Editing Timeline (Polesia) (section)

==After the Fall of the Belteshazzar==

'''-6,028 to -5,881 CA:'''  The dwarven Patriarch Kadazh the Great began to unite the neighboring zarokhs of the modern Kalladian Mts. and build the Underway. By his death, he hands his children the beginnings of the Kadazhem Empire.


'''-5,632 CA:''' The last of the great sky cities of Ghamali to fall is its first, the city of Usulu, which is after nearly two thousand years runs aground in the mountains in the middle of the Sea of Mamara, taken down by a ritual to Azathoth that goes horribly wrong.


'''-2,640 to -2,243 CA:''' Human tribes in south eastern Antanides united and created their third major empire. While they did not boast ancient secrets like the great empires before them, they did have a strong arcane tradition (from which all modern wizardry in Antanides is descended) along with a great understanding of architecture, literature, and financial management. The Pallishar Empire dominated the region, ranging from the great deserts to the Open Seas and the borders of Shulashumo up into parts of the Thesian Peninsula. While it was not nearly the largest of the more recent empires it was probably one of the richest in human history. Dwarves expand the Kadazhem Empire below the surface which now covers twice the distance of the Pallishar and the two nations frequently trade and squabble over territory. Gnomes and halflings go a different route, rather than building their own empires they move freely between the Pallishar and Kadazhem empires and the elven holdings and are frequently used as adjutant diplomats and go-betweens. Elves largely stay as they are and maintain their borders, trading with the two empires and maintain peace over a war that would likely mean their extinction.


'''-2,250 CA:''' An expedition from the Kadazhem Empire make their way north and encounter the Obelisk. Horrified by what they witness they seal all tunnels connected site, but this only safeguards the horrors from going below, not above.


'''-1,800-1,752 CA:''' Humans that crossed ancient land bridges into Asashiro are visited by strange beings from the sky. These grey, tall, and inhuman creatures call themselves Kami and teach them how to farm, control the seasonal flooding, and the Celestial Teachings, a philosophy that first introduces chi. Seven Kami also “marry” seven women and from them come the seven clans that now make up the majority of the Okubo people. After a century of this the Blood of the Kami is spread throughout Asashiro and psionically gifted children start to become common. When this is accomplished the Kami ascend into heaven and are not seen again for centuries. -1752 is marked as Year 0 in the Kami no Jidai Calendar.


'''-1,750 CA:''' The many kings of the western Thesian Peninsula band together to combat the encroachment of the Pallishar Empire and drive them south. During this time the Empire was also suffering from internal strife as several powerful factions battled for supremacy and so weakened they fell to the rapidly expanding Thesian Empire that in less than a century occupies all of their predecessors’ holdings. The Kadazhem Empire endured as it has for almost two thousand years, though they ceded some their territory to the Thesians creating a feud between the two that was not resolved for several centuries. Humans at this time were almost uncontested in their dominance and rapidly approach what many think of as the golden age. 


'''-1,500 to -1,352 CA:''' Mirroring its rapid rise to power Thesian Empire, now no longer bound together by the threat of the Pallishar Empire breaks apart due to a lack of strong succession. The "pure" Thesian empire extended only on the western side of their home  peninsula and the surrounding islands, the remainder broken up into numerous powerful but smaller kingdoms, some of which survived but intermingled with their vassals to such an extent that they bore littel resemblance to their forebears. In Asashiro the “Kami” return and teach certain smiths the secrets of forging steel and adamantine for the first time, which they use to create some of the greatest swords in the world.


'''-1,346 to -1,052 CA:''' The Kadazhem Empire began its steady decline as the dwarves are beset by dark denizens from further below. Drow and other horrors began emerging from the depths, disturbed by the dwarves’ expansion, and much of the dwarves’ holdings were lost. 


'''-1,050 to -995 CA''' General Shinji Takaken spreads his rule across southern Asashiro. The secret steel is used to subdue those that stand in the way of the new emperor and soon the technique of its forging is spread across the land.


'''-998 to -991 CA:'''Similar the Avaladh before them the dwarves were infiltrated by another ancient power. A dwarf noble named Anzur HéNazhrek, took control of Radezhka and in time was revealed to be a yallith, the degenerate descendants of the ancient illethids that had fled below the earth in ages past. Anzur's manipulations and usurpation lead to a horrible civil war that cut the Empire down to a third of its former size. During this time many dwarves in the outlying colonies were taken by yallith into the deeper tunnels fated to become the duergar after centuries of slavery.


'''-989 CA:''' An heir of Kadazh the great is discovered and under his banner the dwarves take back Radezhka and kill Anzur and his followers, reuniting the dwarven territories. However, the glory of the past ages is gone and while the dwarves secure what holdings they have left their empire never reaches its former prominence.


'''-820 CA:''' On the island that will become the cornerstone of modern Lacaeta a of druids battled the immense power of Mel-Ketekk. The ancient undead seemed invincible as his power covered the land and caused his twisted dreams and the nightmares of others to manifest. Finally the druids called an avatar of Shub-Niggurath in desperation. Even then Mel-Ketekk was only weakened and set to slumber as a demi-lich. The druids as a cost of their summoning were all frozen into immense crystals and set to guard great arcane seals to bind the spirit of Mel-Ketekk. A small group of druids and wizards were left to ward the shrine of Mel-Ketekk.


'''-752 CA:''' In Asashiro, a huge portal opens in the middle of the Shrouded Mountains into Leng (a shadowy plane of madness and demonic creatures). In response the kami return and help the people to build enormous gates to wall off the disturbance.


'''-632 CA:''' In Asashiro the Elan secret council is founded when certain monks and psions discover a way to awaken the power within their blood and become effectively immortal.