Timeline

This existence has gone through many great changes as has this 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 cosmic beings; however, 3000 years to a human is over 100 generations.

In this timeline I will be using SI prefix multipliers.

• Ga means one billion years ago (1,000,000,000 or 10⁹ years ago)
• Ma means one million years ago (1,000,000 or 10⁶years ago)
• ka means one thousand years ago (1,000 or 10³ 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 millennial for simple tracking.

Any dates prior to the Mortal Eon are considered approximate.

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 demons. It saw the formation of each of the Divine Realms, Infernal Realms and Shadow Realms, and the many splintering planes that exist within them.

4000 Ma - 1 Ma

4000 Ma Hydrus is imprisoned creating the Hydrus Dominion.

3800 Ma 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 Earthmother forming the planet Miranda.

3500 Ma Ellowyn enters the world creating the True Elf as the first sapient life on Miranda.

3200 Ma The first Sylvan Vales are created when a large number of True Elves gather near 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 Shadow Storms form.

Main Article: 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 Elves, Dwarves, Jundari, Giants, Trolls, and many others.

Nearly 90% of all species on Miranda die in the

1000 Ka to current time

Main Article: 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 dwarves and 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.

Main Article: Age of the Ancients

50,000 Ka

• Term: 50,000 years

The first sentient beings born on Miranda called themselves the 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 Dragon Mir to create life. The power of 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 magi, humanoids they created to assist them, took control of Miranda when the Sha’rek’ta were no more.

Main Article: 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 Dragons and Griffins, great Leviathans and Kraken fought in the seas, and the land was contested by Minotaurs, Jinn, Redcaps, and 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.

Main Article: 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.

Main Article: Return of the Gods

5,000 ya The gods return, sending their 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 Kith by creating the Kithkin from them.

2,500 ya The magi create the Ged-zari.

2,000 ya The magi create the Brund.

0 ya The magi create the first humans then leave the world.

Main Article: 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 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.

Main Article: Classic Age

Main Article: 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, like the Sorcerers Kingdom spanned several continents, but even that mighty kingdom fell and its people killed or enslaved by rising nations.

Main Article: Age of Heroes

The end of the Age of Heroes occurs when the members of 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.

Year 0 - 999

Year 1000 - 1999