Ederstone meteors pummeled Stildane, mutating the landscape and changing the world forever. Kobolds were made then as well
Centuries of desolation followed the scouring of Stildane, leaving little in the way of recorded history or urban centers
Storm patterns shifted by climactic changes during this period came down from the Northeast, kicking up Ederstone shards. Mutated, diseased snow came down in a series of horrific blizzards through the 200's.
Ustav began his life as a bandit-mercenary sorcerer, but spent his life working to protect communities across Stildane. One of the three most powerful sorcerers in history, Ustav died tragically. His ghost, exposed to Ederstone, became transformed and he exists in some form to this day as a part of the land he so dearly loved.
A Global Boom in ghosts as many die in particularly funny or tragic ways
From 400 to 1200, wars, blights, and plagues wracked the developing Stildane. Large centralized havens developed, forming the backbone of future governments.
A Global Boom in ghosts as many die in particularly funny or tragic ways
Verkon the Truthful began fighting to unite the many Kobold tribes of Stildane, hoping to create an army that could conquer the entire wasteland
Vetka the Liberator was a Samvaran druid that became desperately lost during an expedition. Fleeing across the ocean from Desmia after being shipwrecked, Vetka arrived in Stildane in 465. He would introduce the local community to Druidism, and is a foundational figure in Hainish legend and religion. He would leave for Samvara again in 495 after mastering teleportation, and continue visiting Hain until his death in 600.
The Uvikov, book of supreme truth, was a collection of wisdom and knowledge from across Kobold-kind and the foundation of Kivishta
Forged in Suneka with Stildanian assistance, the Exorcist's Guild spread quickly across Stildane in this period as a way of handling ghosts
A plague from Suneka that proved quite fatal for large cities and clustered havens in Stildane.
The Yellow Death mutated and merged with other diseases in the Stildanian frontier, returning with a vengeance in 920. Strains of this continued to merge and evolve until the last, most lethal strain finally petered out in 1005. All surviving strains have evolved to be non-lethal and almost unrecognizable.
Learned in Inahng and brought to the Hunting Halls of Versori, where Bardism quickly becomes an institution.
The Kizen empire would never recover from the succession crises following this, leading to a slow dissolution through 1100.
In 1000ME, the puzzle of the Architects was solved- allowing the researchers of Kiazerov to cast the first ever wizard spell.
The Mageplague's final strain had become so detached from its initial transmission method and biology that it merged with Dryad Blight in 1004. The Blight strain survived more effectively, as the dryad population had prospered untouched by plague since 900. By 1080, most lethal strains had died out.
Following the utter destruction of the empire, Kivishta faithful attempted to meet at the holy city of Rumakel to chart their path forward. The disastrous meeting ending in a complete breaking of the religion into two: The Liberated Path and the Revered Path
In 1150, a less lethal strain of Withering Blight mutated once again, jumping this time to Prisms. Urban Prisms, having never had diseases, had no means of treatment or control. The singing plague's substrains are the origins of all Prism illness.
A North Boramese Prism, Kamra learned the secrets of Moon Druidism from Pangolin-made ents. Losing her commune at a young age and accidentally starting a war, she was exiled into Desmia and Samvara in 1205, where she discovered Healing Alchemy and other secrets of the West. Returning to Stildane permanently in 1310, she spent the rest of her life as a healer and peacemaker. Northern Healing Circles and Alchemical Lodges revere her as their patron ancestor.
Twin meteors towards the end of the mageplague marked the beginning of a new era- one of comfort, expansion, and construction.
Emperor Kazalim the Phoenix recreated the Kizen Empire, driving out the Path of Liberation communities and declaring a new Kobold age.
The Kizen empire entered a bloody phase of civil war, redefining the Kivistha religion and leading to the creation of the Promised Path and Exalted Path Kivishta. Accidentally leads to the Exalted Path invasion of Desmia.
Selkies traders arrive in Boram, establishing their first trading outposts
In 1680, the Children of Verkon, a hyper-conservative cult group claiming to uphold the ancient teachings of Verkon the Truthful, launched a successful palace coup for their puppet candidate in the Empire of Kizen. The Children would hold onto the throne until 1715, and continue to grow as a faction after.
In 1750, with support from the Lunar Pantheon, Revered Path enforcers were able to locate and exterminate all remaining Children of Verkon or Truthfal Path groups in Stildane in a week-long mass persecution. Many extremists converted to other paths to escape persecution.
Desmian religious and mercantile influence over Gokoboram had been growing since the 1600's, slowly increasing Orthodox presence. In 1810, the former Kobold Kivishta priest turned Orthodox missionary Sovoster officially ordained Gokoboram young prince and heir to Orthodoxy and founded the official Boram Ecclesia.
Under Emperor Avenek I, the Empire of Eketen was the first state in history to unite the entirety of the Eketeni region in 1840. Eketen reached its high point in 1853, after the conquest of Kasteny. Now the Empire dominates South Stildane
Kudana I, empress of Eketen, was assassinated while touring the military holdings of Northwestern Eketen. This event launched the Eketeni civil war, which has dragged on to the present day