6 gods came together and combined their powers to prove their worth to The Yellow Emperor, the creator of water. Satisfied with their efforts, he gave the World of Heliodarna access to water, filling the seas and the world with water.
The history of Ardatia and The Old Valtyvian Empire
6 gods came together and combined their powers to prove their worth to The Yellow Emperor, the creator of water. Satisfied with their efforts, he gave the World of Heliodarna access to water, filling the seas and the world with water.
The gods create the first sentient life form, the Elves. They begin to populate the world.
A group of gods want to create life bigger than before, they create Jotuns, giants that could squash the Elves. They also create Dragons, for the giants need creatures that could challenge them.
Araushnee, with the help of her son Vhaeraun, gathered a host of evil deities opposed to the Seldarine, and convinced them to attack Arvandor, in an attempt to overthrow Corellon. She had planned for the assault to ultimately fail, as her actual goal was for his consort to be killed during the battle and to replace him as Coronal(the title for the person who rules over an Elven realm) of Arvandor. She tricked Eilistraee into dangerously injuring her own father, but the conspiracy was ultimately thwarted by Sehanine Moonbow and Corellon’s life was saved. After her betrayal, Araushnee was banished by Corellon, while Vhaeraun was simply exiled. Even though she was cleared from all guilt, Eilistraee chose to share her mother’s and brother’s punishment, because she knew that the drow would need her light in the times to come.
Moradin grew jealous that the Elves represented the beautiful gods, he wanted life to represent him. He formed from the earth itself the Dwarves, stout, hardy, hairy and strong.
The Elves and Dwarves grew resentful of each other, the dwarves way of life offended the Elves who appreciated the natural world and wished to leave it how it was. War soon broke out, but not war as it is now.
The gods decided that there was too much separating the Dwarves and Elves. There needed to more varied life to encourage cohabitation. Gnomes, Orcs, Goblins, Dragonborn, each began to form their own communities.
The gods grew bored with long lived Elves and Dwarves, they deigned to create new life, mortal life. These humans would work for wondrous things during their small lifespans.
Not long after the creation of humans, the gods began to argue and split into what are now known as pantheons. Different factions raised up their chosen people. Some gods were content to simply carve out their own region to rule over, a place for their power to reside. Others chose to attempt to conquer more for themselves.
Usilia's largest and tallest mountain disappeared from existence, causing a massive shift of the northern mountains and creating a massive valley. Historians link this event to a myth.
After the events of the Gods' War, Maui decided to set into stone the religious borders between Hungola and Helstav, and raised the Skybreakers as a physical barrier between the two regions.
The first conflict between the regions known as The Shieldlands and Grecia begins, the war is sparked by the Shieldite Dwarves and Grecian Elves whose deep lying hatred for each other caused a minor border dispute that led to an entire war spanning 2 decades
The Shogun of Usilia consolidates his power by killing off the last of Usilian Heroes.
After the death of the Grecian King, Theron the Avenger, the region is thrown into a civil war. His son, Crown Prince Arion II, is named King of Grecia by blood right, despite being extremely young. But 2 others lay claim to the throne and threaten his rule, each proclaiming themselves King under their own banners and seek to usurp the throne for themselves. An illegitimate son of Theron, King Damon, and a former military advisor, King Lakon.
A war that united two regions with a long standing hatred of one another. The giants who had slumbered for eons, awoke and decided on conquest, led by 12 Giant Lords, they began to conquer the Marble Coast, Shieldlands and Grecian. It was only the combined might of heroes and gods from each region that the war ended.
After declaring himself the sole deity of Usilia and banning the worship of others, and the practice of their religions, various different plagues and curses started to befall regions around Usilia. Though none would dare say it out loud, many believe this is linked to the ban on the worship of the older deities.
After centuries of mining and construction, Usilia inaugurated what is arguably one of the most fortified cities in Ardatia. A sprawling city built upon layers of cavernous halls inside of a massive plateau. A wonder of Dwarven and Elven engineering.
A long standing peace followed the Jotun War but this ended when The Southern King of the Shieldlands decided to raid the Grecian lands and take for himself a Grecian Princess as his wife. This sparked a second conflict that was both longer and more bloody than the first.
The Orcs Clans of Hungola banded together for the first time. United behind a single warlord Gbuti Khan, they set their sights upon Grecia first. The Orcs conquered all of Grecia and forced a lot of Elves into Skjoldvegg in retreat. Half of Opatra and Mazteca followed but the Empire did not last for long, after the death of Gbuti Khan, it crumbled without proper leadership.
A war between the slaves and masters of Opera. The slaves made deals with the Demons of the Abyss, the chaotic nature of these fiends connected well with the slaves desire to break free from their chains. The masters having knowledge of the slaves plans, made a deal themselves, with the nine hells and Asmodeus himself.
A third major conflict happened between the Shieldites and Grecians in the third millennium BR. Shieldites record that it was Grecian greed and lust for more land that started the conflict. Grecian records state it was Shieldite raiding that started the war. Other regions state it doesn't matter, what does matter is it resulted in the unification of the Shieldlands under one King and the creation of the Shieldwall Forts now each ruled by a separate Jarl.
The birth of Emperor Valtyv brought about the beginning of an era, an era of the most powerful Empire seen, led by the single most powerful mortal. The Empire lasted for more than 2 centuries, from the day Valtyv exited through the Emperors pass and began his conquering of all Southern Aladathia. The empire came crashing down when a united Ardatia waged a war to end the reign of Valtyv, who eventually fell at the hands of the 5 heroes known as Primal Dawn.
An event changing the world. Agents of the Fallen One acted around the continents, each attempting to free their master, each stopped but one, Basidia of Opatra managed to complete half of her ritual. Her ritual set off an incredible arcane wave of energy that ruptured reality and changed the landscape and people, awakening long slumbering monsters and beings, warping the environment and causing devastating natural disasters.
Sterling Jarvy returned to the Old Valtyvian Empire for the first time since helping end the Valtyivian Empire. He decided to begin a guild of heroes (or mercenaries depending on who you ask) to help him combat threats around the continent and outside the material plane.