Timeline

This is the entire timeline of major events in all of Xaekla history, within these eras certain nations or civilizations may have various other smaller things that only effected them or another nation nearby but did not effect the whole of the world.

* Age of Darkness
* Realm Famine
* Undead War
* Spell Surge
* Cosmic War
* Great Feast of the Realms
* Cosmic Divergence
* Divine-Arcane War
* Undead War
* Cosmic War
* Border Wars
* Pre-Darkness
* Age of Darkness
* The Brightening
* The Scorching Years
* Age of Arcana
* The Cosmic War
* Age of Prosperity

## Pre-darkness (PD)

From the emptyness came the first gods: Zafrielia, Suhulous, Alavandra, the Psionic un Elementare, and Illimate? Zafrielia created the sun whose light would grant warmth and growth to the chaotic Xaekla and the Psionic un Elemnetare bent and weaved the elements of the realm as the sun stabilized the core planet.

The gods created the gnomes, then the dwarves, then the elves, then the other races. The gods gifted their creations with the power to survive the still present chaos of their world, these were the first divine magics.

The dwarvish empire of Vor Mouldar is the first empire to be created out of the alliance of akin peoples.

The ancient human empire of Kraul is founded.

The gods create several species of dragon to aid in the efforts of taming the unpredictability of Xaekla during this time.

The Farweb Realms are created to house the gods in luxuray so they would not have to live amongst the chaos on Xaekla where they had near-mortal lives.

The exusian known as Chaos Mother, or Keiraake, is killed during the Taming Feast by a human who wielded divine magics against the deity. The human, after this feat, rose to the status of Exusian and chose their name: Illa Everwon.

## Age of Darkness (AD)

* One theory for the rise of the leviathans is that they are the children of Keiraake the Chaos Mother. Born from her tears they seek vengance on behalf of their mother and their realm so that chaos may reclaim the world as it once did.
* By another account the Leviathans were merely exusians that ventured to Xaekla from the previous universe that the first exusians did.
* Another theory for the rise of the leviathans is that they were created from Xaekla itself, as if the planet itself was a god, in order to correct the imbalance mortals have inflicted upon it through their taming of the realms natural chaos.

The Betrayer Deity, Aphistollyon or Aphistist, creates Irara as a home for himself and his allies. Then begins creating fiends and demons from the souls trapped in Limbo, this was the first army of the Betrayers.

In the effort of having further power over their environment humans created the Arcane arts, the means of which and creators are lost to time.

The chaos races are created by the Betrayer Gods, these races include: orcs, ogres, goblins, minotaurs, vampires, hti strixx, harpies, etc. They were created so that the Betrayers would have a stronger basis of followers.

The dwarven-gnomish kingdom of Douth Kan falls in the Battle of Douth Kan. Refugees from the kingdom scatter to surrounding civilizations.

The Defending Deities took up arms against the Leviathans and Betrayers, rallying all mortals to fight alongside them so that they could continue to exist in this less chaotic version of Xaekla. The traitorous mortals that allied themselves with the Betrayers and chaos were all killed or imprisoned, the Leviathans and Betrayers were all imprisoned on their own planes.
* Aphistist is imprisoned within his realm of Irara through the creation of the Divine Lock that surrounds the realm. His closest followers were imprisoned alongside him.
* The leviathan of darkness was killed and, as its form returned to the chaos of Xaekla, a looming shadow remained in its place known as the Leviathans Shadow within which the Sunless City resides today.
* Zafrielia and Nekras slam a leviathan of light so hard into the ground that the Blinding Fault is created across the continents of Nibar and Ravera, across the Foucest ocean.

The remnants of Aphistist's army causes havoc across the realm in anger for their gods imprisionment resulting in the Crossroad Massacre. Around this time the first Dainimenos are documented integrating into society, both xaeklan and otherwise.

Following the Defending Deities victory the kingdom of Erdant is formed in the capital city of Erudite, nicknamed the city of honor. Refugees displaced from the war between leviathans and exusians flood Erudite bringing about boundless prosperity in trade.

The dwarven city of Drusar is founded.

The final known leviathan that roamed free on Xaekla, an earth leviathan, is killed by dwarves of Vor Mouldar. Its body crashing back to the earth creates the Jaggar Peak Mountains. In its center the titans heart is buried beneath the earth bringing on the Shimmering Glade.

## The Brightening/Founding (post darkness)

The Order of the Divine is created in Vor Mouldar by a dwarven merchant with high standing in the kingdoms politics. The order was created to stand against the injustices of arcane magic as, to them, it is an affront to the exusians which fought to protect mortals from the leviathans.

The Divine-Arcane war begins, it is fought primarily between the kingdoms of Vor Mouldar and Kraul.

The first arcane exusian comes forth, Haimeia of the Weave.

The Divine-Arcane war reaches resolution with Vor Mouldar and Kraul signing a peace treaty in the neutral city and kingdom of Erdant.

## The Scorching Years (post darkness)

The Huend Republic and other such ancient civilizations rise to prominance.

The first portals connecting the Innerweb realms open, the most notable is a portal which connects Neraida and Xaekla, through which a number of fae travels through. This portal is called Fae'draun

The area surrounding the Fae'draun blossoms with life and growth brought on by the magic of the portal itself. This magic bleeds into the people that live around Fae'draun causing the first Zvierans to be born.

The dwarven city of Dairqeg is founded.

An unknown magical force (now known to be a curse inflicted by the cult of aphistist) causes record high temperatures across the realm, plants refuse to grow, and births rates plumet.

The Realm Famine begins with no one able to grow their own food trade slows as civilizations prepare for what the future may hold.

The Resource Wars begin involving over half the realms standing kingdoms and empires.

The Order of the Divine and the Worldy Spellcasters Association work together to attempt to find out what is causing these record temperatures and diminished births.

The war of Restoration begins waged by the Order of the Divine and the Worldy Spellcasters Association against the Cult of Aphistist. It last less than a year.

The Cult of Aphistist is destroyed and the perpetrators of the curse killed. Xaekla's temperature begins stabilizing but nations continue to fight over their depleated resources.

## Age of Arcana (before cosmic divergence)

The fall of Kraul to Vor Mouldar causes the resource wars end with the primary nations fighting in it signing a temporary treaty that would allow trade between them.

The deities create the Transitive realms which connect all the realms to one another, at the entrances to these passageways are portals that are often guarded by a celestial creature. This spurs the creation of the Cosmic Web cosmology model.

The spell surge begins causing magic to be stronger and a greater number of sorcerer's to be born.

Kildar the Wise forms the arcane school of Lyndor that soon becomes a city-state seperate from its neighboring kingdom of Muulier.

The first golem is created.

The empire of Lasmeria is founded by Waikan Lasmer.

On current day Ravera, Merd, a famous caster and member of the Worldy Spellcaster Association, figures out how to achive near immortality through lichdom. The ritual to achieve lichdom fractures his mind and he rises an undead army then attacks the city-state of Ulgardia.

Ulgardia falls, marking the beginning of the Undead War.

Zafrielia fights for the freedom of the Dakfet race on the planet of Udka'pei-qmel within the Ethereal Realm. She is able to free the race but only after killing over half of the enslaving race, the Hti Strixx, and the destruction of the Udka'pei-qmel.

From the ashes of his destroyed planet Mator, the All Consuming, is born a leviathan of hunger and vengence. He travels across the realms, able to come and go as he pleases, allying the imprisoned leviathans under him with the promise of revenge and Xaekla.

Merd and his undead armies overtake the civilized portion of Ravera and on Ulgardia's ashes the Iberus Collective is formed by Merd.

The nation of Agiactis is formed by refugees of the undead war from Ulgardia and its neighboring cities.

The Border Wars between Kilvaria and Lasmeria begins.

The continent of Luxam is discoved by Lasmeria and the previously isolated nation of Emberam becomes a pivotal source for rare resources for all the nations.

Agiactis allies itself with Kilvaria against Lasmeriain exchange for resources and future protection.

An exusian known as Menephaus manages to cross through the Divine Lock trapping him in , they travel to the realm of Xaekla in order to begin causing havoc on behalf of Aphistist.

## The Cosmic War (before cosmic divergence)

The Tempory Peace Treaty of Xaekla (TPTX) is formed and signed so that the border wars between Kilvaria and Agiactis and Lasmeria come to an end.

The Battle of Drusar takes place, leading to the cities downfall.

Defending Deities flood to Xaekla for the first time in centuries to fight Menephaus. They work alongside mortal blacksmith and spellcasters to create the first of the vestiges.

Mator is able to free all the Betrayer gods and Leviathans.

Several loyal mortals are transformed into hero exusians to aid in the battle on both sides.

The Betrayer god, Kiramei, is slain in the battle of Atermine Crater and through her bodies liquification, the Everlake is formed.

Battle of Dairqeg takes place, leading to the citys fall into ruin.

From the water of the Everlake humanoids begin mutating into part fish-like beings named ngeru, they are the first of the Zviera to not be cause by Fae'draun.

The battle of Menephaus takes place on the Continent of Ravera just miles from the Iberus Collectives capital city. The Defending Deity, Jurmung, is able to kill Menephaus but not before recieving a grievous wound that he dies from just moments later. When the two crash down to the earth in their titan forms, the Jurne mountains are formed; they almost resemble two bodies facing one another with a valley in between.

A faction of fae return to Xaekla, they are the ancestors of elves and a few other species.

The Great Feast within the Ether (often just called the Great Feast) is held by Zafrielia in attempt to compromise with the Leviathans. It is a trick to inprison them all again causing a battle to break out, Mator is spared by the goddess Ona who was supposed to kill him. The remain Leviathans are imprisoned once again and the Betrayers admit defeat, submiting to the Defending Deities.

The Ethereal Contract is signed by the suriving Betrayer Gods, binding them to stay away from the realms but for their own realm.

## Age of Prosperity (post cosmic divergence)

The vestiges of light are left behind, gifted to the most loyal warriors of the Defending Deities which happen to be the hero exusians they left behind.

The elven nation of Su'quei and the Empire of Lasmeria come to an agreement in which Su'quei is indepentant of Lasmeria but still gives a portion of their earnings and resources.

Battle of Stormfront-Valley occurs on the northern edge of the Hellcatch Valley helmed by the hero god of storms, Calistel.

Princess Pricilla of Lasmeria and Prince Jorge of Kilvaria are wed to further unify the two nations in an age of peace, trade, and prosperity.

Battle of Yaesamier occurs on the now border of the Yaesamier coast between the coastel cities and the Empire of Kilvaria for the coastel cities independence.

Firearms utilizing gunpowder and canons arise in Lasmeria after extensive experimentation.

The elven nation of Qae'kalme falls at the hands of Kilvaria, with this final battle the entire western portion of Nibar is finally controlled fully by Kilvaria.

The commune of Kymand is founded by a young human man, it is dedicated to the deity of the same name and is semi-independant of Kilvaria so long as Kymand gives a portion of their resources.