History of Musea

Note: the following is an extremely shorthand account of Musean history. It is not a comprehensive list of events. The most major events in Musean history are included, but personal or secret events are not.

For help understanding the dates in this timeline, please check the Musean Calendar.

## The History of Musea

??? AC: Ora creates the universe.

1,000 AC: Ora creates the Inner Pantheon and disappears shortly thereafter.

600-400 AC: The then-primitive tribes of elves begin expanding northward from the forested lands in which they originated.

500 AC (roughly): Humans flee to Musea from a distant world that was besieged by old gods. They settle in the north. The transport ship leaves them behind, and their technology and history is lost to time.

300 AC (roughly): The elves make first contact with the humans of the north. The language Common is developed.

1 AC: Kuldata blinds Avani while he sleeps. The Irit fall, becoming the Strix, and in the resulting confusion a civil war breaks out between all the primary species of Musea. Roughly speaking, it is the elves, humans, and halflings versus the strix, orcs, dwarves, and werewolves. A number of legendary dragons were purported to have also participated. This is historically referred to as the First Great War. The specifics of this event are covered up by a mysterious organization.

8 BC: By the will of the gods, a giant wall of water forms on the western front. This is known as the Wall of Worlds. Though it was made by Ora to hide Goyoku’s tomb in the Majority from the rest of the world, this fact would not become public knowledge for many thousands of years.

10 BC: Although the war properly ended with the death of the elven King Mescalito in 7 BC, the end of the war was not formally recognized until this date, when the major species gathered to design a peace treaty. This treaty was primarily designed and put into effect by Queen Peclianne of the elves and humans.

13 BC: Per the peace treaty’s designation, a southern border pass is designed to separate the “civilized” northern lands from the desert. This place is known as Midarin Pass. Travel passes are also installed at major ports in order to regulate foreign travel.

150 BC: First contact is made with the previously-hidden gnomes of the northern mountains. This is a result of dwarven parties expanding into their territory. A brief territory war breaks out, called the Gnome-Dwarven Mountain War.

151 BC: The Gnomish Treatise is established with the Dwarves, outlining exactly how much territory each species is allowed to have in the mountains, and where.

316 BC: The species known as the “merfolk” are exterminated due to the magical influence of one Manix Geis. The gods intervene in the form of a curse on the family name, and the mermaids make an effort to remove all memory of the merfolk from history. Only the Queens and Kings are allowed to access full records of their existence.

500 BC: The Avestan flee the Atrium and arrive in the Majority.

4,556 BC: In the Majority, the political organization known as the Peacekeepers is formed. Over the years, they become the islands’ law enforcement.

6,001 BC: The remains of the Temple of Whispered Songs is discovered by an elven pilgrimage. The land is acquired and filed as sacred grounds by this same elven tribe.

6,304 BC: In the Majority, the shokucirri and mizani make first contact. A brief war breaks out and is resolved in a matter of months.

8,900 BC: In the Majority, a shokucirri attempts to cross the Wall of Worlds, nearly being killed in the process. He catches a brief glimpse of the sky outside of the wall, and is traumatized by the experience. He vows to blot out the sun. The Order of the Eclipse is formed.

9,001 BC: After having their forms altered by a powerful magical vision, the first Tower Elves build The Tower outside of the city of Mithalleana. They declare it as an institution for magical and abstract studies.

9,024 BC: The Tower Elves ask famous hero Nomas Kavoran to retire and lead their institution. He accepts.

9,101 BC: It’s the Tower’s 100th anniversary!

12,013 BC: Due to a political disagreement over mining regulations, a group of Dwarves leave Ullr and found their own settlement. This becomes the city known as Dirt.

19,233 BC: A powerful dark sorcerer crafts an army of puppet golems from the warriors living on Mount Bautarsteinn. Their settlements are destroyed in the conflict, and their memory is lost to history.

19,481 BC: The High Paladins of Mithalleana declare war upon all Necromancers and undead. This marks the start of the First Bone War. These events are discussed in the campaign Necromancer’s Little Helpers.

19,500 BC: The vampire necromancer Genim falls in battle against an army of High Paladins. This event ends the First Bone War. Genim is sealed inside of a skeletal tomb, and the city Vale Osso is built on top of it.

??? BC: A whole fucking bunch of other bullshit happens that I can’t be arsed to write right now.

20,104 BC: The gods disappear unexpectedly. This would later be revealed to have been the result of the approach of the destroyer god Akthos.

1 TC: By order of the Tower, the calendar is reset to represent the current evangelical crisis. Also, it’s the Tower’s 100th anniversary!

Sol 299 TC: A fortress is constructed on the edge of the Augur Forest under the direction of Commander Asta Desdamonae. A demon army begins to amass in her name, for purposes unknown at the time. The specifics of this event would later be covered up by a mysterious organization. These events are discussed in the campaign Ora’s Threnody.

Crescober 31, 299 TC: The tomb of the vampire lich in Vale Osso is broken into. A group of heroes cleanse the tomb, and the vampire Genim is restored to unlife.

Verimber 299 TC: After being weakened by a demon altercation, Eaglewind Harbor is taken over by a powerful siren. Although rescued by a group of heroes, the city’s economy is crippled for numerous years thereafter.

Neahter 299 TC: Mithalleana is swarmed and set on fire by a group of rogue demons. This event would later be known as the Daemon Fire of 299.

Mentuary 300 TC: Asta and her demon army march to Mount Megande. The entire army is then murdered in a violent explosion of magic. The specifics of this event are covered up by a mysterious organization.

Sol 361 TC: A series of seemingly random disappearances begin taking place across Musea, with sightings of ghostly horses reported alongside the disappearances. This would later be revealed to have been caused by a member of an outsider species called Fetchlings -- but the specifics of this event would be covered up by a mysterious organization. These events are discussed in the campaigns Refrain of the New Gods and Instrumental: A Song about the Other Side.

Neahter 361 TC: The goddess Goyoku is created in an ascension ceremony that was pre-ordained by Ora themselves. Simultaneously, the Wall of Worlds drops.

Shortly thereafter: The god Morningstar is created by Goyoku’s decree.

Shortly thereafter again: The gods Palypso, Aussir-Miirikinix, and the Akasha are all created by Ora on request. This event would later become a mythological legend known as The Meeting at the Record. This is also the legend of Akthos’ death.

Neahter 26, 361 TC: A mysterious organization is covered up by a mysterious organization.

Janody 10, 362 TC: Gunn Souleanan founds the Pathfinder Society, becoming its first Inquisitor. She declares that she will end all slavery.

Mentuary 1, 362 TC: The goddess Tliyel is restored to life by Amascut Elid and Lykaios Shadowpiercer, the former of which would later become the Pharaoh of Panohsem.

Mentuary 7, 362 TC: A fey-touched vampire declares open war on the necromancer Genim and his following. He is known as Feyjin. This marks the beginning of the Second Bone War.

Mentuary 23, 362 TC: A large settlement of Fetchlings are successfully integrated into Eaglewind society. This event also helps re-stimulate and recover Eaglewind’s economy.

Versalis, 362 TC: Both armies in the Second Bone War garner massive, cult-like followings of vampires and necromancers. A bomb of necrotic energy is detonated in the Augur Forest, blighting the land. Yale’hadil is forced to evacuate. The specifics of this event are covered up by a mysterious organization.

Phanta, 363 TC: In an event known as the Teuthida Talk, all the political leaders of Musea and the Majority meet together in a ship above the city Teuthida. The result of this talk is the agreement that the Majority will continue to be treated as a foreign nation, rather than being integrated with the rest of Musea. Trade relations are established.

367 TC: The town of Lygrass is destroyed during the Second Bone War.

Versalis, 369 TC: The Second Bone War ends, and the blight on Augur Forest is lifted. Feyjin’s body is buried at the former site of Lygrass, and the tomb is known as Feyjin’s Honor. The specifics of this event are covered up by a mysterious organization -- and due to poor records, the Second Bone War is largely forgotten by history.

400 TC: The species known as the kirin are created by Goyoku. While initially living only in the Majority, they soon establish a second settlement on the mainland.

423 TC: Guns become common knowledge. However, they are expensive and unwieldy, so they aren’t popular amongst most folk.

450 TC: Slavery is made illegal on the mainland. The drow in Tenebrae Nox continue to practice slavery regardless, provoking a political war between Tenebrae Nox and the Pathfinder Society.

603 TC: Spell chakrams are invented by the Tower. Also, it’s the Tower’s 100th anniversary!

666 TC: The goddess Gibirgoden is created.

863 TC: The remains of the lich Feyjin attempt to reanimate. Eventually, they are stopped by a group of heroes. This *would* have been the events of the campaign Fantasia of Faith... if only it hadn’t been Forgotten.

870 TC: The angel Sylvana is created. Despite not being a “real” god, she rapidly rises to popularity amongst mortals and is heavily worshiped.

933 TC: The Tower issues the creation of the first steam train, a dragon golem that can fly the length of Musea in a matter of hours. Also, it’s the Tower’s 100th anniversary!

990 TC: King Rhena Chae dies. With no successor, he decrees that the Tower will take over management of political matters in Mithalleana for the time being. Also, it’s the Tower’s 100th anniversary!

1050 TC: The existence of the god Mixolydia is first proposed by their followers.

Mentuary 1175 TC: A virulent plague outbreak spreads through the kirin city of Enthalpin. The plague only seems to effect kirin, but is rapidly and horrifically killing them.

Fren 29, 1175 TC: A witch from the far future travels back in time to get revenge on Musea. He attempts to crack the planet in half, but his ritual is interrupted part of the way through. The resulting rift in the earth slowly begins to spread. These events are discussed in the campaign Deus Ex Scherzo.

Arielle 22, 1175 TC: It is no longer the Tower’s 100th anniversary. Nomas Kavoran, head of the Tower, once again has power over his own mind and is no longer being controlled by chaos elementals from another dimension.

Arielle 29, 1175 TC: An event known as The BlackLight occurs in the Majority: a mushroom cloud of black light briefly engulfs the islands, and then dissipates.

Versalis 13, 1175 TC: The kirin plague is cured. Many lives were lost, and as a result kirin become more of a rarity than they had been previously.

Versalis 13, 1175 TC: The rift in Musea stops growing. Musea is no longer at risk of destruction. However, primal magic continues to pour out of the rift, and other dimensions bleed into its depths. This impossible canyon becomes known as The World Weeping.

Phanta 31, 1175 TC: Nomas Kavoran and the current head of the Pathfinder Society, Declan Ceresina, start an official partnership between their two organisations.

Crescober 22, 1199 TC: The Resource and Relocation Centre for Displaced Peoples is opened in Northmanni by the Pathfinder Society. During the opening ceremonies, a mindflayer appears in the Material Plane for the first time. These events are discussed in the campaign Opera for the Fairest.

Neahter 30, 1199 TC: Slavery is made illegal in the Majority. Officially, there is no more slavery anywhere on Musea.

Mentuary 9, 1200 TC: In the infamous court case *Mindflayers v. The Pantheon*, it is ruled that the mindflayers will be given a second chance by having their biology altered so that they consume dreams instead of brains. Mindflayers begin to move to both the Material Plane and the Dimension of Dreams.

Mentuary 9, 1200 TC: It becomes public knowledge that the goddess Divakara has been missing for centuries and, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists. Faith dwindles.

Mentuary 23, 1200 TC: The Mithalleanan University of Free Thinking (MUFT) is officially opened in Mithalleana.

Crescober 1200 TC: The Tower is no longer in charge of political matters -- Mithalleana is now run by a democratic presidency.

1252 TC: The Deserted War begins between the north and south deserts, precipitated by power struggles, Divakara’s disappearance, and a broken treaty.

Versalis 1253 TC: The Tower invents a dragon train capable of flying in the vacuum of space. The first expeditions into the solar system are performed by Museans.

Phanta 1253 TC: Musea makes first contact with The Planepotentiary, the governmental system in space. The Musean Galactic Creed is established.

1255 TC: The god Morningstar forces the end of the Deserted War by creating the Jackmont Mountain Range to physically separate the north and south deserts.

1257 TC: The Tower relocates to the moon. In its former location, a Teleport Hall is built.

Sol 30, 1259 TC: A terrible music can be heard. These events are discussed in the campaign Symphony of Apocrypha.

1262 TC: Groundbreaking begins for Musea’s first space port, Port Drenthoy. Its founder is one Dmitrii Sigurne.

1267 TC: Divine casters have noticeably dwindled in numbers. The gods’ appearances are less and less frequent. Scholars at the Tower and MUFT jointly declare this occurrence as The Divergence, a separation between mortals and divine magic.

1268 - 1271 TC: The Third Bone War, thankfully, does not happen.

1271 TC: The Final Bone War begins. These events are discussed in the campaign Acoustic Light.

Crescober 1398 TC: The last oracle in existence sacrifices herself for her party, and becomes a witch elm with a direct connection to the Akashic Record. She is known as Bella.

Janody 1 TnC: The Divergence is considered complete as the last divine caster perishes. The calendar is reset to represent the current evangelical crisis. All hope for reuniting Musea with its gods is lost.

1596 TnC: A group of MUFT students and a party of Pathfinder agents are sent to two separate ruins, simultaneously uncovering secrets about the gods. These events are discussed in the campaign A Concerto for Change.

1597 TnC: The god Korrainth, formerly the champion of Medlayla, ascends to power. Gods are once again able to access Musea, but their power is extremely limited due to the small amount of mortals worshiping them.