====== Timeline ======

This [[existence]] has gone through many great changes as has this [[miranda|world]]. The list below if a vague outline of the major events. You will notice that the length of the ages becomes much smaller as it progresses, this is do to the rise of much shorter lived mortals in the world. When the gods ruled over the [[dominion]] of [[Miranda]] a passing year was but a blink of an eye to such [[lore:cosmic beings]]; however, 3000 years to a human is over 100 generations.

In this timeline I will be using [[wp>Year#SI_prefix_multipliers|SI prefix multipliers]].

  * **Ga** means //one billion years ago// (1,000,000,000 or 10<sup>9</sup> years ago)
  * **Ma** means //one million years ago// (1,000,000 or 10<sup>6</sup>years ago)
  * **ka** means //one thousand years ago// (1,000 or 10<sup>3</sup> years ago)
  * **ya** means //one year ago//


This time is based upon the Age of Man, when humans first appeared on the world. While not realistic all calender dates in this wiki that are not referencing a specific person or event are assumed to use this zero point. After the Age of Man, calendar and dates will reference the specific age, so 460 AH is the year 460 since the start of the Age of Heroes. Each of these ages will be marked by a factor of a [[wp>millennial]] for simple tracking.

===== Universal Timeline =====

//Any dates prior to the Mortal Eon are considered approximate//.


^ [[#Creation Eon]]  ^^^
|  **Date**  | **Age**  ||  **Capsule** |
| 20 Ga  | [[lore:The Void]]  ||  The universe is created |
| 15 Ga  | [[lore:Krynan]] and [[lore:The Creator]]  ||  The first power arise |
| 10 Ga  | [[lore:Celestial Dragons]] and [[lore:Titans]]  ||  The children of the first powers |
| 5 Ga  | [[lore:Age of Creation]]  ||  The children of the titans and celestial dragons |
^ [[#Animaeon Eon]]  ^^^
| 2 Ga  | [[lore:Age of Mir]]  ||  Mir [[lore:Solar System]] created |
| 1 Ga  | ||  First complex life appears |
| 400 Ma  | [[lore:Age of Dragons]]  ||  First dinosaurs and dragons |
| 50 Ma  | [[lore:The Great Cataclysm]]  ||  Massive killing of draconic life |
^ [[#Immortal Eon]]  ^^^
|  **Date**  | **Age**  |  **Population (est)** |  **Capsule** |
| 20 Ma  | [[lore:Age of the First Ones]]  |  25,000 |  [[creatures:True Elf]] and [[lore:Ancient Dwarf]] are first sapient mortals |
| 5 Ma  | [[lore:Age of the Gods]]  |  500,000 |  Gods enter the [[lore:Mortal Plane]] |
| 1 Ma  | [[lore:Firstborn War]]  |  3,000,000 |  Godly races war among themselves |
^ [[#Mortal Eon]]  ^^^
|  **Date**  | **Age**  |  **Population (est)** |  **Capsule** |
| 500 Ka  | [[lore:Age of the Ancients]]  |  1,000,000 |  [[creatures:Sha'rek'ta]], first evolved sapients|
| 250 Ka  | [[lore:Age of Legends]]  |  100,000,000 |  [[creatures:Magi]] unleash the [[lore:Black Gates]] |
| 100 Ka  | [[lore:Dark Ages]]  |  500,000 |  Magic nearly destroyed |
| 10 Ka  | [[lore:Return of the Gods]]  |  2,000,000 |  First appearance of [[creatures:demon]] and [[creatures:celestial]] |
| 0 Y  | [[lore:Age of Man]]  |  10,000,000 |  Magi create [[creatures:mankind]] |
| 2181 Y  | [[lore:Classic Age]]  |  80,000,000 |  Rise of the first human civilizations |
| 4179 Y  | [[lore:Age of Empires]]  |  150,000,000 |  Mankind conquers the world |
| 6424 Y  | [[lore:Age of Heroes]]  |  300,000,000 |  Largest Empires fall into ruin |
| unknown  | [[lore:Age of the Magi]]  |  |  Magi return |


===== Creation Eon =====
//Main Article: [[Age of Creation]]//

4000 Ma and earlier

All things start somewhere and so must this existence. Only [[The Void]] existed before this and when this existence ends only The Void will be left. It does not matter when this happened or when it will end, only what comes between those two events. This is the age that gave birth to [[The Creator]], [[Krynan]], [[Titans]], [[Celestial Dragons]], [[gods]], [[devils]] and [[creatures:demon|demons]]. It saw the formation of each of the [[Divine Realms]], [[Infernal Realms]] and [[Shadow Realms]], and the many splintering [[realms#planes]] that exist within them.


===== Immortal Eon =====

4000 Ma - 1 Ma


**4000 Ma** [[lore:Hydrus]] is imprisoned creating the [[lore:Hydrus Dominion]].

**3800 Ma** [[lore:Mir]] is defeated by the gods her power forms the sun while various parts of her body form the planets. Her heart is imprisoned inside of the [[lore:Earthmother]] forming the planet [[lore:Miranda]].


==== Age of the First Ones ====

**3500 Ma** [[people:Ellowyn]] enters the world creating the [[creatures:True Elf]] as the first sapient life on Miranda.

**3200 Ma** The first [[lore:Sylvan Vales]] are created when a large number of True Elves gather near [[lore:ley lines]] causing a minor loci to form.

**400 Ma** Mir's heart begins to expand and break its prison causing the sun to nearly explode. The single perfect continent breaks apart. The seven loci are divided and [[lore:Shadow Storms]] form.



==== Age of the Gods ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of the Gods]]//

  * Term: 100 million years

With the near destruction of the barrier dividing the outer and inner [[realms]], the [[gods]] enter the [[Shadow Realms]] to once again take up the task they had been given by the [[Titans]] at the dawn of creation. Inside of the Shadow Realms they created new life upon a multitude of worlds to aid them in their task. When the gods entered the Shadow Realms it also drew in the devils, who corrupted the godly races and nearly destroyed the Shadow Realms before being driven off by the gods. The gods were able to drive the devils and their ilk back into the [[Infernal Realms]], but had to leave the Shadow Realms themselves or risk the devils returning. They built [[Heavens' Gate]] which strengthened the barrier between the outer and inner realms so that neither god nor devil could ever fully manifest into the inner realms.

To aid them in their war, both gods and devils created creatures of this world. On Miranda these races were the [[creatures:elf|Elves]], [[creatures:dwarf|Dwarves]], [[creatures:Jundari]], [[creatures:giant|Giants]], [[creatures:troll|Trolls]], and many others.

Nearly 90% of all species on Miranda die in the 


===== Mortal Eon =====

1000 Ka to current time


==== Firstborn War ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Firstborn War]]//

  * Term: 100,000 years

When the gods returned to the [[Divine Realms]] those they left behind were left without direction. Many of them died during the first decades, but those that survived grew stronger. Once again the horns of war were sounded as the godly races not only turned on each other to survive, but in the two worst cases upon each other. Both the [[creatures:dwarf|dwarves]] and [[creatures:elf|elves]] turned upon themselves and nearly killed all of their kind. As the age grew to a close nearly all of the godly races were destroyed or greatly diminished by the loss of their patrons.



==== Age of the Ancients ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of the Ancients]]//

**50,000 Ka**

  * Term: 50,000 years

The first sentient beings born on Miranda called themselves the [[creatures:Sha’rek’ta]] although their progeny only know them as [[The Ancients]]. Born from the power of creation and the Shadow Realms, these beings learned to harness the power of the [[Empyrean Dragons|Empyrean Dragon]] Mir to create life. The power of [[The Creator|creation]] was far to much for them to bear and so they fell into ruin leaving behind their creations, the ruins of their once great cities, and a greatly weakened barrier between the three [[realms]]. The [[creatures:magi]], humanoids they created to assist them, took control of Miranda when the Sha’rek’ta were no more.



==== Age of Legends ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of Legends]]//

  * Time: 20,000 years

A new age was heralded when the magi opened the [[Black Gates]] which flooded the world with power. Those touched by the power were forever changed. The creatures of this world now contained power that could challenge the gods. This power was used it to shape the world in their vision. This was a time when the sky was filled with [[creatures:dragon|Dragons]] and [[creatures:Griffin|Griffins]], great [[creatures:Leviathan|Leviathans]] and [[creatures:Kraken]] fought in the seas, and the land was contested by [[creatures:Minotaur|Minotaurs]], [[creatures:Jinn]], [[creatures:Redcap|Redcaps]], and [[creatures:Gorgon|Gorgons]].

The world would have been lost into the chaos forever but for the actions of a single man who raised an army of those not corrupted by the power. They marched upon each of the gates and either destroyed or closed them, except for the seventh (|| || || |) gate, which they were never able to fully seal. Denied the power that sustained their life the various creatures either left this world (Jinn), hibernated (Leviathans), or fed on other creatures of power (Dragons) until none remained.

The magi that were not killed during the war to close the gates found themselves starved of the power they needed to survive. With no choice they drew as much of the power that remained upon the world and build themselves a sepulcher in which to entomb themselves.


==== Dark Ages ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Dark Ages]]//

  * Time: 10,000 years

The Dark Ages was a time of great struggle as everything fought to simply to survive. The world had been violently reshaped by the power of the gates and this age saw the land wracked by great hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes as the world restored itself. Giant clouds of ash blocked the sun from view and caused black rain to fall from the heavens poisoning the land and its waters. For those living during these bleak years it was a time of famine and pestilence where the strong survived and the weak starved.

As the natural disasters lessened, powerful warlords gathered armies to wrest control of the few resources remaining upon the world. The banners of war once again are raised upon the world.

**10,000 ya** Cataclysms ravage the world. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods. 20% of all species perish within 1000 years.





==== Return of the Gods ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Return of the Gods]]//

**5,000 ya** The gods return, sending their [[creatures:angel|angels]] to Miranda to clear the skies of ash and cleanse the land.

**4,900 ya** The magi awaken and war with the gods over their interference on the world.

**3,700 ya** The magi and gods reach peace. The magi are given the power to leave Miranda and the gods will watch over the last of the Sha’rek’ta.

**3,000 ya** The magi save the [[creatures:Kith]] by creating the [[creatures:Kithkin]] from them.

**2,500 ya** The magi create the [[creatures:Ged-zari]].

**2,000 ya** The magi create the [[creatures:Brund]].

**0 ya** The magi create the first [[creatures:human|humans]] then leave the world.



==== Age of Man ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of Man]]//

Before the magi left this world they planted the seeds of new life. The magi used the last of the power of The Ancients to create life in their own image. The magi then extracted a promise from the elves to teach their greatest creation, humans, how to use power from the Shadow Realms safely. With that done, the magi left the world and a new Age of Men dawned upon the world.

The most important element to the tracking of the ages change with the creation of humans. With the exodus of the Magi from this world they set a comet into the sky. This comet is called the [[lore:Eye of the Magi]] and returns to this world around every two-thousand (2000) years. The appearance of the comet has always brought great change to the world.


==== Classic Age ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Classic Age]]//

The age arrives with the appearance of [[people:Feuledalyre]] among the human settlements. Him and his followers were undertaking the task of teaching humanity how to control magic. Literature, theater, and the arts all flourished as Feuledalyre taught humanity. This age saw the rise of the [[atlas:Sorcerers Kingdom]], the largest human empire in existence. Ruled by scholar-magicians those unable to control their legacy found solace in the gods. The first religions rose up in forms far different than the experiences of the elder races.

The Eye of the Magi arrived in 1883 CA and soon humanity was stuck with a deep malaise. Those that managed to survive the first few years had wandered far from the sanctuaries created by the elves. Humanity had taken steps into the larger world as thousands of new tribes fought to survive in the new world.
==== Age of Empires ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of Empires]]//

Humans have asserted their dominance over the world of Miranda. Great human nations now span across the world driving other races to much smaller territories. As has occurred so many times in the past these human nations now go to war. Entire cultures are created, grow, and destroyed within the span of a few human generations. Some of these nations spanned several [[atlas:continents]], but even that seemingly insurmountable empire fell to ruin.


==== Age of Heroes ====
//Main Article: [[lore:Age of Heroes]]//



==== Age of Magi ====

The end of the Age of Heroes occurs when the members of [[orgs:phoenix_force]] travel to the [[Tower of Ashari]] to confront their destiny. Driven there by forces beyond their control and attacked by enemies who do not wish the current age to end - they reach the heart where they find a madwoman chained between two pillars. In an act of mercy they take up the [[Sword of Shadows]] and release the madwoman from her prison. This women is the last of the Sha’rek’ta (The Ancients) still alive. The Magi across the dominion know that she has been freed and their compact with the gods broken - they begin to return home.


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