## The History of [[Terravial]] - The Beginning - The First World - Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Religion/Deities/Bahamut]], the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Religion/Deities/Tiamat|Tiamat]], painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation. Breathe, dragons; sing then of [[Sardior]], ruby-red jewel they made in their likeness; Sardior, first-born of dragonkind, labored alongside Bahamut and Tiamat, Shaping the dragons they crafted: dragons metallic and dragons chromatic. Breathe, dragons—draw in the life-gift breathed into you at the dawn of creation. - The Other Gods - The Birth of the Many Races of Mortals - Breathe, dragons; sing of the outsiders, war-bringer gods with their mortal adherents; Teeming, they came to the First World, seeking a home for their legions of followers. Mighty in magic and numbers, conquering deities seized their victory. Fallen was noble Bahamut, Sardior hid in the heart of creation. Breathe, dragons; sing now of [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Religion/Deities/Tiamat|Tiamat]], raging in battle with no hope of victory. She would not flee or surrender, fighting as death reached its cold claws toward her. War-bringers seized her and bound her, snatched her from death, entombed her in torment— Sealed in the darkness forever, captive to gods laying claim to creation. Breathe, dragons; sing of the conquest, seeding the world with their legions of followers, Each to their own habitation, elves in their forests and dwarves in their mountains, Orcs in their caverns and canyons, goblins in badlands and halflings in green fields, Lizardfolk lurking in marshes, humans throughout every part of creation. Breathe, dragons; sing of [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Religion/Deities/Bahamut|Bahamut]], maker of peace with the outsider deities, Welcomed to mountains celestial, worshiped by some as the Platinum Paladin. Sing of his journeys of seeking, striving to understand gods and their children, Longing for Tiamat’s freedom, grieving her loss from the face of creation. - The Sundering - One World Becomes Many - Breathe, dragons; sing of her freedom— Tiamat loosed from her prison of torment! Tell how she rallied her children, dragons chromatic, a spectrum of mayhem. Sing of her fury, her vengeance, lightning and venom, ice, fire, and corrosion, Five-headed, monstrous, and mighty, rampaging on a campaign of destruction. Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, scattered in infinite seedling realities. Sing of Bahamut and Tiamat, watching its sundering, mourning their labor. Sing too of Sardior, sundered, consciousness scattered in minuscule fragments. Breathe, dragons: you are inheritors, ruling the wreck of the First World’s destruction. - 4 Post-Sundering - The Establishment of [[Hafnia]] - [[King Theon Saltspear]] is able to use his Navy from his control of [[Port of Kings Player Facing|Port of Kings]] to defend the port well enough for the city of [[Hafnia]] to begin developing into a permanent city. - 5 Post-Sundering - The First Rebellion of [[Port of Kings]] - Resenting the fact that [[King Theon Saltspear]] had taken this port and named himself king they launch a rebellion, which leads to the 10-year battle. - 15 Post-Sundering - The First Surrender of [[Port of Kings]] - The rebellion of [[Port of Kings]] is put down and they are once again restored to the empire of [[Hafnia]]. - 35 Post-Sundering - The Second Rebellion of [[Port of Kings]] - Chafing under the rule of the aging [[King Theon Saltspear]] [[Port of Kings]] once agains launches a rebellion against the rule of [[Hafnia]]. The rebellion this time is publicly denied by the leadership of [[Port of Kings]] as pirates raid many smaller villages. - 39 Post-Sundering - The Second Surrender of [[Port of Kings]]. - A devastating attack by [[Hafnia]] led by [[King Theon Saltspear]] crushes the forces remaining on [[Port of Kings]]. - 41 Post-Sundering - The death of [[King Theon Saltspear]] - [[King Theon Saltspear]] dies of a heart attack, or suspicious circumstances depending on who you ask. - 41 Post-Sundering - The Final Battle for Independence of [[Port of Kings]]. - Following the death of [[King Theon Saltspear]] the pirates of [[Port of Kings]] once again enter into open rebellion, quickly scattering many of the 'royal' forces of [[Hafnia]]. Their permanent independence is quickly negotiated. - 68 Post-Sundering - The Pirate's Conquest - The pirates of [[Port of Kings]] launched an assault on a variety of villages under the control of [[Hafnia]]. Drawing the Hafnian Navy into open conflict the pirates dispatched most of them, before launching an assault on [[Hafnia]] itself. The pirate king [[King Thorn Whaleseed]] named himself emperor of both [[Hafnia]] and [[Port of Kings]]. - 71 Post-Sundering - The death of [[King Thorn Whaleseed]] - [[King Thorn Whaleseed]] dies under suspicious circumstances. - 71 Post-Sundering - [[Port of Kings]] secedes - [[Port of Kings]] fails to recognize the heir to [[King Thorn Whaleseed]], claiming it is the true throne of the empire. This claim is ignored, but the independence of Port of Kings is not challenged and Port of Kings does not invade [[Hafnia]] directly again, though will continue to plague trade and raid many villages and cities in the empire. - 626 Post-Sundering - The Pact of [[Vinox]] - [[Lumon]] and [[Duskgloam]] divide magic between themselves to maintain some semblance of peace on [[Vinox]]. The pact and the peace are regularly broken, but the division mostly survives despite the folks who violate it. - 998 Post-Sundering - The fall of the Duergar - The great Duergar City on Eorwild is destroyed. - 1011 Post-Sundering - The fall of [[Vitress]] - The great Dwarven city of Vitress falls in circumstances that are still wrapped in secrecy and confusion. - 1110 Post-Sundering - The Growing Cult of Death - The followers of the arch-lich [[Vecna]] establish control of a region that would eventually be considered [[Wyepool]] and many of the surrounding areas. - 1213 Post-Sundering - The Failed Ascension of Vecna - In what would later become the city of [[Wyepool]] [[Vecna]] and his cult performed a profane ritual in which he attempted to rise to godhood. Struck down by the forces of many of the deities of Terravial the impact left the magical pool, and his soul and phylactery were imprisoned deep in the [[Ethereal Plane]]. - 1214 Post-Sundering - The Founding of [[Wyepool]] - Survivors of the assault of the great necromancer [[Vecna]] find the pool near where the fateful fight occurred to be perpetually clear and clean, a blessing from the deities saved perhaps, and a town begins to develop here again. - 1216 Post-Sundering - The Founding of the [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Factions/Zhentarim|Zhentarim]] - A new black-market group becomes making itself known in the appropriate circles on Eorwild. - 1244 Post-Sundering - The Founding of the [[TTRPG/DND/Terravial/Factions/Harpers|Harpers]] - A new group of do-gooders appears on Eorwild. - 1245 Post-Sundering - The Hafnian Expansion - The forces of [[Hafnia]] expand under [[Queen Zishara Shissal]] to compromise a much larger area, including control of [[Wyepool]]. - 1582 Post-Sundering - The founding of the [[Nine Knives]] - [[Vonana]] leaves the [[Shadows]] to start the [[Nine Knives]]. - 1590 Post-Sundering - [[Gilmore's Glorious Goods]] opens its door ins [[Luros]] - The magical store which will sweep the world over the next several years opens its doors to a populace who has never before had anywhere close to access to this many different items. - 1604 Post-Sundering - [[Shaun Gilmore]] is elected mayor of [[Luros]] - On the 1st of Sunos the popular shopkeep now has political power as well.