzulft builds Odengard.
	+ **ca. 300 PC**. Ignivul, the primordial of fire, is destroyed and consumed by the God-Pharaoh who will become the Lord of Fire, Amon-Sekh. Tartarus is erected from its remains.
* **ca. 300 PC**. After the destruction of the eldest primordials, their bodies are believed to birth the Elemental Planes: the Plane of Water, Plane of Air, Plane of Earth and Plane of Fire. Erstwhile, the Divines seize the souls of these primordials, gaining unspeakable power. With these newfound souls, the Divines forge the four cardinal Outer Planes, planes of their own creation. Nonetheless, the First Gods mostly remain in the Prime Material, using the Outer Planes mostly as a lair rather than a true residence.

### The Elemental War

* **ca. 300 PC**. After the destruction of the eldest primordials, all Primordials and Elementals declare war upon the Divines and Mortals. With the bodies of the slain Eldest Primordials birthing millions of elementals, the Divines lead mortalkind in a bitter war for survival: the Elemental War.
* **ca. 560 PC**. The last of the primordials is slain, and the Elemental War ends. With this event, the *pax divina* of the Second Age is established.