Timeline

*Note: There are individual pages for these time periods that you can see for more detail. Please be advised however that many contain missing information and if you know anything else from those periods, feel free to change things up.*

The history of the Series of Somber Elegy is one of the most diverse, most interesting, and most all-encompassing histories to ever be told in a digital world. Many events have taken place. Wars were fought, cities crumbled, empires fallen. Somber Elegy is a digital world where you choose what path you want to take. Be a Hero or be a Dark Follower. You decide.

## **The Providence Era**

**Circa ~ 140,000 BC - 130,000 BC**

The Providence Era began roughly around 140,000 years ago. The global population around this time was over 4-5 million people. At this time several Empires rose from the ashes after the end of the Mass Extinction that took place just several years prior.

### **Rise of the Heretic and Providence Empires**

The Heretic Empire was one of the few empires that rose from the ashes. The Emperor at the time, Loris, took control of the western continents and tried to take control of Eos and tried to support the war but, during the war effort the Empire's forces were drawn back to the capital. The Heretic Empire later just stayed and held their territories.

### **The Northern Lands Annexation**

* ~139,900 BC - The Providence Empire annexes Tirania and Northern Harpeia/Athea.
* ~139,800 BC - The Harpeian and Tiranian settlers rebel against Providence.

#### ***Battle of the Thousand Acres***

   \* ~139,000 BC - The settlers/soldiers of Harpeia and Tirania fight against Providence in the farmland of Thousand Acres.

* ~138,900 BC - Providence Empire contracts the Treaty of Harpeia. A peace treaty saying that Providence will have no power of Tirania an Harpeia
* ~138,800 BC - The Providence Empire watches over Harpeia as the Empire in the East starts to grow more powerful.
* ~138,700 BC - The Emperor of Providence is poisoned by his son.

### **Providence Leadership Usurped**

* ~138,690 BC - The Providence Empire takes control over the previous annexation of Harpeia by force.
* ~138,600 BC - Tirania and Athea aid Harpeia in anyway they can to combat Providence.

### **The Serfs' Rebellion**

* ~138,590 BC - The settlers of Harpeia, Tirania, Athea, and Shandoria combat the Providence Empire.
* ~138,580 BC - Providence Empire seizes Tribane Harbor.

#### ***Murder at the Ridgecrest***

* ~138,570 BC - The soldiers of Providence murdered the neutral settlers of Harpeia. Sparks the Serf's Rebellion

#### ***The Harpeia Bonfire***

* ~138,560 BC - The rebellion sets fire of all the farmland, forests, and buildings in sight. The bonfire was said to turn night to day.
* ~138,550 BC - The bonfire burns all of southern Harpeia.
* ~138,540 BC - The rebellion torches the outposts created by Providence turning the trek to Tribane Harbor.

### **War of Harpeia**

#### ***The Standoff at the Forgery***

* ~138,545 BC - The settlers stand off with the Providence Empire at the Forgery.
* ~138,530 BC - The settlers call aid from the Heretic Empire. The Heretic Empire rushes to their aid.

#### ***The Ambush of the Burning Forest***

* ~138,525 BC - The settlers ambush many of the Providence soldiers within the Ridgecrest Forest.
* ~138,520 BC - The settlers set fire to the forest. Burning the soldiers trapped within.

#### ***The Tribane Siege***

* ~138,500 BC - The settlers invade the occupied city of Tribane Harbor
* ~138,490 BC - The Providence Usurper is killed. Ending the War.

### **Harpeia Declares Independance**

* ~138,485 BC - Harpeia is granted independence and is seen as an actual country.

## **The Age of Despair**

**Circa ~ 130,000 BC - 30,000 BC**

The Age of Despair is the time period of when Aurelia was known as the final frontier, the name was also given as this entire 100,000 time period set the stage of what will be known as the "Reset" also known as The Gap. Empires waged wars over Aurelia and tried to conquer much of the land and resources. Harpeia was the first country to be recognized by the Aurelian government including other continents at the time. The Neu-Eden Empire had started taking control over parts of Athea and Harpeia, sparking a rebellion.

### **Great Emperor Talis' Assassination**

* ~130,000 BC - Great Emperor Talis I was assassinated by an unknown individual, causing the Neu-Eden Empire into a power vacuum. Sparking the Doomsday War.
* ~129,940 BC - The son of the Great Emperor was appointed new ruler.
* ~129,939 BC - The Heretic Empire goes through a third resurgence.

### **The Doomsday War**

* ~129,900 BC - Great Emperor Talis II starts the Great Purge, a mass cleanse of those that opposed him.

### **Second Mass Extinction**

* ~125,000 BC - The Doomsday War ends. Aurelia, Utefue, and Kirbysay freed from the Neu-Eden rule.
* ~120,000 BC - The global population stagnates as the mass slaughter of three countries has caused the second mass extinction of the human race.
* ~100,000 BC - Aurelia, Kirbysay, and Utefue all have regained their population back.

### **Disappearance of Athea**

* ~ 75,000 BC - Athea disappears. Millions are presumed dead. This loss hurts the Aurelian Republic, as Athea was a major ally.

### **The East War**

* ~48,000 BC - The Tokugawa Shogunate, starts the East War.

### **The Western Annexation**

* ~ 46,000 BC - The Eastern Regime conquers and annexes the Western parts of Aurelia to claim resources and expand the Tokugawa Shogunate's influence.
* ~45,900 BC - The Country of Ryalis is conquered.
* ~45,750 BC - The Tokugawa Shogunate fail to conquer Shandoria, Tirania, and the lands south of Ryalis.

### **Rise of the Grentin Empire**

* ~45,600 BC - The Grentin Empire emerges in their second resurgence to help their allies push back the Tokugawa Shogunate back to Utefue.
* ~45,550 BC - Kirbysay and the Heretic Empire help the Tokugawa Shogunate fight off the Aurelia allies. A stalemate was in place.
* ~45,050 BC - The Aurelian allies manage to push back the Tokugawa Shogunate and their allies back to Utefue.

### **The Great War of Beliefs/The Great Calamity/Third Mass Extinction**

The Great War of Beliefs took place around this time. The entire world split into two. One with the Heretic Empire and the other with the Grentin Empire. This was one of the bloodiest battles but faded to obscurity.. 13,500 years of people fighting with a death count almost half a billion people. It ended with an uneasy truce. The Great Calamity came sometime after the War when the great Primal known as Valhalla escaped it's confines in the moon named Elpis. Raining down shards of moon rock, Valhalla took it's anger out on the world. This lead to the deaths of many. The Four True Enlightened never found a way to stop the Primal being. Sometime after the War, a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred throughout the world which decided the fate of the Great War to be lost "forever".

## **The Gap/Age of Ancients**

**Circa ~30,000 BC - 20,000 BC**

The Gap is referred to as the time when humanity came to a huge decline of knowledge. Even though the Great Calamity is still happening, no one is recording the events due to people dying from the Wrath of Valhalla. This Period in time was hellish to everyone on the planet. During the time a period known as the Age of Ancients began. In the Age of Ancients the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of gray crags, and Everlasting Dragons. This is considered to be the worst period in human history.

## **The Dragonia Era**

**Circa ~20,000 BC - 15,000 BC**

Not much is known about the Dragonia Period. Scholars of this era never wrote what has happened due to the Great Calamity.

### **The Cataclysmic Ceasefire/The Golden Age of Civilization**

The Golden Age of Civilization is the only record stating when civilization was created. The first town named Mesza was created and several others followed after. One group was created at this time named: The Skinn'r Clan. A group of marauders and nomads who will travel to other lands to spread knowledge of their beliefs.

* ~14,500 BC - Mesza was built and small cities were created.
* ~14,200 BC - The Skinn'r Clan was founded.
* ~14,000 BC - Dawn's Hope Fortress was created.
* ~13,500 BC - The Skinn'r's Skirmish occurred outside Dawn's Hope.
* ~11,000 BC - Mesza was attacked and destroyed by the Skinn'r Clan from not following their belief system.
* ~10,000 BC - The Skinn'r Clan suddenly disappeared, Mesza rebuilt.

### **The Rise of Ryalis-Harpeia Republic**

The Rise of Ryalis sparked a new civilization of brilliant minds and inventors. Ryalis grew in population when people moved in from Mesza for a lower risk of an attack if the Skinn'r Clan ever made a return. Ryalis's Queen created Harpeia to help further the empire of a great civilization. A few records are available and found in archives. Telling that the Ryalis-Harpeia Republic started a movement to wipe out those who opposed the government with harsh punishments.

***Note: The timeline will be more accurate since more records state these events than the previous ones stated.***

* ~9,500 BC - People of Mesza walk and sail great distances to get away from Mesza from the previous attack.
* ~8,900 BC - People of Mesza declared themselves as the Travelers of the Warm East. The Travelers reach Ryalis at 7,600 BC.
* ~7,500 BC - Greaw Harbor was founded and built. Greaw Harbor was later turned into the capital of Ryalis.
* ~5,560 BC - Ryalis-Harpeia Republic is founded.
* ~5,555 BC - Plans for Harte City are being made.

### **The East Empire colonizes Southeast Misbah**

The East Empire sails to the remote portion of Southeast Misbah to colonize it and claim it their new home. The East also exiled prisoners to the desolate wasteland and some die on the journey but others survive and build their homes. The colossal city, Giants' Hold, is the capital of this new colony. Several towns now surround the large walls of the city in what is now called; the Ringed Desert.

* ~5,550 BC - The East Empire lands on the shores of Southeast Misbah.
* ~5,530 BC - The Giants' Hold is completed.
* ~5,525 BC - Harte City is completed.
* ~5,510 BC - The East expand their territory towards the inland empire of Misbah.
* ~5,505 BC - The Second East War has happened. The Heretic Empire drew them back towards the Ringed Desert.

### **Age of the Dreamer and the Dark Arts**

The Age of the Dreamer and the Dark Arts is stated to be a movement of a religion. Those who follow The Sept are seeing vivid dreams of an all powerful being they call the Dreamer. Able to take control of the sleeping host. If able to escape the Dreamscape they don't know what will happen. Records also state of a child given to Riodrick Pereguine. This child is named Elysia Grandeur and was given as a gift from some being.

* ~5,500 BC - The Sept of the Dreamer and the Golden Dawn were founded.
* ~5,300 BC - The Cultist War began.
* ~4,500 BC - Mass hysteria sparks in the Republic of the Dreamer escaping the Dreamscape.
* ~2,550 BC - The Cultist War ended. Golden Dawn won and the Meszian Cult eradicated.
* ~2,000 BC - The Sept was disbanded and the memories of the Dreamer are only stated in manuscripts.

### **Rise of the Akkadian Empire**

* ~1,950 BC - The Akkadian Empire begins in the heart of Misbah.
* ~1,900 BC - The War of the Lushlands was waged between the Heretic Empire and the Akkadian Empire.

### **The Akkadia-Hallowmere Alliance**

* ~1,890 BC - The Kingdom of Hallowmere allies with the Akkadian Empire.
* ~1,870 BC - Hallowmere is now the capital of Misbah.

* ~1,860 BC - Elysia Grandeur was "born" and given to Riodrick Pereguine as a gift.
* ~1,855 BC - War of the Lushlands ends. The Akkadian Empire takes over Misbah.
* ~1,840 BC - Elysia passed away from an unknown illness.
* ~1,760 BC - Elysia comes back to life from an unknown entity

### **The War of the Dark Ages**

The War of the Dark Ages sparked when Elysia was brought back from the grave by an unknown entity. Elysia destroyed Hallowmere and raged war on every single country in existence. Ryalis and Harpeia attacked first but was met with her undead legion. Created an unstoppable and unbreakable barrier along Hallowmere's outskirts. Elysia attacked Theson, Misbah, Lerof in Misbah and attacked the Country of Isling. Isling was wiped out in a matter of a few hours. 300 years pass by and Elysia unexpectedly vanished. The War ended when the undead quickly died off in an instant. Her stronghold was empty and what was left was just a book of the Dark Arts with pages ripped out.

* 1,760 BC - Elysia rose from the dead and takes control of Hallowmere as her home.
* 1,755 BC - Elysia opened the Portal to the Abyss.
* 1,740 BC - Ryalis-Harpeia Republic charged the stronghold to be killed off by the swarm of undead blocking the gate.
* 1,700 BC - Elysia wiped out the entire country of Isling in only a few hours.
* 1,690 BC The Akkadian Empire aids in the War of the Dark Ages. The Emperor sends 100,000 soldiers to Mesza.
* 1,650 BC - Theson Swamp Massacre took place. Over 100 soldiers lost their lives in their sleep.
* 1,600 BC - Destruction of Kalegarth Fortress took place. Over several thousand undead and abyssal anomalies were holding the civilians hostage. They had no choice but to blow up the fortress sky high. This caused over 100,000 undead to come back to life.
* 1,500 BC - Battle of Jeroh's Corner was one of the few successes the humans had over the Undead Legion and the Golden Dawn cult. No humans were harmed. The enemies killed.

### **End of the Great Calamity/Fourth Mass Exinction**

* 1,444 BC - Ryalis-Harpeia Republic stormed the gates of Hallowmere again and were met with the entire stronghold abandoned. No sign of Elysia.
* 1,420 BC - The Portal to the Abyss was closed.
* 1,411 BC - The War of the Dark Ages ends with the Republic disbanding to regrow the population. The human population was only at a few thousand at the end of the war. Valhalla suddenly disappeared and the Four True Enlightened who tried to stop Valhalla disappeared.

### **Heretic Empire Uprising/Fall of the Akkadian Empire**

After the War of the Dark Ages. The humans spread to different parts of the world to repopulate. With no sign of any threat. Little to no records were recorded due to the lack of numbers and scholars available at the time.

* 1,411 BC - The Heretic Empire slowly regains control of Misbah.
* 1,409 BC - Citizens of Misbah, Isling, Ryalis, and Castillion all sail away to uncharted lands.
* 1,400 BC - All countries sign a treaty to ban magic to stop further wars for now.
* 570 BC - Tiranian-Aurelia Civil War begins.
* 550 BC - Marcus Veltz creates the Veltz Family to bring in magically gifted people.
* 535 BC - The Heretic-Akkadian Empire War begins.
* 520 BC - The Emperor aids in the fight which promptly ends the War.
* 490 BC - Tiranian-Aurelia Civil War ends with Aurelia winning and drawing Tirania back.
* 485 BC- Marcus Veltz passes away.
* 100 BC - Akkadian Empire falls after the killing of the Emperor by his 26th son, Al'Khaazar.
* 56 BC - The Akkadian Empire is completely buried in the sands of Misbah. Erasing the history of the Empire forever.
* 1 AD - The Heretic Empire takes over Tutankhamen

### **The Rise of the Legions**

The Royal Legion of Castillion is formed by Sarron Tarron around 14 BC. The Legion watches over Castillion and keeps an eye on the ever-growing Heretic Empire in the East. Several hundred years later the Dystopian Heretic War takes place. The Heretic Empire tries to make every country live under the Heretic Flag and force people to a utopia where the next heir Skye Hart takes control.

* 1 AD - Castillion and Ryalis talk about an alliance if the Heretic Empire tries to start a war.
* 5 AD - Several watchtowers are built around the City of Royale for lookouts of incoming attacks from land.
* 14 AD - Royal Legion of Castillion and Ryalis are formed to protect their countries from enemies.
* 100 AD - Sarron Tarron dies at the age of 112. Leaving the Royal Legion of Castillion leaderless.
* 101 AD - Francis Tezzar takes the leader position for the Royal Legion of Castillion.

### **The Metal Scare**

* 130 AD - The Heretic Empire sabotages the Dream Factory in Ryalis. Leaving it to be in a state of disarray.
* 133 AD - The Heretic Empire bribes the government of Ryalis to take away the citizen's protection of an easy takeover in return of a great living in the utopia the Heretics plan on making
* 135 AD - The Ryalis Government sabotages their own citizens and takes away their machines.
* 143 AD - The Dream Factory runs again and builds an army of robots to keep their citizens in check.
* 144 AD - The citizens rebel against their government leading to the Metallic Scare and the fall of Ryalis.
* 150 AD - The Heretic Empire gets a new Empress named Vanessa "Dani" Hart
* 196 AD - Tarron Tezzar is the new leader of the Royal Legion of Castillion and Lord of Royale
* 210 AD - Skye and Cynthia Hart are born in Tutankhamen, Misbah

### **Dystopian Heretic War/Fifth Mass Extinction**

* 218 AD - Katelynn Tezzar is born close to Drement, Castillion and is the last True Enlightened.
* 220 AD - Empress Dani starts imprisoning people in Rarsaw and forcing people to live under one flag, sparking the Dystopian Heretic War.
* 232 AD - Skye Hart kills off the Enlightened in the Vestige of Time, Cynthia Hart attempts to assassinate Katelynn Tezzar but fails.
* 233 AD - Aurelia Ma'Rhegar was "executed" for initiating the Enlightened Genocide a year prior.
* 236 AD - Cynthia poisons Lord Tarron.

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