Timeline

11,000 BRD: Elfrule

7000 BRD: Dwarves build the first heartforge.

6500 BRD: Humans domesticate livestock and develop agriculture.

5900 BRD: The Drow withdraw from the World Above, ending the Elfrule in the East.

5600 BRD: On the continent of Aelium, seven human kingdoms rise to mythic status.

5300 BRD: The Seven Armies of the human kingdoms defeat the Titanstorm following a war that lasted a thousand days less one. Following this victory, Surtr, Warlord of the Titans, is imprisoned on the Plane of Carcerus. Many human gods rise from the heroes of this war.

2300 BRD: Three human kingdoms have fallen under the rule of the Lich Queen. She is defeated by an alliance of dwarves and humans.

650 BRD: The Great Goblin March all but overruns the human realms of the Aelium, and the dwarves are besieged in their mountains. Only the involvement of the Shieldwood elves allow the last human strongholds to survive.

522 - 497 BRD: Under the leadership of the Warlord Khurgorbaeyag, goblin legions burn down the Shieldwood, beginning the diaspora of the Narsinsil elves. Khurgorbaeyag is himself slain by Heigolor the Dancing Spear.

488 BRD: The centuries of Goblin Tax begin. The human realms are given the choice between tribute or genocide. It is a time of violence and darkness.

472 BRD: King Axwylf of the Gaets defeats the Hobgoblin Legions of Khadac Maul, ensuring that the Hibernian Islands never fall under goblin rule.

### Second Age

**The Reign of Dragons (RD)**

0 RD: Metallic dragons under Loxatrax the Golden Wyrm crush the Goblin Empire and establish Pax Draconis across the Aelium.

1167 RD: Loxatrax is slain by Xaxichor the Great Red and the Draconic Empire is now ruled by chromatic dragons.

1201RD: Ishara, Goddess of Oaths, slays the red wyrm Arciastes.

1933 RD: Xaxichor is betrayed by his servant, the dragonborn archmage Melaxion. The Wyrmwars begin.

2093 RD: Battle of the Three Wyrms results in the death of the last of the Imperial Wyrms. From now on, the empire is ruled by a succession of dragonborn emperors. Civil wars rage across the Aelium.

2189 RD: What starts as an uprising in Corinth rapidly becomes the human-led War on Dragons. The human armies are led by great heroes and supplied by the dwarfish Silverpeak and Ironshield mines. The last of the metallic dragons rallies to the human banners.

2199 RD: The last of the High Elves march for seven days to come to the aid of the Illyrian army. In the ensuing battle, the draconic Siege of Valdeica is lifted and three old red dragons are killed. The flower of Narsinsil never blooms again.

2207 RD: With the Draconic legions depleted by two centuries of civil war, the last of the dragonborn emperors is defeated in the Battle of a 1,000 Heroes, ending the Age of Dragons.

### Third Age

**After the Reign of Dragons (ARD)**

71 ARD: An alliance of heroes, led by the mages of the House of the Seventh Star, penetrates the Shadowfell and storm the castle of Odilahth the Soul-keeper. The Wraithlord and his army of undead dragons is defeated.

199 ARD: First human settlement in the Yonderlands, by Vanir at Windholme.

276 ARD: The Vanir plot to bring Surtr into the world is foiled.

410 ARD: The Hex Plague ravages the Dragonlands, killing thousands and laying several cities in ruin. Over the following decades, almost every human kingdom falls.

416 ARD: The Dwarven mountain kingdoms close their gates and withdraw from the World Above.

432 ARD: During the Great Teleportation, a wave of refugees from the Dragonlands arrive in the Yonderlands. They come through the teleportation circles and this is seen as the last great deed of the House of the Seventh Star.

481 ARD: Dwarven victory in the Battle of the Cathedral Caverns cuts the Drow off from the World Above.

600 ARD: The Dragonlands are beset by dark chaos. Undead stalk empty villages and towns, and monsters and dark magic terrorize the lands.

698 ARD:

698 ARD: The Yonderlands Saga begins.

713 ARD: Walls of Ilyria campaign

### Fourth Age

**Post Draconium (PD)**

867 PD: Twelve magi swear fealty to the Order of the Seven-pointed Star

936 PD: Last sighting of Archmage Bonisagus

1002 PD: The Ars Occultatum Chronicle