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The First Era: The Dawning

The Void

In the beginning there was the Void and nothing else. Then eight shards appeared and each grew into a god that each gained conscience in this order: Kyros, Illiaru, K'tah, Ragan, Llh'than, Aequitus, Aurora, Desaru.

1. Illiaru creates air and the stars.
2. K'tah creates water.
3. Kyros creates a sentient orb of fire called Cain.
4. Llh'than creates magic.
5. Aequitus requests the other gods to join into a pantheon. The gods discuss.
6. The pantheon is created by Aequitus under the name Bureau of Creation.
7. Kyros joins the pantheon.
8. Illiaru joins the pantheon.
9. K'tah joins the pantheon.
10. Ragan reveals himself, says he knows the gods purpose and joins the pantheon.
11. Desaru questions the gods.
12. Desaru and Ragan have the first verbal fight. Kyros is intrigued.
13. Ragan asks to create the world and, with Kyros permission, forms Abel around Cain out of soil.

Dawn of Abel

1. Aurora creates the Shadows Under The World.
2. Illiaru creates clouds.
3. K'tah creates the oceans and the water cycles.
4. Aurora creates summer.
5. Ragan creates mountains, hills, valleys, cliffs and canyons.
6. Llh'than joins the pantheon.
7. Kyros puts lava into the mountains.
8. Illiaru creates Seth, a bright sun and the main source of light on Abel and lets all celestial bodies dance and rotate, thereby creating day and night.
9. K'tah creates the moons Saul and David and makes them cause ebbs and tides.
10. Desaru creates the First.
11. Kyros creates the (first? biggest? only?) desert.
12. Desaru creates the artefact "Desaru's Spear of Flame" and gives it as a gift to Kyros.
13. Llh'than gives birth to the god Baloth and creates the Ice Rings around Abel.
14. Aequitus evolves physically (first time).
15. Elementals are created by the pantheon.
16. Ragan creates and supports forests and grassland of european plantlife all over Abel in the hope to help the First.
17. Baloth evolves physically (first time).
18. Baloth creates winter.
19. Desaru alerts Ragan that Cain is growing.
20. Aequitus calls the gods together to discuss on how to deal with the First and Desaru.
21. Illiaru makes Seth radiate cold.
22. Ragan brings up Cains growth. Heated discussion comences.
23. Llh'than creates mortal souls.
24. Desaru creates the Haven of the First and a portal to it near the main settlement of the First.
25. Illiaru creates birds.
26. Llh'than creates reptiles, arthropods and annelids.
27. K'tah creates whales.
28. Kyros creates dragons.
29. The pantheon gives birth to the goddess Vitela.
30. Vitela creates new kinds of smaller whales, grains and new kinds of fruits.
31. Aequitus creates the plane Celestia.
32. Aequitus creates the planet Elysium within Celestia.
33. Aequitus creates the seraph.
34. Ragan tries to continue the discussion about the fate of Abel.
35. Desaru evolves physically (first time).
36. Sidestory (Samael the Dragon) starts.
37. Illiaru commands the stars to record the history of the universe in constelations and gains a new portfolio: Stars.
38. Sidestory (Samael the Dragon): Samael and Lilith travel underground.
39. K'tah creates Silence.
40. Vitela creates seaweed and penguins.
41. Aequitus creates Love.
42. Sidestory (Samael the Dragon): Samael and Lilith find the desert. Then they are affected by Love and Silence.
43. K'tah and Illiaru start a relationship :D
44. The dragons (and maybe other mortals) form couples.
45. Aurora lets Abel grow to save it.
46. Sidestory (Samael the Dragon): Samael and Lilith fly through the desert in silence and noticed that it was warm enough to survive there.
47. Desaru creates the winter dragons.
48. Ragan thanks Aurora and swears to protect Abel from Kyros. Aurora says that she will help him.
49. Kyros tells the dragons that their purpose is to destroy. He also gains the portfolio: Dragons.
50. Kyros and Desaru have a disagreement.
51. K'tah moves all celestial objects further from each other, fills the space between them with Silence, pulls the air into an atmosphere around Abel and brightens Seth and the stars.
52. Ragan evolves physically (first time).
53. Illiaru accuses Ragan for letting Abel grow and arguments against it.
54. Llh'than calls together Aequitus, K'tah, Illiaru, Aurora, Baloth and Vitela to convince them to create a new world and leave Abel to the three fighting gods Kyros, Ragan and Desaru. (Un)fortunately those three gods join the discussion.
55. Illiaru says for the first time that Cain and Abel could be sepparated.
56. The problems with Abels growth and the consequences that the separation of Cain and Abel would have are discussed. It again devolves into a fight between the ideals of Ragan and Kyros.
57. Aurora creates maize and the Lowest (all kinds of rodents).
58. Llh'than and Ragan agree that moving Abel away from Cain is the best course of action and begin to plan.
59. Ragan asks for assistance in the above endeavor. In secret he asks Aurora to increase the power of summer during the moving.
60. Aurora agrees.
61. K'tah gains the portfolio: Trickery.
62. Aequitus asks (repeatedly) to be allowed to mediate and resolve the dispute between the gods (Kyros and Ragan mostly).
63. Llh'than enters a silent meditation, supposedly until the moving of Abel starts. He has never acted or spoken since.
64. Sidestory (Samael the Dragon): Samael and Lilith return to the other dragons to tell them that they can survive in the desert.
65. The stars move to reflect the disagreements within the pantheon.
66. Desaru evolves physically (second time).
67. Aequitus has enough and decides that he will just judge, regardless of what the other gods think. He threatens Ragan and Kyros should they do anything behind his back before he has judged on it.
68. Aequitus creates the Court of Celestial Judgement on Elysium. He also gains the portfolio: Judgement.
69. Aurora questions the authority of the court.
70. A seraph transforms into the god Nepenthe.
71. Most gods disagree with Aequitus court.
72. Aequitus is disappointed and adjourns the court until the other gods become more accepting of it.
73. Aequitus creates the cycle of reincarnation, gains the portfolio: Afterlife and the domain: Heaven.
74. Aurora creates the pixies which are the first fae. She also gains the portfolio: Fae.
75. Illiaru creates storms.
76. Illiaru joins K'tah in the oceans.
77. Kyros creates the god Pyrokar.
78. K'tah creates corals.
79. Aequitus left to... some place.
80. Nepenthe teaches the First the basics of medicine.
81. The god Ejis is birthed by the energies of the planes.
82. Desaru makes the First Rivaika into his avatar.
83. Ragan creates Azura. He also gives birth to Garr & Jormun.
84. Pyrokar creates iron golems known as the Pyrokar Guard.
85. Ejis creates Nexus.

Madness & Strife

1. Desaru goes mad. He sends his reason and memories to his avatar Rivaika and gains the portfolio: Madness. Through this Rivaika ascends into godhood.
2. Nepenthe creates Mirror.
3. Desaru creates madness for mortals.
4. Desaru creates the Rushed and commands them to kill all the First. Many First manage to flee through the portal.
5. Desaru tries to attack Rivaika. Ragan intervenes.
6. Ragan accuses Kyros to be responsible for Desarus state. Kyros kind of admits that it may have been his fault, a bit.
7. Desaru destroys all land in the Haven of the First. Then he leaves to hunt the First that managed to get to Abel.
8. Rivaika follows Desaru. He starts beating her up.
9. Aurora puts pixies around the edges of the Nexus disk.
10. Ragan punches Desaru in the face.
11. Ragan creates the forest guardians (dire elks, treants & grand bears).
12. Ragan leads a large group of forest guardians into battle against the Rushed to save the First.
13. Desaru gains the portfolio: Conflict.
14. Kyros creates the duneswift in the desert.
15. Ragan temporarily empowers his guardians to win the battle. Then he commands them to drive the surviving First into the forest for safekeeping.
16. Desaru cools the air under the Ice Rings and creates the Laughing Dragons (a subrace of mad winter dragons).
17. Rivaika curses the Rushed.
18. Kyros requests Ragan to create desert capable life and gives him power to do so.
19. Ragan creates desert plants. He also gains the domain: Nature.
20. Ejis creates the shiftlings, teaches them magic and planeshifting and sends them to combat the Rushed.
21. Ragan creates antelope and deerfolk. He also gains the domain: Animals.
22. Aurora creates purple trees and moss on Nexus.
23. Sidestory (Shiftling Leaders): Hu'Themin, Agg'Erhi and Ku'Jurilt discuss about the rights of the gods to control them as they are fighting of Rushed with magic.
24. Nepenthe revives some fallen First, makes them the first clerics and teaches them the art of resurrection. He also gives all mortals on Abel the potential to learn magic.
25. Sidestory (Redmane in the Watchers Grove): Redmane and his elks examine the First.
26. Ragan gives a message for Aequitus to the seraphs.
27. Rivaika tries to converse with the First in the watchers grove but they are afraid of her.
28. Aequitus returns from... somewhere.
29. Sidestory (Shiftling Leaders): The three shiftlings beat the Rushed. Agg'Erhi wants to exterminate all the Rushed, the others are not sure if they agree. They gather the rest of the shiftlings and shift back home to Nexus.
30. Aequitus sends a message back to Ragan, but he has gone to sleep.
31. The First do not accept Rivaika as their new leader and god. the elk Redmane attacks her and is swiftly subdued. As two bears start bowing before her she searches for Ragan because she is confused.
32. Aurora creates the Eldarin, a Fae subrace.
33. Ejis creates a permanent portal between Nexus and Mirror.
34. Sidestory (Shiftling Leaders): Ku'Jirilt was anointed as Grand Cleric of Ejis and her comrades Agg'Erhi and Hu'themin became the rulers of the Shiftling people.
35. Sidestory (Napthali): The two First Napthali and his beloved Shisha try to leave the massacre behind and live a happy life on their own but a Rushed kills Shisa upon which Napthali snaps.
36. Thravos creates himself and makes Napthali his divine hero. He also the creates the concept of adoration.
37. Ragan and Rivaika return to the First and the guardians in the watchers grove. Ragan tells the First what he believes about the state of Desaru. The First are starting to have major disagreements. Rivaika decides that as the First don't want her they should stay in the forest and that she should not have responsibility for them. Nepenthe disagrees.
38. Desaru gains the domains Mind & War and the portfolio: Doubt. Then he ascends to intermediate godhood.
39. Sidestory (Shiftling Leaders): Agg'Erhi goes on a trip to find the god Pyrokar.
40. Sidestory (Napthali): Napthali reaches the desert and kills a dragon.
41. Nepenthe creates and nourishes the Next.
42. Aequitus creates the written language, teaches it to the Next, creates the Order of the Word, gives them the book "The Word of Celestia", gains the portfolio: Writing and the domain: Enlightenment and ascends into intermediate godhood.
43. K'tah doesn't like Aequitus new creations. He creates monks and ascetism.
44. Sidestory (The Next): Erenic and others have joined the Order of the Word and want to leave the group, but Usius the Ageless doesn't want to let them go. The god Nepenthe allows them to leave and Usius in his desperation kills Erenic. For that he gets banished by Nepenthe. Afterwards Erenic is ressurected and the Order leaves.
45. Illiaru creates the Starchildren and teaches them astronomy and astrology.
46. Ejis makes random portals appear from Nexus to all the other planes. He then gains the portfolio: Nexus.
47. Sidestory (Agg'Erhi on the search for Pyrokar): Agg'Erhi finds a portal to Abel.
48. Sidestory (Napthali): Napthali wears the skin of the slain dragon. Duneswift notice the slain dragon and wonder. Napthali walks in circles.
49. Rivaika evolves physically (first time).
50. Sidestory (Usius, Napthali, Rivaika & Agg'Erhi): Usius amelesly wanders to the desert and encounters Napthali. The goddess Rivaika appears next to Napthali. Usius thinks she is a monster that wants to attack Napthali and tries to intimidate her. Agg'Erhi appears at a distance and walks towards the others. Rivaika transforms into a perfect mortal female. Usius notices that she is a god and tells the others. Agg'Erhi asks for directions to Pyrokar or Cain and Rivaika tells him to find Kyros. Npthali learns that Desaru was responsible for the massacre of the First.
51. Sidestory (The Starchildren): The newborn Starchildren traveled onwards without destination.
52. Ragan creates the great predators (sabertooth pumas, thundering eagles & scaled boars).
53. Ragan creates the natures link.
54. Aequitus invites the gods of the bureau of creation to court but also other gods come to the meeting.
55. Sidestory (Usius, Napthali, Rivaika & Agg'Erhi): Napthali attacks Usius. Rivaika intervenes.
56. Sidestory (Rivaika & Agg'Erhi): Rivaika teleports with Agg'Erhi to Cain. From there they both get teleported to the court by Kyros.
57. K'tah teaches the monks philosophy and martial arts.
58. Thravos distributes his jewelry as presents to the gods at court.
59. Thravos creates the plane "The golden safe".
60. Desaru changes the Haven of the First into a labyrinth and names it "Desaru's Labyrinth".
61. Desaru evolves physically (third time).
62. Desaru Nourishes the Rushed to repopulate and revitalize them and to counter Rivaikas curse. He commands them to guard his labyrinth.
63. Desaru creates necromancy and gains the portfolio: Undead.
64. Desaru places crystals that hold the secrets of necromancy in his labyrinth, creates undead guardians for it from corpses of fallen First and teaches some next of the secrests of his labyrinth.
65. Vitela creates domesticatable animals (honeyslug, rumpus bird, zangee, tuskling), teaches the next animal husbandry, horticulture and farming and gains the portfolio: Farmers.
66. Desaru creates the flying island Rulithara and upon it he creates the Sarigasara who he teaches woodworking and the Juvain who he teaches leatherworking.
67. Illiaru teaches the starchildren storytelling and weather magic and gains the portfolio: Storms.
68. Eribor comes into being and evolves physically (first time).
69. Eribor creates dreams.
70. Desaru teaches necromancy to the Juvain.
71. Thravos creates the Unwaking, the plane of dreams.
72. Eribor finds Llh'thans body.
73. With the help of Aurora and Kyros Eribor gains the Domain: Magic.
74. Thravos creates a portal to the golden safe within Cain. The portal siphons Cains essence so that he shall not grow any longer. Instead he slowly grows into the golden safe.
75. Eribor creates the paths of magic and the plane Nyxia. He places Llh'thans body within Nyxia and locks the plane to anyone but Llh'than and himself.
76. Desaru creates decay and decomposers and gains the portfolio: Decomposition.
77. Rivaika creates the Yuarli.
78. K'tah makes some of the monks create the College and teaches them science. He then gains the portfolio: Science.
79. Sidestory (The Earned. Year 1): Napthali and Usius go on a journey to take back Napthalis old home, the Haven of the First. They come to Usius old encampement where they are not welcome and go on to an encampment of First which have become wards of the forest guardians. When Napthali and Usius defeat three sabertooth pumas several First join them.
80. Sidestory (The Earned. Year 2): The Earned go through the portal to the Haven of the First only to see that it is now a labyrinth. Napthali storms in to kill the Rushed abominations. Several of his people die or get lost. In the end however they find a golden neclace, placed there by Desaru who recieved it as a gift from Thravos. Several of the Next learn necromancy through the crystals. The Earned leave through the portal again to never look back.
81. Sidestory (The Earned. Year 3): The Earned kill a dragon. A tribe of duneswift is awed and remembers the time when Napthali had killed one alone, with his own hands. They start worshipping him as a god.

Rise of the Smaller

1. The Empire of the Earned is founded by Napthali and Usius.
2. Illiaru creates the idea of solipsism and gives it to the mortals.
3. Ejis constructs the palace of the planes.
4. Kyros teaches elemental magic to the biggest of the Duneswift tribes.
5. The court passes a law that gives Aequitus the authority to act on behalf of the Bureau of Creation.
6. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): Four Yuarli take on the form of different races and visit the empire as scholars.
7. Eribor creates the Umbrans.
8. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): Many people and organizations get introduced. !To be edited!
9. Desaru puts Rulithara, the flying island back on the ground again.
10. Desaru creates fungi.
11. Desaru creates the five Sheoscale in the desert.
12. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): Laughing Dragons. !To be edited!
13. Aurora calls for a meeting of demigods.
14. Illiaru teaches the starchildren architecture, food preservation and tattooing.
15. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): Starchildren visit the empire. !To be edited!
16. Eribor uses Llh'thans spirit to evolve physically (second time).
17. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): The Earned try to deal with stuff. !To be edited!
18. Sidestory (Agg'Erhi): After suposedly representing the god Ejis in the Court of Celestial Judgment on Elysium, Agg'Erhi decides to return to Abel and contact Rivaika. Rivaika then transports her back to the great desert. From there he sees the settlement of the Earned and wanders towards it.
19. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): The Laughing Dragons attack the Earned. The four Yuarli offer assistance.
20. Ragan gains the portfolio: Telepathy.
21. Sidestory (Jormun & Eribor): Jormun still searches for Llh'than. He feels Llh'thans essence within the magic and follows it to its source. He reaches a plane that he cannot enter (Nyxia). Eribor notices Jormun and shocks him with a spell for investigting where he shouldn't. Then he asks Jormun what he wants and he in turn informs Eribor. Eribor allows Jorun into the realm of Nyxia and they both trade information
22. K'tah creates the Deep Ones and teaches them to sing.
23. Sidestory (Empire of the Earned): More stuff. Also Laughing dragons attack. !To Be Edited!
24. Ejis infuses Agg'Erhi with divine power.
25. Thravos starts with creating the barrier around Abel.
26. Ejis creates the base keystone.
27. Aurora adds to the barrier around Abel
28. Sidestory (Teleported to Nexus): Naita. !To Be Edited!
29. Ejis adds to the barrier around Abel.
30. Eribor gains the portfolio: Pacts.
31. Sidestory (Jormun & Eribor): Jormun and Eribor agree to a binding pact. Eribor will support Jormun in his studies of magic and in turn Jormun will help Eribor as long as it doesn't go against the interest of his father or his siblings.
32. Rivaika adds to the barrier around Abel.
33. Sidestory (Jormun & Eribor): Eribor brings Jormun to Llh'than. Jormun gets his first task, which is to bring the keystone to Eribor.
34. Eribor gains the portfolio: Planning.
35. K'tah creates the plane "Above & Below".
36. Sidestory (Jormun & Eribor): Jormun gets the keystone from Ejis, who hands it to him, thinking that it will be brought to Jormuns father Ragan for whom it was ment.
37. Sidestory (Teleported to Nexus): The four Yuarli scholars. !To Be Edited!
38. Aurora creates the pantheon of the Free.
39. Thravos joins the Free.
40. Ragan gains the portfolio: Rage and ascends to intermediate godhood.
41. Sidestory (Jormun & Eribor): Jormun hands the keystone to Eribor, who gives it to Llh'than in order to make a copy. Then he gives it back to Jormun to tell him to bring it to his father. This is how Jormun learns for who it was actually ment.
42. Ragan creates minor earthquakes all over Abel for a year.
43. Ejis joins the Free and creates the Kimuna.
44. Rivaika joins the Free.
45. Desaru creates an avatar to walk upon Abel. He creates viruses and gangrene bacteria and releases them upon the animals. Then Desaru gains the portfolio: Disease.
46. This is the timeline as of 27.08.2011. It will be continued in the future.

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