Ages ago, when nothing but the Elemental Chaos existed, two dragons were born: Bahamut and Tiamat. The two of them wove the world together and created the First World.
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History of Dessar
A complete overview of all the major historical events that made their mark on the world of Dessar
The First World
Bahamut and Tiamat created the First World from which all would come. Therefore the first era is named after the First World
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The Weaving of the world
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The Fall of the Three Great Empires
The collapse of the First World came about suddenly and unexpectedly.
The Giants of Ostoria fought a thousand year war against the dragons led by Tiamat, the Elves of Corelia ruptured the Weave in an attempt to merge several planes of existence, and the Yuan-Ti fell to the machinations of the gods.
The Blood Age
After the First World collapsed a period of war between gods, elementals and other forces of nature began.
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The War of Chaos
In the turmoil after the Fall, one of the vassals of the gods rose to power. She called herself the Queen of Chaos and waged war against the True Gods to steal their power for herself.
After a long campaign the forces of the True Gods managed to prevail and banished the Queen of Chaos to the Far Realm.
The Discovery Age
After some semblance of peace returned to the world, an age of unprecedented discovery began
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289 DA
1 Highsun
The foundation of the first university
The first university was founded by a group of five dragons near the west coast of Atrea. To this day the university of Paston is still one of the most prestigous learning institutions on Dessar.
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16 Harvesttide531 DA
22 Winterwane
The War of Water
In the year 530 DA, minions of the evil water god Umberlee managed to incapacitate Leviathan, the good god of water. Many of the waterborn races in Dessar were drafted by the gods to fight on the Elemental Plane of Water.
With the seas of Dessar devoid of their protectors, many hostile creatures of the deep took their chance to launch attacks of their own on the coasts of Dessar.
The war lasted only a few months and was resolved when the forces of good managed to free Leviathan from the clutches of Umberlee. -
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The social revolution
For many centuries the Orcs and goblinoids were seen as uncivilized savages whose only purpose in life was killing and plundering. It wasn't until the birth of Obould Many-Arrows that the Orcs and goblinoids would fight for their place in society. It was a hard-fought battle, but under the leadership of Obould they managed to carve out a place in society for themselves.
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707 DA
The foundation of Skysteel Industries
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13 Flowerbloom
First contact with the Aarakocra
After having their population decimated, the Aarakocra hid away in their floating cities where they managed to stay hidden from the world for centuries.
In the year 807, an exploratory venture led by Cidaryn Venanza discovered the floating cities of Arcavios. -
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The Start of the Great War
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