History and Timeline


 * 1st age cataclysm causes Ylos to rise out of the sea, the destruction of Nagrund as well as the strength of magic to fade and Azmardian to become the substance for magic use. Event caused by previous empire (based in Darehan, Erethond and northern Noravia), that shatters their populous and them to die within a generation;


 * 500 years previous to current - political/social rift occurs within dwarfdom soon after splitting the Stonekin into two major outlooks, those that emerge to interact with the world, and those that forge a life underneath it.


 * 400 years the Elves arrive and colonize Ylos,


 * 300 years and the humans settle in Krovandir and Noravia, and Darehan. Elves expand to Erethond and build upon ruins of former empire. Orcs and troll raids on Krovandir wipe out most northern settlements, fully half of the Krovandir are killed.


 * 200 years; Karag-Finn dwarves discover first Urces settlement; border skirmishes and diplomatic dissent between Erethond and surrounding neighbours; Elven factions emerge and some depart Ylos to settle elsewhere.


 * 150 years - Erethond Elven use of magic starts to cause physical changes amongst them, Ylos demands cessation of such activities.


 * 120 years - The War of Rats and Crows finishes with the destruction of the city of Dothnanin. Erethond is now a shattered land and most living within migrate elsewhere.


 * 80 years - Windfoort founded. First rumors of the Grey Lords emerge.