History of Autica

According to legend, the first mortal beings were created by Gnesis, the god of life, in a lush valley. It is said that he foolishly accepted the help of Larcata, the Goddess of Chaos. These mortal people, called the Alcedin, ranged from 16 feet tall, to well over 26 feet tall. It is said that the Alcedin came in several varities - called the Hill Giants, Fire Giants, Stone Giants, Frost Giants, and Storm Giants. However, they grew too powerful and attempted to find a way to overthrow the gods. It is said that they appealed to Savyranus, the Dragon God of Evil, who created and unleashed Chromatic Dragons upon the world. The Alcedin, commanding the (what at that time were) young dragons set out to destroy everything, in an attempt to find a way to the Astral Realm, the central point between all the realms inhabited by the Gods.

In an attempt to prevent this, Kalopia, the Dragon Goddess of Good, created the Metallic Dragons and placed them in the world. The Metallic Dragons attempted to preserve and protect Emalorn, but were struggling to defeat the Chromatic Dragons and the Alcedin.

It is said that Syl’Vita, the Goddess of Light, created a new plane of existence - The Feywild - and improssioned the Alcedin and Chromatic Dragons there. She also brought the Metallic Dragons to her new realm, so they can continue trying to prevent the Alcedin and Chromatic Dragons from causing too much destruction.

The Feywild exists in parallel to the Material Plane, an alternate dimension that occupies the same cosmological space. The landscape of the Feywild mirrors the natural world but turns its features into spectacular forms. The Feywild is inhabited by creatures crafted by Syl’Vita - these sylvan creatures are elves, dryads, satyrs, pixies, and sprites, as well as centaurs and magical creatures such as blink dogs, faerie dragons, treants, and unicorns. The darker regions of the plane are home to such malevolent creatures as hags, blights, goblins, ogres, and, of course, the giant Alcedins and Chromatic Dragons.

Legend says Syl’Vita burned all evidence of the Alcedin away, creating what is now called the Voiceless Desert - a vast arid desert.

It is rumored that Umikari - the Neutral Dragon Goddess of Volcanoes was asked to stay in the material realm, and watch vigilantly for any signs of trouble. Legend says that duty bound Umikari will not leave the volcano she rules, as it grants a perfect vantage point to watch over the Voiceless Desert..

According to other legends, Syl’Vita opened up a portal in the mountains to the East of the Voiceless Desert that allows the Gith - inhabitants of the Astral Plane - to travel to the Material Realm, allowing them to form societies to breed and raise their children (as they do not age on the Astral Plane).

Mortal life as we know it today started in the valley of Khandra. It is said that Gnesis, in an attempt to not repeat his previous mistakes, created Halflings - these mortals stand only 3 feet high at most, and are significantly less powerful than the Alcedins were.

Halflings, making up for a lack of powerful abilities by using their intellect, developed agriculture and domestication of animals. Gnomes evolved from early Halfings - It is rumored that the first Gnome was a Halfling, blessed by Syl’Vita. While the Halflings thrived in agriculture, Gnomes were industrious and inventive. They developed more useful tools, and invented the wheel.

The Gnomes developed a calendar based on the lunar and seasonal cycles. It is rumored it was actually Evdomáda, the Goddess of measuring time, who gifted the calendar to mortals. The years were counted based on the life cycles of rulers.

Due to deep superstitions and the density of the woods surrounding this area, there wasn’t very much development outside of this area. People did wander off; never to be seen again. Furthering the belief that death laid outside of the Khandra territory.

Some of the hardiest Gnomes traveled north - to frozen world of Gortaria. They believed they could discover the ancient Alcedins. They did not. They did,however, discover wealth and gems in the mountains and stayed there. They evolved into the dwarves.

On the mountain tops are tribes of Goliaths. It is rumored that the Goliaths are descendents of the Alcedin who managed to evade imprisonment, by stunting their own growth with ancient magic.

According to legend, some Halflings traveled West, and sailed across the Vrujam Gold in simple rafts. Landing on the Island of Umikari, and meeting the Goddess herself. They offered to assist her in her mission, and in return she protects them. Legend says she even turned them into Dragon-human combination.

Some Halflings traveled East, where they settled in the fertile archipelagos that is now Cevetica, and the nearby Zanith forest that is now Nikaeland. This forest is far less dense and dangerous, creating the perfect place for agriculture. Due to the intense physical demands, these Halflings grew tall and adaptable - they became Humas.

Dawn Valley, to the north of Khandra, is the home of the Elves. No one is certain how they came to be. Some theorize that some Gnomes left Khandra and settled here, devoting their lives to the Sylvan teachings of Syl’Vita and abandoning everything from their previous life. Others believe that Syl’Vita sent Elves from the Feywild to what is now Zuron.

Some of the ancient Zuronians traveled to the East - eventually settling on what is now Xavia. Some also stayed in Nikaeland, with the humans, blending agriculture and magic.

The world mostly functioned in a feudal type city-state basis,where a leader would rule over “peasants” who would farm and gather resources and do other work under his protection.

After several thousand years of more or less complete isolation, the Humans decided to try to locate what they almost believed was a myth - Khandra. The humans living in the archipelagos had developed boats with sails that can successful travel against the current of the Narsa River. They traveled north and met with some Elves - inviting them to join their exploratory mission. They eventually re-discovered Khandra; the land of Halflings and Gnomes.

Once they were able to navigate north on Narsa river, trade opened up between the humans, elves. Humans began to travel to Khandra on rather surprisingly large scale - life was a little easier there, with Halflings ingenious agricultural skills, and the Gnomes cunning technological inventions.

To make it easier for so many different cultures to interact, they adopted the Evdomádian Calendar. For this calendar they used the starting point as the year that the Humans and Elves arrived in Khandra. They referred to years as “Evdomádian year x.” This was used mostly for trade purposes, and each culture retained their own calendars.

Some time later, A rudimentary government system was forged when Lazarus Quindel - Human - and Solaris Nycentiel - Elf - met together in the ancient city of Czectal. They made a pact that united the human archipelagos, Zanith Forest, Sylvar Valle, Dawn Valley, and the Hallow Grove becoming one united nation known as Protethnia.

The pact was relatively simple. The massive area of Protethnia would be governed not by one - but three - governing bodies. One Human descendant of Lazarus Quindel would govern over the southern islands. One Elven descendant of Solaris Nycential would govern over Dawn Valley. For the third governing body they did something extremely controversial - they had Solaris’s son Zinmaris Nycential marry Lazarus’s daughter Alethra Quindel - creating the first biracial marriage - and a royal one, no less. They decided this blending deserved the crafting of a new surname - so their child was named Zankoris Nyquindiel - and his descendents would rule over Sylvar Valley, Zantih forest, and would would later become Nikaeland.

The creation of this pact also lead to a new calendar, with all descendents referring to time as “x years after the Nycential-Quindel Pact.” This calendar was implemented as the only one to use - and become used exclusively across Protethnia. It was so commonly used, and so many people filtered in an out of Khandra (while king’s rules were significantly short in comparison) that it become almost universally used.

Having learned that there was life outside of the Dark Woods surrounding Khandra, several exploratory missions began to navigate around the continent. It was at this time they discovered Gortaria - and were slaughtered by dwarves who reacted rashly. The king of Gortaria deeply apologize to the King of Khandra and, to avoid a war, the two agreed that the Rounna Steppe - dry grasslands with little agricultural value - would serve as a “no man's land.”

Other explorers traveled south along the Pleyz river and began to develop a small settlement they called “Capvera.”

Eventually, Logan Quindel died in “suspicious circumstances.” Rumors spread that it was the work the son of Solaris, Zeluric Nycential. People claimed he was power hungry, and wanted to rule all of Protethnia as the one true emperor.

Unrest spread throughout the lands, the pact considered broken. Logan’s son Aurious, and his younger brother, Nirrius, had to figure out how to handle the situation. Nirrius called for blood - he wanted to wage war. Aurious insisted that the pact wasn’t actually broken considering he, a Quindel, could still fulfill their third of the rulership triangle. After feuding for several months, Nirrius decided to leave - he strongly believed he would be killed next, and became extremely vocally racist.

Nirrius gathered up all his followers - human supremacists - and traveled west. He stumbled upon Capvera. He and his followers destroyed everyone and everything, conquering this area as their own. He claimed this land - Wrestland - as his own, and settled on the peninsula south of what he named the Magismund Gorge - after Magismund, the patron god of humans. He declared himself Nirrius Magismund King of Wrestland. He declared a new calendar system, with year 0 being his acquisition and founding of Wrestland.

After about 40 years of going more and more mad and evil, Nirrius is convinced that great treasure lies to the South East - he gets on a boat, and disappears. Convincing the world that only death lays beyond the Val’Marin sea.

The unrest in Protethnia  grows, and civil war starts to spread. Eventually Protethnia divides into three smaller nations - Cevetica, the human trading and fishing country. Nikaeland, the human, Wood elf, and half-elf agriculture country. And Zuron, the High Elf esoteric country that focuses on scholarly endeavors and magic. Zuron completely shuts down trade - holding a grudge against the rest of the world for centuries.

Cevetica and Nikaeland eventually achieve peace- realizing that they have more to gain by maintaining trade. Cevetica, Nikaeland, and Khandra remain allies. Zuron isolates themselves and refuse to interact with outsiders. Gortaria and Xavia are also isolated and ethnocentric - exhibiting a far harsher reaction to foreigners (they tend to simply murder all who trespass).

Eventually Wrestland developed the best naval military in the world - and an incredibly technological industry. Their focus was on weaponry. Wrestland is a capitalist country that wants nothing more than to take over the world. Their calendar system had two year counts years after the founding of Wrestland, and the other counts the years of rulership.

Umikari is discovered by Wrestland - this is a land of strange creatures who look like humans & dragons combined. Umikari’s calendar is based, not on the moons, but on the sun. And each year is named after a beast (kind of like chinese calendar) and the years count down… but to what?

Ille Kavera is also discovered - a land of a strange yellowing looking matriarchy. Their calendar years are all based on astronomical ages. Their calendar years start with the creation of mortality.

They waged war with Umikari and lost - legend says a dragon slaughtered all humans on the island, but Wrestlands say their troops were shipwrecked by a freak storm. They also attempted to conquer Ille Kavera - but were defeated by the Psionic warriors who were more familiar with such a dense jungle. Legend also says that the Ille Kaverans were assisted by Angels - which Wrestland also denies.

Wrestland had more luck when they traveled east - Conquering Inzon Island, where they found a strange race of small deformed peoples (goblins) whom they quickly enslaved.

Wrestland attempted to conquer Cevetica and Nikaeland - and did have some of their land occupied for a quite a while. But the combined efforts of Nikaeland and Cevetica were able to push Wrestland back out.

With new Naval Technology, Wrestland decides to travel South East, following old maps used by the ancient King Nirrius himself.

They discover Kyvoria! Farrius territory is established. Kyvoria is a land rich with jungle resources and a rare flower called Kyvo, which has extraordinary healing powers. Cevetica, Khandra, Zuron, and even Xavia all begin a mad dash to the new world, where the squabble over land claims.

On the other side of the Slukalin Mountain chain, indigenous people are discovered - Orcs, Tabaxi, and Firbolgs. No one knows how these people came to be, as they all have creationist oral histories. Some who are less creationist believe that ancient humans fishing accidentally went way too far south and landed in this strange island, evolving into these new races.

With so many cultures interacting in one location, they adopted a new system for counting the years - introduced by Wrestland, who had been previously been counting the years based on the rulers. When the progressive Dominus Magismund took the throne, he decided that the year of his coronation would mark the beginning of the New Era.

Nowadays, most of Kyvoria and Wrestland, and slowly spreading to more culturally open places like Cevetica and Nikaeland, they count the years as the Era of Reformation (years are abbreviated to A.R., After Reformation, and B.R., Before Reformation.

## **Historical Figures**

Lazarus Quindel

Logan Quindel

Sorin Nycentiel

Aurious Quindel

Nirrius Magismund of Wrestland

Viktor Blithe

Zeluric Nycentiel

Xavian Nycentiel

## **Timeline**

15 BP – Orcs left Khandra

0 – Nycentiel-Quindel Pact; formation of Khandra, establishment of civilization

33 AP – Gortaria is Established

79 AP – Death of Logan Quindel

108 AP – Founding of Cevetica

115 AP – Founding of Wrestland

127 AP – Founding of Zuron

127 AP – Founding of Nikaeland

138 AP – Founding of Xavia

153 AP – Settling of Umikari

205 AP – Orcs take over Umikari

225 AP – Ille Kavera is Founded

260 AP – Founding of Capvera

290 AP – Ille Kavera declares war on Umikari

295 AP – Wrestland allies with Ille Kavera

310 AP – Capvera revolts against Wrestland

313 AP – Wrestland withdraws

314 AP – Wrestland declares war on

322 AP – Capvera surrenders

326 AP – Ille Kavera retreats; loses war

420 AP – Xavia launches crusade to gain land from Nikaeland, Nikaeland declares war

445 AP – Xavia defeats Nikaeland, declares acquired land as “Nycel.”

470 AP – Founding of Camver

472 AP – Wrestland settles in Inzon

496 AP – Gortaria attacks Camver

512 AP – Camver surrenders, retreats to Khandra, Orcs return to Khandra

528 AP – Nikaeland Natives in Nycel revolt, Nikaeland aids them; war breaks out between Nikaeland and Xavia

557 AP – Cevetica aids Nikaeland, Zuron remains neutral

588 AP – Wrestland begins sending supplies to Nikaeland

605 AP – Nikaeland successfully drives Xavia from Nikaeland

657 AP – Rumors arise that Xavia plans to attack Cevetica

664 AP – Wrestland declares war against Cevetica

665 AP – Nikaeland &amp; Cevetica ally with Wrestland

677 AP – Xavia attacks Cevetica

708 AP – Xavia surrenders, retreats

710 AP – Wrestland troops remain in Cevetica and Nikaeland, try to convince both to become sections of Wrestland

712 AP – Cevetica and Nikaeland ally against Wrestland

745 AP – Wrestland troops are pushed out

778 AP – Kyvoria is discovered by Cevetica

788 AP – Citizens started arriving in Kyvoria = Modern day