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− | ==The Fall of the Avaladh== | + | ==The Fall of the Avaladh, Rise of the Ghamali== |
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− | '''-8,583 to -8,582 CA:''' Within a decade Kammen Thal-Ortho returned home at the head of what was now called the Dissident Army, along with many elven allies and laid siege to Ghōl, intent on wresting control from the priests and their aboleth masters. The aboleths were not willing to engage the combined might of the Dissidents and the elves and retreated to the deeper oceans to consider how best to deal with this new turn of events. The king of Ghōl and their elites were not willing to cede their empire however, and when it became apparent that they could not win the war they decided it was better for all of Ghōl to die than fall into the hands of the Dissidents. To that end they called on the aboleths to help them one last time, and considering the nature of their requests the aboleths consented. As the Dissident Army marched triumphantly across the royal roadways of Ghōl the priests and the aboleths sparked a massive ritual that swallowed Ghōl and many of the neighboring islands into the sea, drowning most of them and the Dissidents with them. The aboleths took advantage of the drowning Avaladh’s desperation and in return for their eternal servitude turned them into various aquatic races, the bulk of which still serve the aboleths to this day alongside the deep ones. | + | '''-8,583 to -8,582 CA:''' Within a decade Kammen Thal-Ortho returned home at the head of what was now called the Dissident Army, along with many elven allies and laid siege to Ghōl, intent on wresting control from the priests and their aboleth masters. The aboleths were not willing to engage the combined might of the Dissidents and the elves and retreated to the deeper oceans to consider how best to deal with this new turn of events. The king of Ghōl and their elites were not willing to cede their empire however, and when it became apparent that they could not win the war they decided it was better for all of Ghōl to die than fall into the hands of the Dissidents. To that end they called on the aboleths to help them one last time, and considering the nature of their requests the aboleths consented. As the Dissident Army marched triumphantly across the royal roadways of Ghōl the priests and the aboleths sparked a massive ritual that swallowed Ghōl and many of the neighboring islands into the sea, drowning most of them and the Dissidents with them. The aboleths took advantage of the drowning Avaladh’s desperation and in return for their eternal servitude turned them into various aquatic races, the bulk of which still serve the aboleths to this day alongside the deep ones. |
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==From the Ashes to the Skies== | ==From the Ashes to the Skies== | ||
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− | '''-7, | + | '''-7,002 to -6,990 CA:''' While raiding a long abandoned aboleth stronghold, Sorcerers from Shahar-Khet stumbled onto the Obelisk. The king and nobles of Shahar-Khet were convinced that this monolithic structure held the secrets to immortality, little knowing that the Obelisk was influencing their weaker human minds. While they managed to prevent all out corruption, Shahar-Khet did not do gain much the Obelisk as had the aboleths or the serpentfolk, and only managed to coax the secrets of lichdom from it after they managed to reverse its corrupt energies. This event destroyed an entire city in a wave of negative energy turning all its inhabitants into ghouls and resurrecting Domhu Stross as one of Polesia’s first liches. Domhu Stross was responsible for making the first translations of the ancient aboleth texts relating to the Obelisk. After the destruction of the city the Obelisk was considered too dangerous and with the advancement of necromancy inconsequential. It was taken far away and buried in the foothills of the modern Kaladian Mountains, at the time a wild and unknown land. This causes a great civil uprising in Shahar-Khet as Obelisk worshipers, called Disciples of the Fallen Star, try to “liberate” the Obelisk . Most are slain, and the cult is dispersed. |
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'''-6,806 to -6,625 CA:''' The Belteshazzar descended rulers of Shahar-khet continued delving into lore that their elven enemies were wise enough to pass over, the sorcerer kings made the first metaphorical deal with the devil and started treating with the Great Old Ones. While this sparked their rapid development it also plunged the nation into sociological decadence as they gorged on unearned knowledge. The first human cults of Cthulhu were formed and in time the last king of Shahar-Khet, Pharizon II contacted the extraplanar being Nyarlathotep who taught him the secrets of Chaos Magic. | '''-6,806 to -6,625 CA:''' The Belteshazzar descended rulers of Shahar-khet continued delving into lore that their elven enemies were wise enough to pass over, the sorcerer kings made the first metaphorical deal with the devil and started treating with the Great Old Ones. While this sparked their rapid development it also plunged the nation into sociological decadence as they gorged on unearned knowledge. The first human cults of Cthulhu were formed and in time the last king of Shahar-Khet, Pharizon II contacted the extraplanar being Nyarlathotep who taught him the secrets of Chaos Magic. | ||
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=The Age of Records= | =The Age of Records= | ||
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==After the Fall of the Belteshazzar== | ==After the Fall of the Belteshazzar== | ||
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+ | '''-6,000 to -3,000 CA:''' Other human civilizations rose in Antanides to replace the lost glories of Shahar Khet and Ghōl but none would compare for millennia to come. At the same time the dwarven Patriarch Kadazh the Great began to unite the neighboring zarokhs of the modern Kalladian Mts. and built the Underway. The modern races continued to trade or fight and civilizations rose and fell at rapid rates in comparison to those of non-hominids. Orcs and other savage humanoids multiplied in the hostile northlands and humans continued an inevitable spread above ground while elves managed to hold some territory in the forests and dwarves spread below ground. The histories of the elven nations, Ghol, and Shahar-Khet turned into myth and legends that were in turn supplanted by more recent myths and legends that are widely known and believed today, shrouding that ancient time beyond the sight of most historians and priests. | ||
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− | + | '''-3,000 to -2,640 CA:''' Human tribes in south eastern Antanides united and created their third major empire. Unlike Ghol and Shahar-Khet before them, this Pallishar Empire is based in martial power more than forgotten magic, though magical studies did have a prominent place in the social hierarchy and in modern times Eshtorah, the remainder of the empire, is credited with the spread of modern magical disciplines. 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. | |
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− | '''-1,800 | + | '''-1,800 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. Around this time 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 help the people to build enormous gates to wall off the disturbance. 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. |
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==New World Orders of the West and East== | ==New World Orders of the West and East== | ||
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− | '''0 CA:''' The Common Age begins and it is the height of Lattaneran power. Most of Antanides is under the dominion of Lattanis and her Emperors, save for the far north. The elves of Mistwood and the dwarves of Radezhka are never truly conquered, but they also maintain peaceful relations with the Empire for the sake of trade. A peace that continues more or less to this day is forged and the mortal races stand in unison, coming far from their humble origins. | + | '''0 CA:''' The Common Age begins and it is the height of Lattaneran power. Most of Antanides is under the dominion of Lattanis and her Emperors, save for the far north. The elves of Mistwood and the dwarves of Radezhka are never truly conquered, but they also maintain peaceful relations with the Empire for the sake of trade. A peace that continues more or less to this day is forged and the mortal races stand in unison, coming far from their humble origins. In Asashiro, order is restored when the “Kami” return from heaven and establish a new dynasty ruled by Fukukata Kasejin and end the perpetual warfare. |
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