Third Age

The Godfall, an Age of Chaos and Turmoil that ran through the continent. Many of the great accomplishments of the Second Age were lost forever.

## Conclusion

### Subsequent Age

Fourth Age

“
*They say conflict unquestionably leads to progress... that conflict drives development. The Third Age is evidence to the contrary.*
”
— Nerevariol, the Arcane Queen
The **Third Age**, also known as the **Godfall**, the **Great Fall**, the **Calamity**, and the **Eclipse**, was a period of time in the history of the universe.

The age, one of conflict and destruction, pitted the Divine Council against the Mortal Pact. Led by the Nameless One, the Mortal Pact unleashed devastation upon the unprepared Divine realms. The Godfall began with a series of plots collectively known as the Eclipse, in which all four of the Primordial Divines were destroyed or severely impaired. Subsequently, a war began that, in time, would become infamously known as the Godfall.

## Timeline

### The Eclipse

* **2,332 PE:** The Eclipse begins. The assassination of all of the Primordial Divines takes place under the instructions of the Nameless One and his supporters.
	+ Soros is challenged to single combat by the Nameless One atop Mount Pyreiades in Elysium. Soros does not return from this battle, but his corpse is never found.
	+ In Avaras in Nivelor, Sinvariol's laboratories are sabotaged and her life-preserving countermeasures disabled, resulting in her death in an experiment gone wrong. The saboteurs are identified and tried, but mysteriously escape confinement, and their death sentence is never carried out.
	+ In Khalanset, capital of Ahnkhaset, Amon-Sekh is surrounded by traitors led by his firstborn and heir-apparent, Amon-Khel, and stabbed to death. His mummification, thankfully, survives attempts at sabotage, and Amon-Sekh is able to return as an undead to lead his loyalists against the opportunistic traitors. Father and son now lead two alternate sides within a terrible civil war that will ravage Ahnkhaset, the Solar War.
	+ In Tzand, within Mzundelft, Tzulft, in a state of total drunkenness, is assassinated in the wedding of his firstborn and heir, Mzund. The Deep Elves responsible for the murder capture Mzund, with the intention to ritualistically sacrifice him alive.

### Twilight Years

* **2,332 PE:** With Sinvariol dead, the Nivelorian Confederacy is fractured by rival interests and aims. Of the ruins, seven kingdoms will rise. Oseilon, the former domain of Sinvariol, is the most powerful of these, with the full resources of the Colleve of Avaras at its disposal.

* **2,386 PE:** The phylactery of the Lich God-Pharaoh Amon-Sekh, hidden within the Great Pyramid of Khalanset, is destroyed by a legendary group of adventurers, the Casterons, hired by Amon-Khel. Subsequently, Amon-Sekh is killed by Amon-Khel and his assassins. Alum-Hophet, the second-eldest son of Amon-Sekh, becomes the leader of the loyalist forces.

* **2,407 PE:** Oseilon is invaded by an army of humans under the command of Archduke Gueldon of Verhasselt. The Archduke orchestrates a crushing string of defeats against the armies of Nerevariol, but his efforts are ultimately foiled by a plague amongst his troops, which leads to his own death.

* **2,412 PE:** Alum-Hophet is slain by his brother Amon-Sekh with a dose of deadly poison. Alum-Hophet's remains are cremated and scattered to the sands before they have the chance to be mummified. Neftis, the youngest child of the God-Pharaoh, assumes the crown of her father.

### Lost Heroes

* **2,757 PE:** Neftis is assassinated by envoys of Amon-Khel, who ostensibly arrived to negotiate a peace. However, the assassins are subsequently assassinated on their attempted return by agents of Nerevariol, led by Garond of the Pale, who recover the body of the slain princess. Her body is mummified by her elder sister, Alfis, high priestess of Ahnkhaset, in a ritual that takes both her life and Garond's, but allows Neftis to be reborn as Khona-Neftis.

### The Last Battles

* **2,918 PE:** The Last Battle of the Third Age begins. The Gods fight against the Nameless One and his final followers in the city of Eivamiol, which is almost entirely destroyed by the battle.
	+ In the aftermath of the Divine victory, the Nameless One mysteriously vanishes with no trace. According to Divine propaganda, this is the result of his permanent destruction, and the consignation of his soul to oblivion.