The day that the Emperor of Ithar slew his entire family and then himself, leaving the empire with a succession crisis and resulting in its dissolution.
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Empires proliferate during this time, from the elven Siao Empire to the human/hafolk trading empire of Dari.
The day that the Emperor of Ithar slew his entire family and then himself, leaving the empire with a succession crisis and resulting in its dissolution.
The civil war between the royalty of Ithar to establish their own kingdoms.
The current era. Most of the great empires have collapsed and left small kingdoms in their wake.
Much of the world marks the beginning of the new era beginning on the first day of the year that the Barilan Empire's capital Krusar fell.