History of Dyrn

Age of Divinity

Before the Ordning

During the First Age of Dyrn, the Urdragon drew the world forth from the primordial chaos and brought order. The gods walked the surface of Dyrn with their creations. Much of what hapepned during this age is lost to modern knoweldge, with what scraps remain gleaned from the oral histories of the Giants, the descendants of the Nephilim. For this reason, dates during the Age of Divinity are expressed with relation to the giant calendar in years Before the Ordning (B.Ord.)

  • -3000 B.Ord.


    Order is Brought to Dyrn
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Urdragon brings Order to Dyrn. Prior to this, the world was beset by primordial beasts that had shaped it for eternity. The Urdragon mated with the First Light and laid its eggs across the surface of Dyrn. The Urdragon commanded that Time begin.

  • -2999 B.Ord.


    Hatching of Iadryn
    Life, Birth

    Iadryn, the Jade Dragon was born and in her hatching planted the initial seeds of animus across Dyrn.

  • -2998 B.Ord.


    The Nephilim and the Primal Wyrms
    Life, Birth

    To assist in the scouring of Dyrn, Iadryn created both the Nephilim and the Primal Wyrms, ancestors of the Giants and the True Dragons, to wage war against the Primordials.

  • -2300 B.Ord.


    The last of the Primordials is routed from Dyrn
    Revolution

    The Draagonform Gods, with the assistance of the Nephilim and the Primal Wyrms, rout the last of the Primordials from Dyrn, allowing lesser life forms to flourish.

  • -2200 B.Ord.


    The Birth of the Elves
    Life, Birth

    Ciarellon comes to Dyrn and forms immortal bodies from the vast Ynrwood groves of prehistory. Into these shells he summons the souls of Eladrin from the Feywild to be reborn.

  • -2100 B.Ord.


    The Forging of the Delvers
    Life, Birth

    Deep beneath Dyrn, Gyrd the Dragonform God of the Forge discovers the fully formed bodies of the first Delvers. He takes the dangerous journey through the spheres to find a smith worthy to forge hearts for these creations. He brings back Moraddin, who in the Godsforge at the center of Dyrn forges hearts for each of the first Delvers, bringing them to life.

  • -2000 B.Ord.


    The Emergence of Humans

    The first humans are recorded migrating through the Pass of the Penitent and then proceeding south into Northern Terrenos.

  • -2000 B.Ord.


    The Second Hatching
    Life, Birth

    Endymber, the Ebon Dragon, is the second of the Urdragon's children to hatch. With him he brings new Order to Dyrn - the decree that all things must die after their allotted span.

  • -1850 B.Ord.


    The Establishment of Bright Nythria
    Founding

    The Nythrian Empire, a civilisation dedicated to the worship of Arcyne, begin building their great cities into the Border Ethereal using ancient and powerful magics.

  • -1775 B.Ord.


    The Undoing of the Three
    Religious event

    A vast upheaval in the heavens leads to the undoing of the threefold Gods of the Dead. Yotl and Ynapas are unmade and Ythradun, the God of Death of the Mind, Dreams and Nightmares was irrevocably changed, fleeing his divine domain and creating the Abyss, before being imprisoned by the other Gods in another universe, the only entrance to which is shuttered within the Etherium.

  • -1700 B.Ord.


    The Hatching of the Pale Dragon
    Life, Birth

    Corrupted by the whispering of Ythradun from its prison within the Astral Sea, one of the eggs of the Urdragon hatches deep beneath Dyrn. A corrupted deity slithers forth, and in it's birth throes tears great tunnels and caverns throughout the dark depths of Dyrn.

  • -1675 B.Ord.


    First Underdark Raids
    Military action

    Denizens of the Underdark and servants of the Pale Dragon begin sallying forth from their hidden caverns, taking surface dwellers and imprisoning them below to swell their ranks.

  • -1600 B.Ord.


    The First Tors
    Construction beginning/end

    The first Tor Walls are raised within the human territories by the Marble Dragon Cyttra. The Safehold Gates are forged beneath the Dyrnspines by Gyrd the Cinder Dragon. Elven clerics reinforce the Yrnwood Groves with Yllorum, the Ochre Dragon.

  • -1001 B.Ord.


    The Skies Darken
    Geological / environmental event

    Nyada, the Turquoise Dragon, at the behest of the Pale Dragon, takes to the skies, blotting out the First Light and bringing unending darkness to Dyrn.

  • -1000 B.Ord.

    -1 B.Ord.


    The Dragonform War
    Military action

    The Dragonform War begins. The allied races, with their gods, fight a protracted war against the Pallites forces, led by the Pale Dragon and his Pallites followers from the Underdark. Under an eternal darkness summoned by Nyada, the God of the Tempest, the war ends with the intercession of the Urdragon and the hatching of its last two children - Sullyste, the God of Light, and Selyne, the God of Protection.

  • -950 B.Ord.


    The Hatching of the Dragonborn

    The Nephilim are reluctant to join with the Dragons in fighting in the Dragonform War. As a result, the Primal Wyrms create the first Dragonborn as soldiers to fight in the war. These Dragonborn warriors are employed on both sides of the war.

  • -801 B.Ord.


    The Sacking of the Librarium

    The Great Librarium is destroyed, and the Pale Dragon vanquishes Arcyne, the Sapphire Dragon, stealing from it the Profane Word of the Major Eldyrion

  • -800 B.Ord.


    The Fall of Nythria
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Nythrian Empire falls to ruin as the death of Arcyne negates many of their most powerful enchantments, dragging their cities back from the ethereal plane and causing ruin and destruction.

  • -245 B.Ord.


    The Dragonborn Rebel
    Revolution

    The ancient Dragonborn rebel against their ancient gods and dragon overlords the Primal Wyrms, fleeing Terrenos and making their way to the Archipelago de Dyrconus. All relics of this ancient time are destroyed.

  • -66 B.Ord.


    Betrayal at Ammar
    Revolution

    Fiendish forces are divided at Ammar by the Pale Dragon's plan to use the Profane Word to end the war. Ysatan, the general of the infernal forces, and Orcus, general of the abyssal forces, face off. Ysatan is killed; the infernal forces abandon Dyrn and return to the Nine Hells, while the abyssal forces amass to launch their final assault.

  • -1 B.Ord.


    The Great Transgression
    Military action

    The Pale Dragon uses the Profane Word to raise the fallen of the war to answer its bidding on the fields around Tor Augremmar. The Intercession occurs and the First Dragonform War ends as Sullyste and Selyne take to the heavens, and the Celestial Scale is formed. Yhtradun is imprisoned within the Crystal Prison, deep in the Astral Sea.

Age of Paucity

Years 1 to 4004 Cynnyd

During the Age of Paucity, the departure of the divinities from Dyrn saw the world sink into a dark age. the last of the Nephilim, Annam Allfather, led his children the giants into the high places of the world. Disease was rife in the aftermath of the Dragonform War, and magic waned without the direct influence of the divine. This age saw the rise of the Dragon Kings, and subsequently widespread uprising against their rule. The Elven/Human Kingdom of Calladron was formed in the ruins of the draconic empires. The Age of Paucity neared its end as the power of the celestial scale waned - fey incursions and the folly of the elves would see the age end on the eve of a new war. What we know of this era is recorded in the songs of the Elves, and for this reason dates are expressed in the Canyd Flydden - the Growing Years of the Elven calendar.

  • 1 Cynnyd


    The Ordning
    Political event

    With the formation of the Celestial Scale, the Nephilim depart Dyrn, returning across the planes to Jotunheim. Only Annam Allfather remains, the last of the Nephilim, and he guides his children to the high places of Dyrn to wait out the rest of time. He prophecises that the Nephilim will return and guide their children to war again for the final battle of Dyrnsend.

  • 1 Cynnyd


    The Sky Revealed
    Celestial / Cosmic

    With the Intercession, the tempests which clouded the sky for centuries are cleared. The remnants of the First Light now glimmer as the Ember, and Sul, the mortal remnants of Sullyste, burn in the sky as a new sun. Lyne, the mortal remains of Selyne, light the night sky. The stars remain absent.

  • 2 Cynnyd


    Elven King Laid to Rest
    Life, Death

    Anrhyddeus, known as The Honoured to the elves, is laid to rest in Feyr Ardun. He is the first druid to enter Druid Sleep, a magical slumber where he becomes ageless and enduring. Through the druid sleep he is able to unite the Elven purple in a shared mental link known as Coadunation.

  • 1162 Cynnyd


    Davraich Crowned
    Political event

    Davraich of Baghrah is crowned King.

  • 1186 Cynnyd


    Davraich Dies
    Life, Death

    Davraich of Baghrah falls on the battlefield and dies, but is reborn into undeath as the first vampire.

  • 2183 Cynnyd


    The Vigilant Order of Selyne
    Founding

    The Vigilant Order of Selyne, dedicated to protecting the sanctity of the Celestial Scale, is founded.

  • 2596 Cynnyd


    The Stars Return
    Celestial / Cosmic

    For the first time in centuries, stars begin to reappear above Dyrn. The first star to return is The Herald.

  • 2596 Cynnyd


    Eletheid Born
    Life, Birth

    The elven poet Eletheid is born.

  • 2607 Cynnyd


    Valatrix the Despoiler begins her conquest of Velphis
    Military action

    Displaced by rebellion to the north, Valatrix marshals the remains of her loyalists and launches a conquest against the nation of Velphis.

  • 2900 Cynnyd


    Valatrix Vanquished
    Life, Death

    Valatrix the Despoiler and her consort the Skysunderer are slain by a band of metallic dragons.

  • 3027 Cynnyd


    The Fey Incursion
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Aobinen and Deannas, refugees from the Feywild, enter Dyrn deep within the tropical forests of Feyr Caverill.

Age of Abundance

3028 4003

With the weakening of the Celestial Scale the first outsiders in thirty centuries walked the world. This incursion opened the gates for magic to flow into Dyrn with new resurgence, leading to a rise in wild magic as war consumed the entire continent of Terrenos.

  • 3084 Cynnyd.


    The Unseelie Host
    Expedition

    The Unseelie Host pass the Celestial Scale, assisted by the Archdaemon Ivritax

  • 3119 Cynnyd.


    The Wicked Vales Unite
    Military action

    Safehold archives record the first predations of orc and goblinoid bands driven by demons south of the Dyrnspines. Lluorn of the Vine has his vision of the pact between Queen Mab of the Unseelie Court, and the Archdaemon Ivritax. The eternal twilight begins.

  • 3130 Cynnyd.


    The Sack of Minderhold
    Military action

    Several chromatic dragons support Unseelie forces to attack and sack Minderhold. Refugees from the delver hold begin to seek refuge within Calladron and her vassal states.

  • 3130 Cynnyd.


    Queen Titania and the Seelie Host

    Queen Titania and the Seelie Host pass the Celestial Scale with the assistance of Corellon, entering the prime material plane within Feyr Caverill. Aobinen and Deannas go into hiding deep within the jungles of Feyr Caverill.

  • 3137 Cynnyd.

    3174 Cynnyd.


    The War of the Dawn
    Military action

    The War of the Dawn begins as detachments of Elven soldiers bolstered by fey sorcerers are deployed north in response to emissaries from the Kingdom of Calladron and the Delver Safeholds to assist in defending against both the Unseelie Host and the demonic predations from the curselands.

  • 3174 Cynnyd.

    3493 Cynnyd.


    The Elven Occupation of Terrenos
    Political event

    Unseelie and infernal forces have been for the most part beaten back to the Dyrnspines. Calladron Royal Forces attempt to enter Tor Revaine and are rebuked by the local Elven forces; the Elven Occupation begins, with the line of Calladron dying out by 3180, and the kingdom dissolving into independent Tors and settlements under proxy Elven rule by 3181.

  • 3348 Cynnyd.


    The Resistance
    Revolution

    Resistance efforts against the Elven Occupation are organised and united by a party of Delver and Human heroes. Armed conflict becomes commonplace across northern Terrenos as the Elves, driven by their Fey influence, ruthlessly suppress opposition to their rule.

  • 3350 Cynnyd.


    Orcs Attack

    Elven records first mention Orcs, songs telling of a warband that savagely attacked an Elven settlement within northern Terrenos.

  • 3363 Cynnyd.


    Blessing of Eilh or the Bane of Morrigan
    Religious event

    Human and Elven lovers beseech Macha, a powerful Archfey to grant them a child. Macha with her sister the Morrigan, works a powerful magick that allows humans and elves to interbreed. Orcs and humans soon follow and in time other hybrid races become possible. In the aftermath of the war, such hybrid pairings became much less likely to grant offspring, although orcs, elves and humans continued to retain the ability to interbreed.

  • 3489 Cynnyd.


    The Anathema of the Fey
    Plague / Epidemic

    The Anathema of the Fey is cast by a dying Delver cleric after the sack of Titespur; Elvenkind and Fey are cursed to experience agony and malaise on Dyrn when exposed to "cold iron", or the iron ore known as silver hematite, known to the Delvers as Lynesalt and so named after the goddess of protection, Selyne, a mineral found in abundancece within the Delver mines.

  • 3490 Cynnyd.


    The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
    Cultural event

    The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand takes place deep within Feyr Caverill. Accompanied by 10,000 disciples, Aobinen and Deannas commit ritual suicide, dying in each others arms and using the forces released to mend the celestial scale.

  • 3493 Cynnyd.


    The Occupation Ends
    Diplomatic action

    The Elven Occupation is formally ended as the last Elven forces withdraw from their siege of Tor Huma and retreat past the isthmus of Terrenos; Eligist Regent Ionen III works powerful Elven magics to create the Thornwall, awakening the spirits of nature and isolating Faer Caverill from the rest of the world.

  • 3616 Cynnyd.


    Ionen III Dies
    Life, Death

    Eligist Regent Ionen III, known as the Enthralled King, dies. His line dies out and he is succeeded by Eligist Regent Iandor, and his son, the Paladin-Prince Iandric.

  • 4002 Cynnyd.


    Iandric's Quest
    Expedition

    Prince Iandric receives a vision from an unknown source bidding him seek the necromancer's tower, and embarks on a quest on board the Elven ship Elephraim.

Age of Persecution

4004 4382

The leylines reignited, magic returns to order within the world. However the damage is done. The smallfolk, having spent centuries under the rule of Elven sorcerers and wizards, now fear mages greatly. Mages are pursued and killed, and much ancient knowledge is destroyed, either by a populace afraid of its potential, or by mages attempting to hide their abilities.

  • 4004 Cynnyd


    The Leylines Ignite
    Celestial / Cosmic

    Prince Iandric dies thrice on the Isle of Fel Eris at the Broken Tower and completes the spell begun by the Martyrdom, opening a rift to the Shadowfell and laying down leylines of magical energy across all of Dyrn.

  • 4004 Cynnyd


    The Ascension of the Raven Queen
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Raven Queen enters the Shadowfell, completing her ascension and becoming a new God of Death.

  • 4115 Cynnyd


    The Last Dragonhunter
    Expedition

    Gerdir of Coalshelter begins her crusade against the dragons of the Dyrnspines, guided by visions from Hiatea.

  • 4117 Cynnyd


    Godgorger

    In an ancient Nephilim temple deep below the Dynspines, Gerdir of Coalshelter discovers the relic Godgorger.

  • 4176 Cynnyd


    The Great Makhan
    Founding

    Yabu Makh unites the wild horseman of the Western Steppe into a great Makhan and begins conquering the steppes and pushing east into what is now Second Empire territory.

  • 4267 Cynnyd


    The Last Dragon in the North

    Gerdir of Coalshelter defeats the black dragon Ciereus Holdrender in his hoard deep beneath the Dyrnspines, and the last dragon of the Dyrnspines is killed.

  • 4371 Cynnyd


    Port 'o' Blood and Sand Occupied
    Military action

    Dragonborn Crusaders occupy the Port o' Blood and Sand.

  • 4371 Cynnyd


    Port 'o' Blood and Sand Occupied
    Military action

    Dragonborn Crusaders occupy the Port o' Blood and Sand.

  • 4382 Cynnyd


    Port 'o' Blood and Sand Liberated
    Diplomatic action

    Parvius Huma marches with the army of Tor Huma to liberate the Port o' Blood and Sand, and annexes it. The Tyrrethi Empire (styled by Huma as the Second Empire of Man) is formed.

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Age of Discovery

1 Tyrrethi Empire Reckoning to Present Day

With the formation of the Tyrrethi Empire, a fragile peace begins to grow within Northern Terrenos. With the annexation of Tor Sionis, the Magistratum is tempered and the use of magic, although regulated, slowly becomes reaccepted by the citizens of the Empire. Ancient secrets of magic and technology are rediscovered. Dates are expressed by Tyrrethi Empire Reckoning (TER)

  • 897 TER


    The Sack of Astermark
    Military action

    The Sack of Astermark occurs as Goblinkin war bands descend from the Dyrnspines to attack the Delver city of Astermark; the sack is ended when Baehn Doramun dies in single combat with the Hobgoblin Warleader, Entermook.

  • 1020 TER


    Dragonborn Crusade
    Military action

    Dragonborn Crusaders sack the eastern reaches of the Second Empire

  • 1108 TER


    A New Alliance
    Military action

    In response to reports of Dragonborn forays into the Curselands, Elven forces are deployed north of the Thornwall to assist in repelling the Dragonborn invasion, the first joint Elven-Human-Delver actions since the end of the Elven Occupation

  • 1112 TER


    Dragonborn Repelled
    Military action

    The last of the Dragonborn Crusaders are routed from Northern Terrenos.

  • 1334 TER


    Nythrian Ruins Uncovered
    Discovery, Exploration

    Nythrian ruins are uncovered south of Carnace in Cerulean Fields.

  • 1470 TER


    Dragonborn Crusade
    Military action

    Dragonborn Crusaders sack and occupy the Port o' Blood and Sand and Butcher's Bay, holding it until their abandonment of the port in 1485.

  • 1559 TER

    1561 TER


    The Two Summers War
    Military action

    The Two Summers War is fought. It culminates in the Battle of Tremenette Fields, where Amil Entrieri, the last King of the Sommelands, is slain in combat. His Queen and the heir to the throne are presumed killed as Empire forces sack Tor Revaine, Senior Precept to King Entrieri, who pledged fealty to Empress Elarryn I.

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  • 1586 TER

    1600 TER


    The Pacification of Abrinden Rise
    Military action

    The Pacification of Abrinden Rise commences with attacks from goblinoid forces from the Wicked Vales beginning to target towns south of the Dyrnspines.

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  • 1595 TER


    Rout of Kharak Vale
    Military action

    The Rout of Kharak Vale occurs. Consort Prince Altrecht is slain in combat with the Necromancer of the Wicked Vales.

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  • 1600 TER


    The Charge Through the Warrens
    Military action

    The Charge Through the Warrens occurs. The first attempt to sabotage the gathering armies of the Necromancer fails but a second attempt is succesful before the end of the year. The Pacification of Abrinden Rise is completed as Blood Prince Stollar leads Imperial forces into battle against the Necromancer's forces. The Necromancer is killed, as is the Commander of the Unyielding Company.

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  • 1616 TER


    The Dragonborn Cross the Fathomless Line
    Discovery, Exploration

    The first ships of the Citadian Alliance cross the Fathomless Line and land in Emmerigos

  • 1620 TER

    12 Cyt

    Ashpeak Attack
    Military action

    A powerful black dragon attacks Ashpeak, and is killed by Morthak and her tribe.

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  • 1620 TER

    30 Cyr

    Venomfang Roosts in Thundertree

    Venomfang begins roosting in Thundertree.

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  • 1620 TER

    23 Gyr

    Zitonai Establishes Dominance
    Military action

    Zitonai the Burnished Huntress attacks the Howling Sands, rapidly dominating the Lizardfolk settlement of Ssaryax.

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  • 1622 TER

    5 Cyt

    Present Day

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