Master Timeline

Hubris tears a chunk out of existence to escape the constriction of the planes, inadvertently creating the Abyss

The laws of reality begin to be written across the many planes

Caused by the existence of mortal life

A group of gods tired of the fighting happen upon the Prime Material Plane and shape it into the world known today, becoming the Shaper Gods

Born of Coloss and Maia

Mothered by Vylora; fathered by Siegriff and the first giants, respectively

Born of Drani and Siegriff

The Last Mortal wanders the world, exploring and experiencing; he creates homunculi to serve himself and others along his way

After contemplation of his journeys, Aina Ada breathes life into his homunculi, creating the dwarves and becoming known as the First Ancestor in exchange for giving up his physical form

Much earlier writings are known to have existed but none have survived to the present day

The first mortals begin to die and not return from the afterlife

The Abyss tears a hole in the Prime Material Plane and demons pour out

Seeking to bolster his armies, Asmodeus has his devils bring him as many mortals as they can without arousing the suspicion of the angels and begins to breed them for war

The elves, dwarves, and humans join the giants in their war on dragonkind, many other mortal races contribute as well

The scorched earth revenge of the dragons sees true giants no longer exist in the numbers necessary to maintain a genetically diverse population

The Abyss tears a hole in the Prime Material Plane and demons pour out

Primus makes his ruling on the devils, most believe he was outmaneuvered and all has gone according to Asmodeus' plan

Bloodshed on a scale only seen before during Great Demon Wars, and every drop spilled in the name of Asmodeus. Only that the Khthonic giants, elves, dwarves, and humans almost immediately banded together prevented the complete conquest of Khthon. Even then it took centuries to finally break the back of the infernal kingdom.

When the Fomorians' actions are discovered, the mortal races immediately declare war in retaliation

From this point in history onward it is possible to have detailed record of nearly all geopolitical events through alternately consulting the histories of different groups. The obvious exception to this is the Dark Ages and the Solemn Gap, though it is theorized that the first could be recovered if an expedition to Issithoss is ever successful.

Many Great Demon War refugees flee without hope of safe harbor, but find it anyway

The Great Dwarven Empire digs out the sea floor and encourages the corals to clear a lane to open a path for sizable ships to be able to access Albion

The Changeling race is all but wiped out, the Shifters are forced deep into hiding

The Abyss tears a hole in the Prime Material Plane and demons pour out

In the high point and nominal end of formal hostilities between the Star Elves and the successor states of the Great Dwarven Empire, the greatest dwarven keep outside Eobesh is stormed and its defenders killed to a dwarf. Among them was the last of the master smiths; the dwarves are no longer capable of producing an heir to the Throne of the Living Ancestor.

The Yuan-Ti see their chance and strike out from their new capital of Issithoss to forge an empire astride the world

Disparate slave rebellions break the back of the Empire of Issithoss

Explorers from Song find a decidedly cool reception waiting for them

The empty cities of the Kingdom of Sun Elves are rediscovered

The Abyss tears a hole in the Prime Material Plane and demons pour out

Orionism explodes in popularity due to the efforts of the Empire of the Sun, they capitalize on this and peacefully absorb many other nations

The Kanō Rimpa Shogunate finally launches the military operation it has been preparing for centuries, and quickly ousts Keotihuacati from the New World

On the heels of its defeat in the New World, Keotihuacati makes a deal and becomes a protectorate of the Empire of the Sun; the few holdouts quickly follow

The Empire of the Sun becomes the largest and most populous nation in recorded history, only the Empire at Issithoss could realistically have been larger

Explorers from the Empire of the Sun rediscover the dwarven route to Albion and establish a colony

Imperator Arcanum Kaesus attempts to restore the heartland, and his failure turns the north of the old world into a blasted frozen hellscape, in a very literal sense

The devils are pushed back, a deal is struck, Portaire Inferni is founded at the base of the new mountain, and the empire begins incorporating infernal tactics into its legions

The newly reformed legions are dispatched to retake Albion, beginning the longest and bloodiest war in the history of the empire

The New Canon Church uses the popularity of the Pantheon to push Orion as the one and only god

The "Saviors of the Empire" betray the Nameless Emperor and use his own resources to begin preparations for a ritual that will allow them to ascend to godhood, nearly bankrupting the empire

The various successor states of the Empire of the Sun agree to make adventuring illegal and retroactively punishable by death

Humans discover the secret of smelting iron

With the advent of iron, humans are capable of mass producing full plate mail and the first knightly orders are formed to fill the void left by adventurers

The entirety of Balk is engulfed in a war primarily characterized by the use of powerful battle magic and initially started by a feud between two competing international organizations of sorcerers

The explosive beginning of the end for the Sky Elven culture and the foundation of House Avo's enduring power

Valerian is the first candidate to survive from announcement to coronation in over a decade

Imperator Resplendens Valerian II re-establishes the Orthodox Church of Orion with himself as the head, and giving himself the power to beautify living saints