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The Age of Demons

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    Khyber's Offspring
    Era beginning/end

    Khyber's fiendish offspring overrun the surface world, creating a hellish environment where rakshasas and night hags rule supreme.

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    Dragons Rediscover Prophecy
    Revolution

    Dragons rediscover the Prophecy and rise from their primitive state to oppose their demonic overlords. Unable to defeat the demonic hordes of the Dragon Below alone, the dragons ally with the couatls.   The common races, still in primitive states, hide from the godlike combatants and find a way to survive.

  • -100000 BYK

    Couatls' Sacrifice
    Life, Supernatural

    Recognizing their cause would otherwise be lost, the couatls sacrifice most of their number to bind the most powerful of the demon lords and the majority of the fiends back to Khyber. The couatls remain trapped for eternity with the fiends they bind. Victorious, the dragons retreat to Argonnessen to contemplate the Prophecy, ignoring the "lesser races."

The Age of Giants

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    Rise of the Giants
    Era beginning/end

    The giants rise from the ruins of the Dragon-Fiend Wars to establish a civilization on the continent of Xen'drik. They enslave the primitive elves, which has the inadvertent effect of pulling the first of the common races out of their primitive state.

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    Dragons and Dragonborn Inhabit Q'Barra
    Military action

    Dragons and dragonborn come to Q'barra to guard Haka'torvhak.

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    Dragons Contact the Giants
    Cultural event

    • Dragons make contact with the giant kingdoms and teach the giants arcane magic.
    • The giants master the arcane arts, creating wonders unequaled even in the modern day. The elves - ignored by their giant masters - watch and learn.

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    The Invasion of the Quori
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The quori invade Xen'drik from the plane of Dal Quor, the Plane of Dreams. After 1,000 years of battle, the giants call upon the most powerful magics of the dragons to throw Dal Quor out of planar alignment, forever sealing that plane away from Eberron. The resulting backlash shakes Xen'drik to its core and plunges large chunks of the continent beneath the sea.

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    Elven Revolt
    Revolution

    • 1,000 years after the end of the Giant-Quori War, Xen'drik is still suffering from the magical backlash of disrupting Dal Quor's planar orbit. Horrible curses and plagues still sweep through the land, and the elves use the opportunity to rebel.
    • A corps of elves - called the Phiarlan or "Spirit Keepers" - work as bards, scouts, and couriers during the elven rebellion against the giants.
    • In a desperate attempt to regain control of their slaves and save their dying civilization, the giants turn again to the most powerful draconic magics. Before they can unleash such destruction a second time, the dragons attack Xen'drik and the giant civilization collapses.
    • The Phiarlan spread the word of the elven prophet Aeren, gathering elves to flee Xen'drik for the sub-continent that would become known as Aerenal. The elves who chose to stay behind in Xen'drik go into hiding, becoming the drow.

The Age of Monsters

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    Reversion and Progress
    Population Migration / Travel

    • The giants revert to primitive monsters living in the ruins of their shattered civilization as the dragons return to their secluded continent and the elves settle Aerenal.
    • The first of the goblinoid kingdoms, Dhakaan, rises in the area that will one day become Breland and Darguun.

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    Elves in Aerenal
    Population Migration / Travel

    Aerenal elves spread across the sub-continent of Aerenal, creating clusters of city-states.

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    Orcs Move to Khorvaire
    Population Migration / Travel

    Orc nations arise in western Khorvaire to compete with the goblinoid kingdoms.

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    The Undying Court
    Scientific achievement

    The Undying Court appears in Aerenal.

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    Elves vs Dragons
    Military action

    First skirmish between the elves and the dragons, which sets a pattern of long periods of peace punctuated by short, devastating battles every few hundred years.

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    Goblinoids Relocate the Kechuala
    Population Migration / Travel

    The goblinoids push the kechuala (lizardfolk) out of the Talenta Plains and into the Endworld Mountains. Many of the lizardfolk that survived the goblin armies die in the mountains. The small remaining fraction make their way into the jungle of what is now Q'barra.

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    Gatekeeper Druids
    Cultural event

    The dragon Vvaraak, in response to a portion of The Prophecy she had been studying, begins teaching the orcs druidic magic. These orcs become the first Gatekeeper druids.

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    Rise of the Dhakaani
    Political event

    The Dhakaani unite the goblinoid nations to create the greatest empire the goblins have ever known.

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    Dwarvish Migration to the Ironroot Mountains
    Population Migration / Travel

    The dwarves migrate from the Frostfell to the Ironroot Mountains.

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    Elven Colony in Khorvaire
    Population Migration / Travel

    Aerenal elves establish a colony in what is now present-day Valenar. Peaceful coexistence doesn't last, and the elves come into conflict with the Dhakaani. The elves abandon the colony when another clash with the dragons threatens Aerenal.

  • -8000 BYK

    The Daelkyr Invasion
    Military action

    The daelkyr - a race of immensely powerful beings from Xoriat, the Plane of Madness - invade Eberron. They are eventually defeated by the Gatekeeper druids, who seal the portals to Xoriat and trap the remaining daelkyr below ground, but not before decimating the western reaches of Khorvaire.

  • -4000 BYK

    Collapse of the Goblin Empire
    Disbandment

    Weakened by the Daelkyr War, the Dhakaani government collapses to internal power-struggles and civil strife. Goblinoid city-states and smaller nations endure, but lack the political and military cohesion of the earlier empire.

The Current Age

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    The Druid of the Eldeen Reaches Awakened
    Era beginning/end

    The greatpine Oalian (the future Great Druid of Eldeen Reaches) is awakened.

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    First Dragonmarks Appear
    Discovery, Scientific

    • The Mark of Hospitality appears among halflings of the Talenta Plains.
    • The Mark of Shadow and the Mark of Death appear among the elves of Aerenal. The dragons watch in awe and horror as the Prophecy begins to unfold among the “lesser” races.

  • -2100 BYK

    Founding of Io'vakas
    Founding

    Founding of Io'vakas in Argonnessen built by the "lesser races" that the dragons transplanted from their ancestral homes across Eberron.

  • -2000 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Healing
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Healing appears among halflings of the Talenta Plains.

  • -2000 BYK

    Lhazaar Principalities Founded
    Founding

    Lhazaar leads humans from the continent of Sarlona to the eastern shores of Khorvaire. The humans land in the pre-Galifar Lhazaar Principalities, and have little or no contact with the fractious goblin states.

  • -1975 BYK

    Founding of Shaarat
    Founding

    Founding of the city of Shaarat by Malleon the Reaver built on top of the ruins of the Dhakaani city of Duur'Shaarat.

  • -1800 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Scribing
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Scribing appears among the gnomes of Zilargo.

  • -1600 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Sentinel
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Sentinel appears among humans of pre-Galifar Karrnath.

  • -1600 BYK

    House Vol
    Disbandment

    • Elves & dragons unite to destroy House Vol (which carries the Mark of Death), ending millennia of intermittent warfare between the two species.
    • Lady Vol, Lich Queen of the Dead is created.

  • -1600 BYK

    House Phiarlan Relocates to Khorvaire
    Population Migration / Travel

    House Phiarlan leaves Aerenal to relocate among the humans of Khorvaire.

  • -1500 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Marking and Warding
    Discovery, Scientific

    • The Mark of Making appears among humans of pre-Galifar Cyre.
    • The Mark of Warding appears among the dwarves of the Mror Holds.

  • -1500 BYK

    Early Creation of the Five Nations
    Founding

    The distinct settlements that will become the Five Nations are cut out of goblin-controlled central Khorvaire.

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    Destruction of Shaarat
    Disaster / Destruction

    King Breggor of the nation of Wroat orders the city of Shaarat destroyed due to the descendants of Malleon refusing to bow to his authority.

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    Contrustion of Sharn
    Construction beginning/end

    The city of Sharn is built on top of the ruins of the city of Shaarat by King Breggor.

  • -1000 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Storm
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Storm appears among half-elves of pre-Galifar Thrane.

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    Karrn the Conqueror
    Founding

    Karrn the Conqueror establishes the nation of Karrnath, defeats the remaining goblinoid settlements, and unsuccessfully attempts to conquer the other four human nations.

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    Discovery of Houses by Karrnathi Soldiers
    Discovery, Exploration

    The discovery of Houses Ghallanda, Jorasco, and Lyrandar by Karrnathi soldiers in the Talenta Plains.

  • -900 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Passage
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Passage appears among humans of pre-Galifar Aundair.

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    Fleeing Kalashtar
    Population Migration / Travel

    Taratai and the kalashtar appear in Adar fleeing Dal Quor.

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    Appearance of the Mark of Handling
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Handling appears among humans in the Eldeen Reaches.

  • -500 BYK

    Appearance of the Mark of Detection
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Detection appears among half-elves of pre-Galifar Breland.

  • -500 BYK

    Conquest of Sarlona
    Military action

    Quori begin conquest of Sarlona which brings a second wave of humans to Khorvaire's eastern shores.

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    War of the Mark Begins
    Military action

    The dragonmarked houses launch the War of the Mark to end the threat of aberrant and mixed marks.

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    The Twelve is established.
    Founding

    The Twelve is established.

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    War of the Mark Ends
    Military action

    The War of the Mark comes to an end when Lord Tarkanan, the Lady of the Plague, and his other lieutenants - in a last great act of defiance - cause the destruction of the city of Sharn and the believed extinction of the aberrant mark.

  • -302 BYK

    Founding of Riedra
    Founding

    Founding of Riedra and their unification under the Inspired.

  • -200 BYK

    Destruction of Io'vakas
    Disaster / Destruction

    Io'vakas is destroyed by the dragons due to a small sect of yuan-ti who sought more power and the deepest mysteries of draconic magic for themselves.

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    Founding of Io'lokar
    Population Migration / Travel

    Arnaarlasha (the noble gold dragon great wyrm of the Warders) along with a dozen elder dragons shepherd a thousand survivors of Io'vakas to the slopes of Mount Erishnak where they create the city of Io'lokar, the City of Knowledge.

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    Birth of Galifar I
    Life, Birth

    Galifar I is born in the city of Korth in Karrnath.

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    Border Wars Begin
    Military action

    The Border Wars begin, eventually drawing in all five human nations of central Khorvaire.

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    Galifar assumes rulership of Karrnath.
    Life, Career

    Galifar assumes rulership of Karrnath.

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    Unification Campaign
    Gathering / Conference

    Galifar begins his campaign to unite the Five Nations.

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    Deal with the Dragonmarked
    Gathering / Conference

    Galifar makes a deal with the dragonmarked houses, offering them neutral status in exchange for support in his campaign.

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    Appearance of the Mark of Finding
    Discovery, Scientific

    The Mark of Finding appears among humans and half-orcs of the Shadow Marches.

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    Creation of the Kingdom of Galifar
    Founding

    Galifar I and his five scions - Cyre, Karrn, Thrane, Aundair, and Brey - take control of the Five Nations and establish the Kingdom of Galifar.

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    Establishment of the Arcane Congress
    Founding

    Galifar I establishes the Arcane Congress in Arcanix in Aundair.

  • 28 BYK

    The Galifar-Lhazaar War Begins
    Military action

    Galifar-Lhazaar War, a decade-long conflict, begins.

  • 32 BYK

    Reconstruction of the City of Sharn
    Construction beginning/end

    The city of Sharn is once again rebuilt on top of the old cities' ruins.

  • 32 BYK

    The Five Nations are Named
    Founding

    The Five Nations of Galifar adopt the names of King Galifar's children as their own.

  • 40 BYK

    Transfer of the Crown
    Life, Career

    Galifar, now eighty-five winters old, steps down and passes rulership of the kingdom to his oldest remaining scion, Cyre.

  • 53 BYK

    Galifar I dies
    Life, Death

    Galifar I dies.

  • 106 BYK

    House Kundarak is Recognized
    Founding

    House Kundarak is recognized by the established dragonmarked houses.

  • 299 BYK

    The Church of the Silver Flame is Born
    Religious event

    The Church of the Silver Flame is born.

  • 347 BYK

    Foundation of Stormhome
    Founding

    House Lyrandar takes possession of an island off the coast of Aundair to create Stormhome.

  • 498 BYK

    House Sivis Discovers the Mark of Finding
    Discovery, Exploration

    House Sivis discovers the Mark of Finding while exploring the Shadow Marches. House Tharashk is created shortly thereafter.

  • 512 BYK

    Creation of the Starpeaks Observatory
    Construction beginning/end

    King Daroon orders the construction of the Starpeaks Observatory.

  • 600 BYK

    Clan Noldrun Dissapears
    Disaster / Destruction

    Clan Noldrun of the Mror Holds disappears.

  • 600 BYK

    The Battle of Arnaarlasha's Fall
    Military action

    The Battle of Arnaarlasha's Fall begins a day after Arnaarlasha (gold dragon great wyrm of the Warders) dies. The battle only lasts 4 days as the city successfully defends itself from the Rogue dragons.

  • 778 BYK

    Medusas from Khyber
    Military action

    Medusas from Khyber take possession of Cazhaak Draal.

  • 783 BYK

    Speaking Stones Created
    Discovery, Scientific

    The first speaking stones developed by the Twelve.

  • 789 BYK

    House Sivis Message Stations
    Discovery, Scientific

    House Sivis message stations begin operations.

  • 797 BYK

    Mordain the Fleshweaver is Excoriated
    Disbandment

    Mordain the Fleshweaver is Excoriated from House Phiarlan for practicing the forbidden magical arts of the Daelkyr.

  • 802 BYK

    Stormreach Upgraded
    Construction beginning/end

    The Kingdom of Galifar, in cooperation with the dragonmarked houses, funds the upgrade of the trade city of Stormreach on the northern peninsula of Xen'drik.

  • 811 BYK

    First Lightning Rail
    Construction beginning/end

    First lightning rail connects Flamekeep and Fairhaven.

  • 832 BYK

    The Silver Purge
    Extinction

    The Inquisition to wipe out lycanthropes (aka the Silver Purge) is launched by the Church of the Silver Flame. Over the course of the next 50 years, virtually all Lycanthropes on the continent are slain.

  • 845 BYK

    Construction of the Lightning Rail System Begins
    Construction beginning/end

    King Jarot begins a public works project to connect all of central Khorvaire via lightning rails.

  • 845 BYK

    Publication of the Deviant Celestia
    Miscellaneous

    Publication of the Deviant Celestia.

  • 865 BYK

    Lighting Rail Construction Completes
    Construction beginning/end

    Lightning rail lines connect the Five Nations, Zilargo, the Mror Holds, and the Talenta Plains.

  • 873 BYK

    Discovery of Blackroot
    Discovery, Exploration

    Discovery of Blackroot (Mordain the Fleshweaver's tower in Droaam).

  • 878 BYK

    House Deneith Mercenaries
    Military action

    House Deneith begins to provide clients with goblinoid mercenaries from Darguun region.

  • 890 BYK

    Omaren Revolt
    Revolution

    City of Stormreach puts down the Omaren Revolt.

  • 894 BYK

    Beginning of the Last War
    Military action

    King Jarot, the last ruler of Galifar dies. Thalin, Kaius, and Wroann reject the succession of Mishann. Wrogar backs his sister's claim, and the Last War begins.

  • 896 BYK

    Order of the Emerald Claw Established
    Founding

    Order of the Emerald Claw established.

  • 897 BYK

    Karrnath Pledges to the Blood of Vol
    Cultural event

    Desperate to save Karrnath from the ravages of the Last War, Kaius I of Karrnath pledges his kingdom to The Blood of Vol. For his trouble, Kaius I is turned into a vampire by the lich-goddess Vol.

  • 910 BYK

    Kaius II Ascends to the Throne
    Political event

    Kaius II ascends to the throne of Karrnath after Kaius I disappears.

  • 914 BYK

    Assumption of the Silver Flame
    Religious event

    Thalin of Thrane dies and the Church of the Silver Flame assumes control of the nation.

  • 914 BYK

    Mror Holds Declares Independence
    Founding

    The Mror Holds declares it's independence.

  • 918 BYK

    Destruction of the Glass Tower
    Disaster / Destruction

    Unknown saboteurs destroy the Glass Tower of Sharn.

  • 928 BYK

    The Nation of Q'Barra is Born
    Founding

    Duke Ven ir'Kesslan leads settlers from Cyre to forge the nation of Q'barra.

  • 946 BYK

    The Siege of Stormreach
    Military action

    City of Stormreach is attacked by the Battalion of the Basalt Towers, but with the help of the Giants of Rusheme Stormreach wins the battle.

  • 956 BYK

    Valendar Declares Independence
    Founding

    Southern annex of Cyre becomes the Elf Nation of Valenar.

  • 958 BYK

    The Eldeen Reaches Declares Independence
    Founding

    The Eldeen Reaches declares itself an independent nation under the protection of the Wardens of the Wood and the guidance of the Great Druid Oalian.

  • 961 BYK

    King Boranel
    Life, Career

    Boranel becomes king of Breland.

  • 962 BYK

    Zilargo Aligns with Breland
    Gathering / Conference

    Zilargo, always an independed protectorate of Breland, formally aligns with Breland.

  • 965 BYK

    Warforged Perfection
    Discovery, Scientific

    House Cannith perfects the modern-era warforged, living constructs designed to fight the Last War.

  • 969 BYK

    The Nation of Draguun is Formed
    Founding

    Haruuc leads the hobgoblin rebellion against the nation of Cyre & Breland, and the nation of Darguun is born.

  • 972 BYK

    House Thuranni Separates from House Phiarlan
    Founding

    House Thuranni splits off from House Phiarlan.

  • 976 BYK

    Emerald Claw Outlawed
    Civil action

    Regent Moranna of Karrnath outlaws the Order of the Emerald Claw.

  • 980 BYK

    Queen Aurala of Aundair
    Life, Career

    Queen Aurala's reign of Aundair begins.

  • 986 BYK

    Droaam Becomes a Nation
    Founding

    A trio of hags known as the Daughters of Sora Kell invade western Breland with an army of trolls, ogres, and gnolls. Unable to confront both the monsters and fight its opponents in the Last war, King Boranel pulls settlers back and seals off the land west of the Graywall Mountains. The Daughters of Sora Kell declare the sovereignty of the nation of Droaam.

  • 990 BYK

    Taking Flight
    Discovery, Scientific

    The first elemental airships go into service for House Lyrandar.

  • 991 BYK

    Ascension of of King Kiaus III
    Life, Career

    Kaius III's rule of Karrnath begins upon his 20th birthday.

  • 993 BYK

    Jeala Daran Becomes Keeper of the Flame
    Life, Career

    Jaela Daran (age 6) assumes the power of the Keeper of the Silver Flame.

  • 994 BYK

    20 Olarune
    The Mourning
    Disaster / Destruction

    A magical blast of unprecedented power obliterates the nation of Cyre creating the Mournland.

  • 996 BYK

    Dolurrh's Dawn
    Discovery, Exploration

    The mysterious appearance of Dolurrh's Dawn in Droaam.

  • 996 BYK

    11 Aryth 11:00
    The Treaty of Thronehold
    Civil action

    • The Treaty of Thronehold officially ends the Last War. The treaty officially recognizes the nations of Aundair, Breland, Thrane, Karrnath, the Talenta Plains, Zilargo, Q'barra, the Lhazaar Principalities, the Mror Holds, the Eldeen Reaches, Darguun, and Valenar.
    • The treaty further commands House Cannith to destroy the creation forges (the devices used to create warforged). Remaining warforged are granted the rights of sentient beings.

  • 997 BYK

    Expansion of Stormreach
    Construction beginning/end

    Largely due to war refugees, the City of Stormreach expands.

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