According to lore and legend, existence begins when Aetur creates the Sear, sometimes known as the Spirit World, and it is a place of pure magic and creation. It is during this time that the first of the Greater Spirits comes to consciousness from the raw power being shaped by Aetur. It then goes on to form what is known as the Mortal Realm, where order and structure reign in the chaos.
History of Oless
Historical events in the world of Oless. All dates are in relation to the start of The Wild Coast: Exiles campaign, which begins in 1702 AD (After Devastation)
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Beyond Mortal Memory....
The First Creation
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Beyond Mortal Memory....
Eternity's End
Celestial / CosmicVarious religions have different interpretations of the events that led to the destruction of Aetur, but they share a common outcome; the shattering of Aetur's form into a physical manifestation known as Shards, and the rise of the Gods. Some contend that this made an infinite existence finite, and that with the creator being gone, existence will surely end in quiet or calamitous fashion.
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Beyond Mortal Memory....
The Second Creation
Celestial / CosmicAs the Gods became infused with remnant of Aetur's power, they set about making their own creations across both the Sear and the Mortal Realm. However, each of these powerful entities had their own conception of what the worlds should look like, causing conflict among them. Some mythologies suggest a hierarchy among the Gods, though to others the distinctions are less clear. At some point during this time, it is suggested that the Abyss was created, from which demons were spawned, though few can agree on how this came to be.
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10000+ Years Ago
The Age of Titans
Era beginning/endThe Titan's appear in the Mortal Realm. They are gargantuan in size and power. Many intelligent beings, such as the Dragons and primitive people, come to worship these beings almost as living Gods. These beings roamed the Mortal Realm for thousands of years, often leaving destruction in their wake as they clashed with each other, until eventually they were all dead or gone. In their absence comes the giants, thought to be their descendants. This is sometimes known as the Age of Titans.
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6000-9000 Years Ago
The Great Conflagration
The Dragons, freed from threat of the Titans, fight a war for superiority against the Giants. The fighting lasts for hundreds, or perhaps thousands of years, and far from it leaving a clear victor, instead both find themselves weakened and drained. Neither has recovered since. Historians sometimes refer to this as 'The Great Conflagration'.
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4000+ Years Ago
The Rise of the Aluthai
FoundingThe ancestors of the Aluthai learn the secrets of magic from the Dragons. This knowledge propels their civilization far beyond that of their human cousins and others, and over the next two thousand years their society will advance further in their knowledge of both science and magic.
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1500-2000 Years Ago
The Devastation
Disaster / DestructionThe Devastation. Though there is much lore and mythology surrounding this event, it's effects on the world were catastrophic. Where once their had been two moons, now there was only one and the shattered remnants of the other forming a bright ring around the world. It also brought about the total annihilation of the Aluthai's great civilization, and created the Tears, rips in the fabric between the Mortal Realm and the Sear where wild magic runs rampant. Some legends say it was one of the Aluthai who caused this terrible calamity, while others suggest a war between the gods. Dates after this point are denoted by the suffix AD (After Devastation).
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800 Years Ago
The Rebirth of Civilization
FoundingAfter recovering from the Devastation, those who had once been under the thumb of the Aluthai began to thrive. Humans, once the slaves of the Aluthai, began to form new civilizations while others, such as the Wild Folk, did not follow in the footsteps of the ancients.
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600 Years Ago
The Exile of the Dalraithe
Population Migration / TravelThe Dalrithe appear in the Mortal Realm, having been cast out by the fey masters. Many do not survive the shock of their new existence, and their spirits wither away, while others eke their way to survival, often as the dregs of human society.
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150 Years Ago
Wild Coast Settlement
ExpeditionThe first permanent human settlements appear in the Wild Coast.
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60 Years Ago
The Great Drought
Disaster / DestructionThe Great Drought occurs. The effects are most noticeable in Daskar, where it nearly puts an end to their decades long Golden Age.
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40 Years Ago
The Hylandic Voyages
ExpeditionHylandic sailors return to the continent of Sirene for the first time in over a century. They found the settlement of Farrshor in the Wild Coast.
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32 Years Ago
Blacksteel's Terror
Life, DeathThe dragon known as the Blacksteel terrorizes the kingdom of Tillain; it is defeated by two young warriors who would be made heroes by the legendary act, the Prince of Flames and the Shield of Tillain, as they would come to be known.
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10-16 Years Ago
The Red Menace
Plague / EpidemicThe Red Menace, a sickness characterized by coughing blood and terrible fevers, wracks the land. Those who survive often suffer from damage to their throat and skin. It spreads quickly in most places except the Borderlands, and kills thousands across Sirene. Some consider it a curse by the god Tabath.
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10 Years Ago
The Civil War in Tillain
Military actionThe High King of Tillain dies of the Red Menace. Some suspect his son Taldaran Travinder VI, called the Boy King, to be the illegitimate son of the Queen and the legendary Shield of Tillain, Captain of the king's personal guard. Civil war breaks out when the Prince of Flames demands the Boy King's abdication. The war ends with the death of the Boy King at Tassendar Fields, and the prince, now called the Flame King by some, exiles his former friend.
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1702 AD
The Wild Coast: Exiles
Population Migration / TravelThe events of the Legends of the Wild Coast: Exiles campaign.