The sundering of the Queen of Monsters created the first dragons, the first mortal arcane casters; and also warped the natural magics she'd shepherded, birthing the monsters. This arcane magic did not include the school of necromancy, which was created much later, during the curse. At this point, the line between life and death was the purview solely of divine magic.
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Arcane Magic & Writing
With the Sundering, arcane magic came to the world, and mortals began to learn how to use it.
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300000 PrC
Sundering
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299950 PrC
299900 PrC
First Sorcerers
Metaphysical / Paranormal event -
299900 PrC
299850 PrC
First Levelled Sorcerer Spells
Discovery, ScientificAs the first sorcerers grew in skill, they began to learn how to harness their spellcasting into measured chunks.
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298800 PrC
298500 PrC
Specialist Sorcerers
Discovery, ScientificMost of the early sorcerers knew only a little arcane magic, depending mainly on other skills such as divine or natural magic or martial prowess. However, a few sorcerers began to develop their arcane powers more extensively, most by somehow convincing a chromatic dragon to teach them.
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271900 PrC
271700 PrC
First Material Components
Discovery, ScientificSome High elves discovered that certain spells could be cast with the assistance of common objects, and began casting spells with material components. The trick gradually spread.
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263500 PrC
263000 PrC
Dragon-Run Mining Camps
Diplomatic actionWith the discovery of and obsession with collecting gemstones, many dragons discovered that humanoids, especially Dwarves, were quite useful for extracting gemstones. Red Dragons and Blue Dragons especially made extensive use of humanoid slaves to mine rubies and sapphires and all kinds of precious gemstones.
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256900 PrC
256500 PrC
Yuan-Ti Green Dragon Acolytes
Diplomatic actionA group of Yuan-Ti sorcerers made deals with a Green Dragon to help them conquer an empire, in the process learning a great deal of magic which then spread to their enemies.
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102719 PrC
Yuan-Ti Invention of Writing
Discovery, ScientificYuan-Ti methods of counting and recording livestock and slaves evolved into a writing system consisting of wedges pressed into clay tablets.
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47593 PrC
Elven Invention of Writing
Discovery, ScientificElven writing evolved from artistic expression that became codified to carry specific symbolic meanings. Not only did the shapes of the symbols make a difference to the meaning - the colors and types of inks used were also extremely important.
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47093 PrC
First Wizards
Discovery, ScientificA group of elven scholars started trying to write/draw sorcerous spellcasting, and in the process learned a method to duplicate arcane spellcasting without the innate abilities that sorcerers were born with.
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8000 PrC
Human Re-Invention of Writing
Discovery, ScientificThe Yuan-Ti had a writing system, but it was lost to their human descendants, so they eventually re-invented writing. Their early writing system was a hodgepodge of the writing systems they were exposed to.
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0 PrC
100 PoC
The Curse
Disaster / DestructionA group of mortal arcane spellcasters warped reality and the nature of arcane magic in an epic ritual.
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Elven Empire
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