| Aether |
Earth |
| "Magical beings" exist on earth; worshipped as gods by humans.
No boundaries between worlds. (NOTE: General population of Aether
currently unaware of Earth). |
2750 B.C. Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, worship of Tammuz, Innin, etc.
c. 2500-2000 B.C. Isis and Osiris cult in Egypt. |
| Year One: Aether splits apart from Earth. Natural disasters plague
both worlds. |
c. 2400 B.C. "The Great Deluge," coincides with Epic of Gilgamesh and
Biblical accounts. |
| 400-899 Sylvans hold dominance; prominence of "nature deities"
on Earth. |
c. 2000-1500 B.C. Stonehenge |
| 772 Atlanteans make bid for power; wrest control from Sylvans. |
1628 B.C. Volcanic eruption on Thera, source of Atlantis legend. |
| 900-1400 Empyreans begin slow climb; provide Atlanteans with
opposition. |
c. 1500-1000 B.C. Israelites, led by Moses, leave Egypt and reach Canaan.
Moses receives Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. |
| 1174 Varati make presence felt; skirmishes with Atlanteans.
1300 Atlantean power on the wane. |
1226 B.C. First known eruption of Mount Etna.
1193 B.C. Destruction of Troy during Trojan War, as described in Homer's Iliad.
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| 1400-1900 Empyreans enjoy roughly 500 years of "Golden Age" began
by reign of Zeus Jupiter; soon achieve dominance. |
c. 1000-900 B.C. Classic paganism in full bloom in Greece. |
| 1618 Delphi established by Magi under Apollo, who is worshipped
both on Aether and Earth. |
c. 800-700 B.C. Apollo worshipped at Delphi.
776 B.C. First recorded Olympic games. |
| 1647 "Civitas Dei;" the floating city of the Empyreans, is built.
Formation of the Consentes Dii.
1700-1800 Sylvans retreat further from encroaching "civilization." |
753 B.C. Foundation of city of Rome. |
| 1800-1900 Delphi gains power; city of Haven starts to spring up
around it. Becomes independent faction under Avatarati. |
c. 600-500 B.C. Height of influence of Oracle at Delphi and its priestess. |
| 1936 Major battle between Varati and Empyreans which has
repercussions on Earth. |
464 B.C. Disastrous earthquakes at Sparta. |
| 2027 Atlanteans form alliance with Empyreans against Varati;
battle with latter. |
373 B.C. Earthquake submerges city of Helice, Greece. |
| 2050 Atlantean-Empyrean alliance still strong; both flourish. |
350 B.C. Plato writes about legendary city of Atlantis. |
| 2176 Tension within Delphi; castes threaten to split apart and destroy
the Order. |
224 B.C. Earthquake topples the "Colossus of Rhodes," a statue of Apollo.
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| 2400 Empyreal power starts to wane; strife among Consentes Dii and Emperor.
Civil war threatens. |
4 B.C. Birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. |
| 2430 Last rift opened between worlds, only to close forever. Empyreal
emperor de-throned. |
30 Crucifixion of Jesus Christ; sky goes dark all across the world. |
| 2479 Major battle between Varati and Empyreans. |
79 Vesuvius erupts; destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum. |
| 2485 Coliseum begun within Haven. |
80 Colosseum completed in Rome.
115 Antioch demolished by quake. |
| 2500-2700 Skirmishes continue between Varati and Empyreans. |
365 Earthquake shakes Alexandria. |
| 2840 Atlantean-Empyreal alliance broken; Atlanteans withdraw
after Phorcysians nearly destroyed. |
440 Town of Ys in Brittany submerged by great flood. |
| 2876 Complete civil war among Empyreans; Emperor replaced by
"republic" under Aegis. |
476 Fall of Western Roman Empire. |
| 2943 With Empyreans weakened, Varati launch major strike; God-king
claims Civitas Dei. |
543 Disastrous earthquakes shake entire world. |
| 3000-3440 "Reign of Fire;" Varati achieve dominance under reign of
deified monarch, Khalid Atar. |
636 Persian fire-worshippers settle in central India. |
| 3140 Major Empyrean-Varati battle; Empyreans defeated. Subsequent "dark
age" of the Empyre. |
740 Earthquake in Asia Minor.
950 Europe enters "Dark Ages. |
| 3440 Varati power on the wane. Clan warlords seize control while
Khalid Atar absent. |
1040 50,000 killed in Persian quake.
1096-1099 First Crusade. |
| 3681 Resurgence of Empyreal power; reclaim Civitas Dei from Varati
control. Return of Emperor and fall of Aegian Republic. |
1281 "Divine Wind" saves Japan from Mongol hordes.
1291 End of Crusades. |
| 3747 "Mage Wars" erupt; Delphi attempts take-over of other
kingdoms. Attack quelled by rival mages. Askari formed soon after Delphi's
power and influence weakened. |
1347 Black Death devastates Europe; between 1347 and 1351,
approx. 75 million die of disease.
1378 Great Schism begins; lasts until 1417. |
| 3800 Empyreans regain dominance; establish peace treaties with
other races, save for Varati. |
1400 Early Renaissance period begins. |
| 3853 Last of traitorous Clans destroyed by Agni-Haidar;
rival cults within Varati nearly defunct. |
1453 End of Hundred Years War between England and France.
1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the "New World." |
| 3903-3904 War between Varati kingdom and Empyre; Varati victorious. |
1500 Present day. |
| 3905 Clairvoyance splits into two separate strains of magic. |
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