The Timeline of Haven

With the backing of two major deities, the First Men begin the first crusade in Haven's history.

Turning their backs on the old ways, a group of First Men and Garkith take up the worship of the Primordials, ancient deities said to originate from Solith. They travel deep into the Stygian Throat and make peace with the natives of the Throat of the World.

Known as the burial place for Lady Death's firstborn, Bastion is founded by Lady Death herself and is blessed as sacred ground for Lady Death and Elias.

Shadiym, in a fit of unbridled rage, descends from the heavens for unknown reasons to swallow the southern peninsula of Haven. The Primeval Expanse, homeland of the Saheels, is obliterated from the continent and brings the Crocodilefolk to the brink of extinction. The Shardtooth Range rose from the earth and halted the torrential ocean floodwaters that cleansed the region of life. Following the disaster, Shadiym cused the land with an eternal draught that gave birth to the inhospitable salt desert that makes up the Parched Expanse today.

As the two brothers struck down the Titan Bemyriq, her ichor seeped around their feet until they could stand no longer. Ancient oaths were spoken and the blood of the Titan was consumed. Together they achieved divinity.

Burning with a fury unlike any known to the First Men before, Argous banished Urlog and his followers to the Parched Expanse, but not before cursing their very nature to be nothing but desert savages. This curse fueled by two Exarchs quickly warped the Mohnagi to what we know them as today.

Despite high profits and years of success, the local Dwarven clans of Shadmir destroy the Shadmir Quarry and flood it to the brim. Claims of dark beings and horrific visions plague those that travel near the dwarven-made lake.

First Men forces push deep into the Uderkith controlled Throat of the World. Assaulting the very steps of Gaul's Keep.

Historically the first Festival of Resurgence was the largest gathering of druid and Beastfolk in Haven's History. Brought together for the singular purpose of bringing new life to the Glass Sea. It was then agreed that this gathering must take place every 200 years to keep the Verdant Expanse a paradise.

As a sign of goodwill, the Menfolk of Haven presents the uninhabited Black Mount to the Faefolk to call their own in exchange for powerful arcane secrets of the Eld.

Isilimirthir Mirthlynnmae is created within Lev Wynmenor.

Six families, all with deep ties to the slave trade, meet within Ravenpeak to form the Slaver's Guild. As coin was passed around quickly, little political resistance led them to quickly take root.

Having won the revolution, the Miner's Guild renames the Graystone Quarry and promises to make a city where hard work will always pay.

Known for its walls of stone and lumber, Orswall is founded upon the premise of safety in numbers as it rests on the harsh Solemn Expanse.

Plague quickly overcomes the population of Orswall. Those in charge have the gates collapsed to rubble to stop the plague from spreading. It takes only a month for the last living person to give in to unlife, leaving the city a haunted waste of starving undead. Orswall is renamed Scourge as a warning.

As the Fall consumes the continent, Lady Holm returns to Haven and fortifies the port settlement of Shardholm. Strong walls are erected, a dutiful military formed, and the burgeoning city becomes a citadel for life in an age of death and ruin.

The last great city of the northern peaks is abandoned to the undead scourge and the mountain snows. A once-prosperous region is now reduced to nothing more than nomadic tribes and secluded monasteries. Great secrets are lost to the biting wind and freezing snows, never to be seen again.

Wandering the Verdant Expanse, a third type of Blackstone Vestige is found with no memories of her past.

The worst storm in recent history breaks against the coast of the Black Sea, flooding settlements and decimating the land. Many coastal cities still survive the raging storms that drift in from the sea in bunkers made after that great storm.

Considered by most, the greatest master of the Unseen Order disappears from within the temple. He is believed dead and a month-long funeral is held for the honored prophet.

Ever curious and vain, the engineers guild of Seawatch begin work to construct a vessel capable of traversing into the depths of the vast body of water Seawatch is built upon. It's dark and murky waters may prove to hold many great secrets.

Amongst the gore of hundreds of lives lost to an unknown abomination within the depths of Graystone a creature is born. Over four thousand lives were lost in a single event. Graystone only survived because of the Gravehunter presence within.

The tortured souls of the Unfallen, once bound in prisons of rot and anguish, are freed from the torturous agony of Lady Death's fury against the living. A new species of sophont is born and the reviled Unfallen flock to Bastion where the Goddess of Death now Unfallen holds court. Similar sanctuaries for the Undead appear across Haven as the Unfallen spread across the continent, finding new purpose as traders and herders in the reborn world.

With the Unfallen hordes now organizing into nomadic societies, they empty much of Death's Cradle at the behest of Lady Death and her Archangels. As the Verdant Expanse is flooded with newly sentient Unfallen, tensions rise to a breaking point. Though the Undead pose no true threat, Beastfolk across the Verdant struggle to live alongside the Unfallen and many innocent lives are lost as a result. Meanwhile, Ravenpeak is the first capital to open its gates to the Unfallen and welcomes large numbers of them into their society. As some accept the newly sentient Undead, Ikati and her Pride successfully fend off Unfallen pilgrims attempting to find sanctuary in the jungles of Flyte. While the Unfallen Goblins of the Parched Expanse meet similarly abysmal fates as thousands die to the flesh-stripping sand storms.

Waves of Unfallen migrate from the Blistered Expanse to Grinwalde under the watchful eye of Augar. Yet the lack of food and old hatreds cause chaos throughout the streets of the newly founded Undead capital. While Lady Death, as the new ruler of Bastion, offers sanctuary to the newly awoken Unfallen, and the reformed priests of Elias bend to follow her new rules. Many are discomforted by this new government, as nearly eight decades of torment leave noticeable scars on the Goddess of Death.