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The World Timeline

How the world began. How the world arrived at the point in time it is now.

Before The Fall

1000 1

Before Sanctuary, the land of bastion was under siege by the great titans from above and the seething corruption from below.

  • 2 BF

    1 BF


    The Fall of Bastion
    Disaster / Destruction

    The prolific heroes of legend rise, dauntless, to combat the largest threat known to recorded history.

    Location
    Arcanum

Golden Age: Sanctuary

1 5000

The heroes of lost ages take all that remains upon the back of Sanctuary. The Watchers Council is instantiated and begins monitoring the realm.

  • 98 GA

    99 GA


    Prime-Alpha Wave
    Plague / Epidemic

    The first instance of the rotating apocalypse pattern. The effects of this wave plagued citizens of Sanctuary with indiscriminate Plagueblight.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 198 GA

    199 GA


    Prime-Beta Wave
    Military action

    The second instance of the rotating apocalypse pattern. Struggling to cope with mundane development, groups and organizations began to compete for resources.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 298 GA

    299 GA


    Prime-Gamma Wave
    Disaster / Destruction

    The third instance of the rotating apocalypse pattern. With the strong of body and mind lost to the previous wave, the remaining populations struggle to produce foodstuffs and other resources.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 397 GA

    1 ßæhræ
    399 GA

    1 ßæhræ

    Prime-Delta Wave
    Extinction

    The fourth instance of the rotating apocalypse pattern. As the realm solidifies a foothold after nearly 400 years of struggle, the Necropolis rises.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 498 GA

    499 GA


    Alpha Wave
    Plague / Epidemic

    The apocalypse pattern initiates second repetition, once again with its first wave. Undead remain from the final wave of the Prime rotation, and plague the populace of Sanctuary with fear and disease.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 597 GA

    599 GA


    Beta Wave
    Military action

    Undead sympathizers identify themselves, and in tandem with ways of ages past establish a haven for the undead. This is debated heavily, and results in a rather wide-reaching war.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 798 GA

    799 GA


    Gamma Wave
    Disaster / Destruction

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 897 GA

    899 GA


    Delta Wave
    Extinction

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 996 GA

    24 Rœhvýg

    Arrival
    Life, Relocation

    Tintreach , Siggyn , Cassius, and Nepha arrive in Sanctuary Castle.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 996 GA

    28 Rœhvýg

    Landfall
    Expedition

    Tintreach , Siggyn , Cassius, Nepha, and Almira enter Arcanum for the first time.

    Location
    Arcanum
  • 996 GA

    4 Aþmœhdý

    Arcanacataclysm
    Disaster / Destruction

    Arcanum's ley line erupts in a pillaring aurora of mana and debris.

    Location
    Arcanum

Dark Age

5001 10000

The Watchers absolve themselves of duty, and enter an eternal slumber; the world becomes vulnerable to seeping Corruption.

  • 9998 DA

    7 ßhæl

    Arrival
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Steve, Nyarl, Romando, Dirk, and Gale experience the effects of past events being tampered with, arriving in proximity to The Necropolis.

    Location
    Arcanum