According to The Old Religion: In the emptiness, Io split into 12 Gods, and emanating from this divinity, all of existence began to coalesce.
History of The First Age
Ancient and legendary. Mostly concerning the Vetus, the Old Elves, who dominated this Age before their downfall. Much of the truth of these events is lost to time, so dates are often vague and general.
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The World Forms
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The City of Brass appears
FoundingIt's said that the mysterious City of Brass that wanders the Sand Sea appeared long before the Gods created elves. The original beings who inhabited this place disappeared even before the Old Elves rise.
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Rise of the Elves
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The Wars Against Dragons
Military: WarEventually the elves began to form kingdoms in opposition to the dragons that ruled the world in this time. An era of mythical heroes blessed by the Gods, gaining untold magic to slay the ancient foes.
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The formation of the Vetus Empire
Cultural eventAs elves conquered dragons and discovered more of the world, learning its secrets, a grand civilization was birthed. Powerful wizards ruled the population and various elven nations began to ally, leading to the Vetus Empire.
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Vetus Experiments
Discovery, ScientificAs the Vetus continued to gain arcane knowledge they began to create life itself, with the goal of creating species that could act as servants in various capacities.
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Building of the Tower of Aleria
Construction beginning/endThe Vetus used Dwarves to construct perhaps their largest grand tower, the Tower of Aleria, with the city of Karakse-tal forming around it these same years.
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The Emberknight slays the Wendigo
Military actionThe folklore legend Atlor Flaam, the Emberknight used his mythical sword to slay a ferocious beast, a wendigo in the forest today known as Wolf Forest.
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Dwarven Rebellions
RevolutionThe dwarves had banded together against their masters, using secret tunnels built in Karakse-tal during the building of the Tower of Aleria, they spent years smuggling the dwarven population away to their new nations deep underground.
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Arrival of Humans
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The Scarring of The World
Era beginning/endThe end of the First Age and the beginning of the current, Second Age. This cataclysmic event put into motion by the Old Elves changed the face of the planet and unleashed the current plague of Undeath.