Kaltamorn Regional History (Teon Supplement)

Kaltamorn History

Age 0 (Prehistoric Age)

??? - 0Y

• The Kaltamorn region is mysteriously formed and annexed to the realm of Teon.
• The deities of Ino appear in the Kaltamorn region.
• The first race is discovered by the original three deities of Ino.
  • The first race survives off the land as nomadic hunter-gatherers.
  • The deities of Ino are still in the process of finalizing their means of perceiving mortal existence.

Age 1 (Stone Age)

0Y - 8000Y

• Ether begins to alter and change the first race, causing it to split and evolve into parallel branches.
  • The first race begins to evolve into the second race.
    • More intelligent
    • More adaptive
    • Higher reproductive probability
    • Fewer birth defects
  • Permanent settlements are formed.
• The first race begins to die off slowly as the second race begins to populate at an accelerated rate.
• The races split up and form tribes.
  • Small-scale wars for land and resources break out.
• The deities of Ino begin to meld together into a mono-deity (Xia).
• The fey emerge from the ether and enter the Kaltamorn region.

Age 2 (Bronze Age)

8000Y - 8500Y

• Xia then splits into the deities of Kren.
  • The second race is magically altered to rapidly evolve into numerous races and sub-races.
  • The first race is now extinct.
• The secular tribes become more sophisticated civilizations after hundreds of years of competition.
  • The civilizations are of homogenous races.
  • Each race is host to sub-civilizations.
  • Larger scale wars are waged.

Age 3 (Iron-Age)

8500Y - 10200Y

• Technology begins to develop faster.
• The deities of Kren meld into Ilon once again for a brief moment.
  • Ether ceases to exist and the fey vanish from reality.

Age 4 (Magic Age)

10200Y - 10745Y

• The absence of ether causes for great disruptions in the fabric of reality that attracts the attention of all races.
  • Each race then begins scrambling to research and understand what ether was, in case it ever returns.
• Ilon splits into the deities of Lora.
• The deities of Lora come into being and actualize themselves in response to mortal existence.
  • Good deities begin to band together, finding common ground.
  • Neutral deities begin to assume roles in running the natural world.
  • Evil deities almost immediately go to war with each other.
• Magic reappears shortly after the deities of Lora manifest themselves.
  • Each race discovers how to harnass and cast magic.
• Monsters begin to appear in remote and deserted locations, harassing and terrorizing mortals.
• The Uanite races come into being.

Age 5 (The Age of Monsters)

10745Y - 11113Y

• The good aligned deities form the Divine Alliance (DA).
  • All lawful good, neutral good, and even chaotic good deities band together to form the alliance in the interest of helping the prime material plane and its inhabitants.
• The evil aligned deities band together to form the Dark Conclave (DC).
  • They seize control over monsters and begin to breed and mutate them into more powerful versions.
  • They manifest the undead as servants.
  • They inject sentience into dark ether and spawn demons and devils.
    • Demons and devils are used to diversify the means of begetting evil in mortals.
• The Dark Conclave builds up its forces in preparation for war.
• The Divine Alliance attempts to warn and rally the moral races.
  • The mortal races largely ignore the Divine Alliance.

Age 6 (The Age of War)

11113Y - 11265Y

• The War of Mortality begins.
  • The Dark Conclave invades Kaltamorn through the kingdom of Æra from deep under Mt. Malor.
• Æra is overrun and reduced to ruins, it's people slain, assimilated, or scattered.
  • The Dark Conclave becomes very pleased with itself in light of this victory.
  • Internal disputes about who should be credited with the victory and who should lead the assault on the rest of the region start.
• The Divine Alliance tries once again to unite the mortal races.
  • The mortal races listen this time and form the Kaltamorn Federation (KF).
• The Kaltamorn Federation combined with the Divine Alliance (DA) then join forces to war against the Dark Conclave.
• The arguments from within the Dark Conclave worsen as blame is passed around as to why the mortals are now unified.
  • The DC begins to decline.
• The KF and the DA quickly defeat the DC, forcing their armies to retreat while the DC's leaders argue and fight one another.
  • Leaderless, the monsters retreat into the deep places of the world or decay back into dark ether.
• The DA admonishes the mortals to maintain the KF in exchange for closer assistance.
  • The mortal races agree to the DA's terms.

Age 7 (The Age of Reparation)

11265Y - 11927Y

• Resources are pooled between the races in preparation for reconstruction.
• The KF resolves to delegate the formation of aspects of society to different races after they volunteer for the job.
  • Gnomes design the economy.
  • Dwarves design the industry.
  • Humans design the government.
  • Elves design the education system.
  • Halflings design the agricultural system.
  • The fey help to make peace with the other races and try to recruit them into the KF.
• A grand convention of racial leaders is called to divide up the Kaltamorn region into provinces.
  • Dwarves resist the issue initially.
    • Their cities lie within mountains that can straddle provincial borders.
• Provinces are then drawn with the provision that any settlement on the border may officially choose which province it lies in.
• Governmental buildings are erected in each major city.
• Guilds are formed to represent laborers.
• The noble houses are formed.
• Explorers are contracted by the government to map out the Kaltamorn region.
• The unified calendar is formed.

Age 8 (The Age of Federation)

11927Y - Present

• Present Year: 12100Y

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