The first recorded appearance of elves, presumably arriving on Golarion via Moon Gates from Castrovel.
The generally accepted timeline of events starting with ancient Golarion and progressing through The Gap.
An era of ancient Golarion during which Serpentfolk ruled most of the known world, and preceded the rise of humanity.
The first recorded appearance of elves, presumably arriving on Golarion via Moon Gates from Castrovel.
An era of ancient Golarion noted for the rise of the first humans on the continent of Azlant and the overthrow of their masters, the Serpentfolk.
The planets Damiar and Iovo collide, destroying each other and forming the Diaspora asteroid belt.
An object of alien origin, today known as the Starstone, falls from the heavens and crashes into the surface of Golarion with the force of a near-extinction event. Multiple empires are destroyed, nations buried, and continents shattered in an instant.
The Age of Darkness was a thousand-year period in which the sun's light was blocked by the ash knocked into the atmosphere by the meteoric impacts of Earthfall. It began with the impact of the Starstone in -5293 AR and lasted until the sun's light had been restored, roughly in -4294 AR. During the Age of Darkness, all major civilizations across Golarion were destroyed, ushering in a time of anarchy and destruction.
Orcs, originally subterranean creatures, arrive on the surface of Golarion after being forced from the Darklands by the Dwarves.
An era of ancient Golarion. The world, broken and shattered, begins to mend itself as its peoples struggle for the power to heal the scarred land—or dominate it.
Gnomes appear on Golarion for the first time after migrating from the First World.
Began with the founding of the Osirian civilization and spanned three and a half millennia until Aroden raised the Starstone from the bottom of the Inner Sea and founded the great city of Absalom, ushering in the Age of Enthronement. It was marked by the re-emergence of human civilization after the barbarism of the Age of Darkness and the Age of Anguish.
In an unparalleled feat of mortal heroism, Aroden swims to the bottom of the inner sea and carries the Starstone back to the surface of Golarion. He ascends to godhood, claiming the mantle of God of Humanity, Innovation, and Destiny. His first act as a divine power is founding the great city of Absalom.
The Age of Enthronement began with the founding of Absalom, and its inception is also the starting point for the Absalom Reckoning dating system. The Age of Enthronement spans the years from 1 AR until 4606 AR when Aroden, the god of humanity, died. This age is characterized by the emergence of a number of gods who ascended to divinity through the Test of the Starstone.
A mortal survives the Test of the Starstone and ascends to godhood as the God of Secrets, Greed and Murder. The new god assumes the name "Norgerber" and all knowledge of their mortal life disappears forever.
A mortal human faces the Test of the Starstone on a drunken dare... and ascends to godhood! He assumes the mantle of God of Freedom, Ale, and Bravery.
Iomedae, human paladin of Aroden, bravely takes the Test of the Starstone and succeeds. She rises to godhood and assumes the mantle of Goddess of Honor, Justice, and Valor.
In 4606 AR Aroden, god of Humanity, Innovation, and Destiny, was propehsized to manifest in Cheliax and usher in the Age of Glory. Instead, at the appointed hour, Golarion was racked with three weeks of storms that left the Eye of Abendego as a lasting reminder. When the weather broke, the clerics of Aroden found themselves disconnected from their god. When Abrogail Thrune I took control of the empire, Aroden was dead, and prophecy, which had defined Aroden's life and spurred his personal accomplishments and ambitions, stopped functioning.
The era of ancient Golarion following the death of the god Aroden.
All events of the Pathfinder RPG occur during this era.
A period of time with no definite beginning or known length that connects the events of ancient Golarion with the present. No records of any kind exist from this period, and those who were alive when the Gap ended have no memories from the Gap. During the Gap Golarion disappeared, its fate unknown.
The Gap ends, allowing all creatures in the galaxy to form memories and question what had occurred during the mysterious, millennia-long period of collective amnesia. A new calendar begins using the "AG" abbreviation for "After Gap".
Triune reveals itself and grants the secret of Drift travel to the universe — particularly the worlds of the Golarion System.
First contact between the Golarion System and the Veskarium, the vesk empire.
Battle of Aledra: the first major hostilities between inhabitants of the Golarion System and the Veskarium.
Absalom Pact signed, binding all worlds in the Golarion System in mutual defense and governance.
First contact between the Pact Worlds and the shirren race.
Androids are granted full Pact Worlds citizenship.
The kasathan worldship Idari arrives in Pact Worlds space.
First contact with the Azlanti Star Empire.
The Swarm attacks both the Pact Worlds and the Veskarium, prompting an alliance.
An Azlanti warship appears in orbit over Nakondis and lays siege to the colony world. A garrison is placed in the middle of Madelon's Landing and several of the colony's leaders, including Cedona, are taken prisoner.
The Heroes travel to Nakondis aboard Adjeda, bringing supplies for their old friend Cedona. They are surprised to find Azlanti Orbital Drones in orbit and after a tense battle safely land in the forest west of Madelon's Landing. While hiking to the colony they save Jellik Fulson from Aeon Guard soldiers and are informed that the colony is occupied and Cedona has been taken prisoner. They meet Aibretta and join her resistance movement.
The Heroes begin efforts to whittle away at the Azlanti's control of Madelon's Landing. They save the colony's dim-witted quartermaster Rendell Tace from certain doom, clean out a Hobgar trap, restore control of the colony's water, and ambush a particularly bloodthirsty Aeon Guard patrol at the colony's graveyard.