The Great Calamity... A war? A plague? Perhaps something more mysterious? All we know is that the calamity ended with The Five, the godly beings that created the built our world from the ashes of the old, creating the new Races and blessing us with the Magic that permeates our world. It's also said that the One Chained in the Dark rose at this time, but was thwarted by the Five - chained in a demiplane of complete darkness. There it's influence over the world was lessened, though not completely destroyed.
History of Caerwyn
Era of the Ayae
0 PC 10000 A
It's believed that for thousand years the world slept, healing, and gestating new life. It's said that this work was done by the Ayae rebuilt the world. After the Ayae performed it's work, life began reemerge on the continent. The Elves were among the first denizens of the new world with the most recent race to arrive being the Tieflings, appearing only around 16200.
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0 A
The Great Calamity
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1000 A
5000 A
The Age of Myths
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventAfter nearly 1000 years of sleep, the Ayae gave birth to the great beasts of legend - dragons and krakens. These original creatures were beings of pure magic given physical form.
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5500 A
Elves, Giants, and Goblins
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventHundreds of years after the last of the Dragons fled or fell, the new Races were created - the Elves, the Giants, and the Goblins. In addition, the first Races were given the creatures of the land and sea, to maintain the balance of the world and provide sustanence for the new inhabitants.
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7500 A
The Origa
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe first races walked the earth alone for almost 2000 years. Around 7500 A, the other races were born.
The Imperial Age
10000 A 16500 A
The world we know now came into being through a number of history shaking events, fueled by war and magic.
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15998 AC
10 /416015 AC
15 /8
The War of the Five Realms
Military actionThe War of the Five Realms was a battle between the five major powers in the Middle, a section of Caerwyn now called the Middle Empire.
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16000 AC
2 /316015 AC
15 /8
The Founding of an Empire
FoundingThe Middle Empire was won during the War of the Five Realms by King Alstier of Alandove and the province of Iariquinigar.
Location
Eclin's Fall -
16200 AC
13 /4
The Arrival of Nowhere
Population Migration / TravelThe arrival of the City of Nowhere and with it the entire Tiefling race has left more questions than it has turned up answers.
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