The general history of world
The time before the dragons destroyed the worlds ancient empires and took control of Borrovy.
Many millennia before the Age of Men, a human civilisation grew up along the banks of the Great River Nhirtis that scholars of ancient times named the Saharon. Five hundred years later, this civilisation found itself fully realised as the Principalites of Saharon
The era in which the Draconic Empire of Aurix reigned over a large area of the central continents.
The day when Tiamat entered the Material Plane and gathered her children to establish their rightful rule over all mortals.
A group of killers hired by the local dragon-lord Arkhanoth the Black to kill a group of troublemaking elves in a forest to the east, manage to by happenstance release a wild fey-portal which expands and curses the forest to eternal autumn.
The downfall of the Eternal Scaled Dominion came in a series of devastating conflicts known as the Ballet of Scales, a prolonged civil war and rebellion that ultimately shattered the empire.
The empire fractured into two warring factions the Chromatic Dragons, who sought to establish absolute dominance, and the Metallic Dragons, who believed in balance and governance alongside mortals. This ideological divide led to widespread destruction as entire regions were laid to waste by the warring sides.
A group of Adventurers managed to steal the ancient scrolls containing runes that will be used to jail the dragon Niarvenax and free the dwarves of Grimhammer.
The ancient tyrant dragon that had ruled the land was defeated and mortals seized the throne.
The capital city of the Draconic Empire, Aurix’Thalor, was besieged and burned by a coalition of mortal armies. The last reigning Draconic Emperor fell, marking the symbolic end of the empire.
The climactic battle of the Schism, where the largest dragon to ever exist, the immense Platinum Dragon Galtorix the Unyielding, rested his wings atop the peak of a mountain, covering the entire mountaintop in gleaming silver light. Afterwhich it was renamed to Mount Shimmerpeak. He led the Metallic Dragons against the Chromatic forces, commanded by the ruthless Red Dragon Tyrant Maldrakoth the Inferno. The battle ended in devastation, with entire legions wiped from history, and the once-mighty empire left in ruins.
The current era of the world, where man rules the Borrovyan Peninsula.
Many surviving dragons fled to remote strongholds, choosing to rule as warlords or hidden overlords, rather than attempting to restore the fallen empire.
With the fall of Aurix, the world plunged into a fragmented age. Former provinces became independent kingdoms, republics, or theocracies, while others fell into anarchy or were ruled by warlords. Many imperial highways and constructs decayed without dragonic maintenance, and arcane knowledge was hoarded or lost.
The legacy of Aurix remains etched into the bones of civilization. Some nations, like Scaelor, incorporated imperial systems into their own laws and hierarchies. Others see the empire as a cautionary tale, a monument to pride and tyranny.
Yet even in ruin, the name Aurix commands reverence. Its relics, ruins, and ancient texts continue to shape the Twisted Realms, and some whisper that a rebirth of the empire—under dragon or mortal rule, may one day come again.
With no dragonlord to govern them, the mortal legions and noble houses convened, forming the first Draconic Electorate, a ruling council meant to guide the nation in the absence of their former overlords. However, power struggles between the nobles and the military led to constant instability.
Following the Ballet of Scales, the men of Fyre began a war to take control of their lands and cleanse them of all non-humans. The kingdom was renamed as well as their king who now ruled the lands with an iron-grip.
The fall of the Draconic Empire left Scaelor in chaos. With the empire shattered after the Ballet of Scales, the once-unified province found itself divided between rival factions. The Draconic Electorate, originally formed to provide stability, quickly fell into infighting, as noble houses, former military legates, and mercantile elites all sought to claim power. At the heart of the division was a core question: should Scaelor continue following the Imperial Draconic Traditions, or should it forge its own path free from the influence of its fallen overlords?
After years of internal strife, the strongest remaining noble and military leaders met in a summit at Wyrmthrone Palace, once the seat of the imperial governor. Here, the Second Founding of Scaelor was declared.
The reverence and sperate cults of Nyxarion in the region of Chitax gather to form a unified nation and depose the king. The new Theocracy of Chitax will become a powerful nation and engulf several lesser kingdoms in the area.
The day when a few unknowing merchants would lay the foundation for what would become the largest city in the world.
Generations after the Second Founding, the Draconic Electorate grew increasingly divided, with its factions becoming more politically entrenched. The Chroma Council, a group of noble and military leaders who still revered the old empire, sought to expand its power, arguing that the Electorate should hold greater control over the monarchy.
A failed assassination attempt on the Sovereign by rogue elements of the Crimson Order, resulting in the execution of several high-ranking Council members.
As the crusading knights of the order known as the Guardians of the Helots find themselves without a king, as the one they had served and went to war for had died many years ago, they settle in their conquered lands and begin their long and fruitless search for the rightful heir to their king.
As the last free townships of old Zimea united to face the legendary hero Reimar Hammerkrach, they face off outside Zimmerheim. The four warlords and their great host stands no chance against the might of the griffon rider. It didn't take long for the enemy's forces to break out of fear of their mighty foe. The warlords were executed and the soldiers were given the option of joining the forces of Zimmerheim. With five townships under his rule, Reimar set out to unite the entire region under his new Empire.
The war between the Zimean Empire and the Theocracy of Chitax, which started when the zimean emperor Hanz Rosseldorf decidedly was affronted and disgusted by the ways of Chitax following a diplomatic visit where he was made to witness the Joymaking, an important kuthite holiday in Chitax. The Emperor meant to "liberate" the people pf Chitax and make it another Zimean province.
Rebel legions attempted to storm the royal citadel, but were repelled by loyalist forces, leading to a violent purge of suspected conspirators.
After years of infighting, the surviving factions reached a fragile truce. The Chroma Council was dismantled, and new laws were introduced to prevent the Electorate from directly undermining the Wyrmthrone’s authority.
With Scaelor on the verge of fragmentation, a new reform movement emerged, spearheaded by a young and ambitious Sovereign determined to reclaim the throne’s lost power. The Third Founding was declared, enacting sweeping changes to recentralize control over the kingdom:
The Grand Magicus of Necromantis, believing death magic to be the supreme arcane art, decided to take control of all the other schools. With his deadly might and growing following of fearful wizards, he managed to succeed and he managed to depose all other Grand Magici.
A combined effort of all the Council Collegiums, the lich was deposed and destroyed, ending over a century of tyrannical rule. In its wake, the city-states decided to form a federation, which would be ruled by a council of all the Grand Magici. This would be the Arcanonic Conclave. The schools and city-states would still remain independently ruled, but the Arcanonic Conclave would be able to govern each other and ensure that no one would be able to take control of all schools again. They would ensure that all schools would work towards the same and unifying ideal of magical advancement.
An attack orchestrated by a group of socialistic adventurers who managed to gather the last remnants of the ancient cyclops empire to attack the giant city.