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"Hush, boy, and listen. Can you hear them? Books tell stories, son, and they whisper secrets if you only stand still for long enough. These old shelves hold knowledge beyond your wildest imaginations, and secrets that would shake Lumina to her very core." - Eobin Bookbeard, Arbiter of the Oathwarren Archive
The Great Before: ca. ??? - 0 S.R.
The Great Before: ca. ??? - 0 S.R.
Nobody knows exactly how long the Great Before was. As is oft the case, people at the Start of Things don't think to record how long it has been since those Things began. Some scholars from Aurora estimate the Great Before to have lasted a millennium, based on Ruins from the time, but the Dwarves of Oathwarren are uncovering new artifacts even as these words are scribed. Legend says that the High King crafted the Origin Nebula from his hot breath in the cool of the Before, and from the Nebula he fashioned the Stars, the Sun, and the Moons, before at long last he birthed Lumina from the very core of his heart. He peopled Lumina, and her history was writ in stone as Dwarves carved out their Kingdoms from the rock and Elves built palaces in green Glades.
It is said that the High King at this time possessed an Artifact of immeasurable power, called the Celestial Harmony. From it he sang, and sang all things into Being. It contained the power to create from nothing. Ancient Observatories were built, and magic beyond fathom was practiced. This Era lasted until the Sundering.
The Sundering: ca. 0 S.R.
The Sundering: ca. 0 S.R.
From nothing, a great Evil arose. Some say from greed and hunger, others say from rage, still more say from Envy. The truth is that we do not know. It sought the Celestial Harmony for itself, and to protect it the High King tore the thing Asunder, and gifted to each people a Song. The Evil would not stop, and chased after each fragment, but unlike the High King, the Evil could not reach everything, and the people of Lumina defended their homes. They appointed Singers to watch over their fragments of the Harmony, and lived in peace once again. The Evil was sealed away, its corrupted fey and monstrous creatures banished to the Ashen Peaks, and the world was returned to peace- for a time.
"Even we have never seen the First Age, Elliana. As old as you may think me, I have not yet reached a millennium, and the last lights of that glorious time had faded before even my grandfather was conceived." - Rashael, Elder Librarian of Yggdrasil
The First Age: ca. 0 S.R. - 637 S.R.
The First Age: ca. 0 S.R. - 637 S.R.
Following the Sundering, the people of Lumina were cut off from the full creative power of the Celestial Harmony, and their Beings were more concretely defined. Races were divided and took on the traits of their environments, no longer the Fluid and Malleable beings of the Great Before. The appointed rulers of each nation wielded their Songs wisely, and collaborated with one another, coming together at times in Harmony to do good works for their peoples. Unique identities developed, and Ashenhold, Oathwarren, Goldmeadow, Aurora, The Great Horizon, and The Hollow became independent nations. The creatures of the Mirror Mountains came and went as they pleased, and a great peace was over the land.
The Dissonant War: ca. 634 S.R. - 637 S.R.
The Dissonant War: ca. 634 S.R. - 637 S.R.
The Second Age: ca. 638 S.R. - 1349 S.R.
The Second Age: ca. 638 S.R. - 1349 S.R.
The Sealing Wars: ca. 1339 S.R. - 1349 S.R.
The Sealing Wars: ca. 1339 S.R. - 1349 S.R.
From the Ashen Peaks, a resounding call to war arose. Led by the secretive Unseelie Queen, fell beasts of the Void descended on Ashenhold, Oathwarren, and The Hollow. The united armies did battle against dark fey creatures, corrupted beasts, and even people of Lumina steeped in and corrupted by the Evil of the Sundering. The
The Great Silence: ca. 1350 S.R. - 4728 S.R.
The Great Silence: ca. 1350 S.R. - 4728 S.R.
The Rise of the Redwing Empire: ca. 4729 S.R.
The Rise of the Redwing Empire: ca. 4729 S.R.
Present Day: ca. 4734 S.R.
Present Day: ca. 4734 S.R.
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