Chronicle of Major Aranorian Events

Falandine, God of Fate, curses the mortal races of Aranor to forget their own history.

Aberrant beings lurking in the depths rise from the oceans and eventually grant mortal races the knowledge of gunpowder.

The Drow are banished to the underground for their role in the death of Al'varanyë. Taking pity upon them, Nex grants them gifts to better survive life beneath the earth and eventually guides them to what would become Zerithezzar, the Obsidian City.

Battle breaks out between the Drow forces of the Xala'agorin Empire and the Goddess Al'varanyë. Zeri'thel the Brave slays the Elven goddess, and eventually perishes herself. The magnificent empire of Xala'agorin is destroyed.

An unknown cataclysmic force shatters the continent of Rhavir, opening a portal to the Abyss that irreversibly damages the land.

Atemar is slain by a Borsimeri war-cleric and ascends to godhood. With his dying breath, he forgives his killer and inspires him to found a new religion that would eventually become Atemarism. The ancient city of Ljusheim is founded on the site of Atemar's death.

Queen Calinia ascends to the throne of Calanthea with the unification of Calindra, crowned aboard her flagship Harrah'hali that once carried the Harrah from the Kahra'Alani to the Heartlands. 

Osric the Just pilgrimages to Mount Ferrod and obtains the blessing of the golden dragon Aeiolathar. He and his seven companions disperse across the eastern Heartlands to found the eight principal Duchies of Paladia, with Osric taking the title of Duke of Eribourne and King of Paladia.

Paladian explorers delve into the depths of the earth beneath the Heartlands and make first contact with the Drow, resulting in fierce battle. The paladian survivors escape back to the overworld and bring with them evidence of the battle. All surface-dwelling races of Aranor learn of the existence of Drow.

Disparate Tiefling tribes in Garanja, having fallen into infighting after the Curse of Falandine, band together once more to repel an encroaching green dragon threat. A leader rises among them, the future Chicomecoatl I, who goes on to found the Eternal Kingdom of Chicomecoatl.

The mortal races of Aranor, now with their memories wiped of their past, awaken into a chaotic world filled with confusion. The Age of Fear begins.

Carran's Crossing, a budding independent city of mounting importance, begins to feel increased pressure from a mysterious entity seeking the secrets of the Dragongate. The Crossing is slowly cut off from outside help and isolated, first through local interference of teleportation magic, and then through a dragon attack that claims the lives of both Lady Carron Arendon and Lord Arno Talistar. The Swordbreak Company is tasked with solving the mystery.

Following the defeat of Fion the Red at the hands of the Darian upstart Fleet of the Nerve, Gorin Glittergold, Admiral of the Greens, chooses to side with Calindra and hand over the pirate city in exchange for serving as it's governor. Enraged by Gorin's betrayal, the crew of the Nerve raid Gorin's fleet, kickstarting the Second Darian War of Independence.

Mysterious, serpentine threats begin to appear all over the Golden Coast, heralding the arrival of a mysterious god-like being only known as A-Sarkat. The Scarlet Suns, a mercenary company formed from the remnants of Ahmun Thundershield's ill-fated great caravan trip into the Great Wastes, learn of A-Sarkat's nature as a demigod offspring of A-ro, god of humans, and Sekketeth, goddess of serpents. Carrying this news with them to Amathos and Qiroth, the Suns are then unwittingly involved in the simmering tensions between An-Adhi and An-Akhar, accidentally killing General Afi of Qiroth.

In the chaos of Qiroth being breached by both twin emperors' armies, A-Sarkat rises, reborn. The Scarlet Suns battle the demigod and slay him, bringing peace to the Golden Coast and earning themselves the moniker of "Godslayers". Emperors Adhio and Akhari are exiled from the Golden Coast and stripped of their titles, leaving a resurrected Afi as the sole ruler of the region.

The Grand Alliance of Estari Cities is formed in response to a rising threat from the undead kingdom of Zyvir, controlled by the Lich Alekarius. The alliance, comprising of the cities of Aramnis, Fen'Doren, Varana, Highsummer, Newhaven and Dorwich, march upon Zyvir to end the threat of Alekarius once and for all.

The Eight of Estar infiltrate Alekarius' tower and slay the lich once and for all, bringing peace to Estar once more.

Border tensions between Calindra and Paladia escalate, kickstarting a costly conflict between the two rival nations. The dispute is eventually solved through the intervention of both their kings, culminating in the founding of the free city of Carran's Crossing.

The writings of Drow exiles begin to reach the surface of Aranor, inspiring small sects of new converts seeking to reform the Nexian religion.

Arturian the Challenger resurrects King Denar III, grandfather of then-Queen Katharina, in a secret ritual to reclaim the throne, starting the War of the Risen King. Paladia falls into Civil War, Queen Katharina is killed, Arturian executed, and her son Osric the Redeemer ascends to the throne. 

The Merchant Republic of Besher and Fen'Sharran go to war against the pirate admiralties of Daria, culminating in a five-year long conflict spanning most of the Forgotten Sea.

The current queen of Chicomecoatl, Chicomecoatl XXI, sheds her birth name of Ixcuiname and ascends to the Ashen Throne.

Civil war amongst the Drow leads to a number of drow to be driven to the surface in exile. Lead by the former traditionalist Knight Templar Dame Talice Khalazza, the exiles band together and emerge in northwestern World's End, settling down to form the first bastion of reformist worship: The exile city of Maz'Thazan.

Empress Audi dies, leaving behind her twin boys, the Imperial Princes Adhio and Akhari. As was written in her will, the Khameni Empire is divided into two separate territories, fracturing the Empire forever.

Notorious pirate lord Edwin Dorland, after spending ten years building the city of Daria, sets out on a voyage to the south. He is never seen or heard from again.

Notorious pirate and founder of Daria Edwin Dorland reappears after a year lost at sea, bringing with him the might of gunpowder, never before seen on Aranor. He defeats the Calindran navy in a seemingly-suicidal charge and carves out the territory of Daria in the Kah'ai'ai archipelago, creating the Brimstone Brotherhood and what would in turn become the infamous three admiralties of Daria. He spends the next ten years building the Free City of Daria in his image.

Calindran colonies begin to spring up on the Kah'ai'ai Archipelago, driving out the native Hoan population.

Plucked from the vast and timeless abyss of the Astral Sea, the Star Elven Dominion of Fen'Sharran appears in the skies of Aranor, sparking fears and conspiracy theories. The city proceeds to float down and settle onto the uninhabited isle of Neranja.

Dissent grows between the different cities of the Drow regarding Nexian tenets, giving rise to a counter-movement seeking to reform the religion of Nex and oust the current heads of the clergy. What initially begins as a small, quiet resistance against the supposed tyranny of the clergy breaks out into all-out civil war, though knowledge of this event is prevented from leaking out to the outside world by both reformers and traditionalists.

Rugnor the Explorer discovers the westernmost island of Estar. He brings news of this discovery back to the Heartlands.

Dissatisfied subjects of the Khameni Empire rebel against the Golden Emperor and go into exile in the west. They create the Merchant Republic of Besher on the shores of the western Golden Coast.

The mountain clans of the High Peaks unite under a single leader and wrest control of the southern coast, setting the stage for the kingdom of Honevray.

The first independent and fully inhabited city is formed since the Curse of Falandine, swelling in a short span of time to true metropolitan proportions after it is declared the heart of Alissan worship. Safira promises a new age of civilization and stability.