The first colonists from foreign lands began settling in the Promised Land. These colonists ranged from Devil Cultists whose masters wanted access to the planar portals to Paladins whose sole goal was to deny the Devils theirs.
The History of the Promised Land
A story of gods and mortals and how both used each other for their own gain.
The Common Era of Colonization
2500 1000
The era after colonists from far off lands began settling in the Promised Land.
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-2499 CE
The Colonization of the Promised Land
Discovery, Exploration -
-2000 CE
-1454 CE
The Kingdom of Chimeria
Political eventThe evil kingdom of Chimeria, when it was founded and when it eventually fell.
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0 CE
The Well of Mystara
Religious eventThe Goddess Mystara created a well of magic where the weave comes together to boost the power of all magic.
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1 CE
Creation of the Avatars
Religious eventWorshipers found a way to affect the weave to create Avatars for their gods to inhabit on the Prime Material.
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20 CE
The Men of Iron
Scientific achievementThe gods Gond and Moradin collaborated to create the perfect soldiers to combat the menace of the ruinous powers. Thus, the Men of Iron were born.
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125 CE
The Godforged are born.
Technological achievementAfter the Men of Iron created by Gond and Moradin rebelled, the armies of the ruinous powers began to make headway in the war. This was when the gods Helm and Mystara stepped in and created the Godforged, mortals reborn in the light of the heavens to fight the encroaching horde of demons and undead.
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999 CE
6 /6
The Death of Torm
Religious eventThe Lawful Good god of war and self sacrifice, Torm, was killed when his avatar received a mortal blow from the avatar of Vecna. Normally the damage done to a god's avatar would be meaningless to them, but somehow Vecna and his followers had found a way for the damage done by his avatar to harm other gods from damage to their avatars. "If you die in the dream you die in real life."
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999 CE
7 /7
The Wrath of the Gods
Religious eventAfter the world learned of Vecna's god killer, the full multilateral wrath of the gods came down on the Vecnans like a ton of bricks. The aftermath of this was the Glasslands, a field of trinitite glass (the aftermath of the Trinity Nuclear test in the real world).
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1000 CE
7 /7
The Moot of the Gods
Religious eventAfter the death of Torm and the eradication of Vecna's god killer, the gods held a vote on whether or not to erase the method of avatar creation from the annals of history. The dissenters were Oghma, whose goal is the preservation of knowledge, and Primus and his Inevitables, who resist attempts to alter reality. After the vote, Mystara used her magic to wipe the method of avatar creation from both mortal memories and divine records.
Post Alteration
1000 and beyond
The time after the death of Torm, in which the gods withdraw their avatars from the Promised Land and erase the method of avatar creation from the annals of history.
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1000 PA
7 /7
The Moot of the Gods
Religious eventAfter the death of Torm and the eradication of Vecna's god killer, the gods held a vote on whether or not to erase the method of avatar creation from the annals of history. The dissenters were Oghma, whose goal is the preservation of knowledge, and Primus and his Inevitables, who resist attempts to alter reality. After the vote, Mystara used her magic to wipe the method of avatar creation from both mortal memories and divine records.
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1012 PA
7 /6
The Appearance of the Nemesis Moon
CelestialThe Nemesis Moon, the world's second moon, appeared in the night sky. No one knows why, all they know is that Nemesis at its apex heralds doom.
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1195 PA
The War in the West a.k.a. The Baham-Selunite War
Political eventA war between the Kingdoms of Lexetordo and Fryhed.
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1215 PA
15 /6
The Kingdom of Satus is Founded
Founding -
1336 PA
Operation Chryptic Thorn
MiscellaneousCampaign start.