Character throughline

Abaddon

7 moments on the timeline — from The Exodus of the Gods.

Appearances, in order

  1. 1 BE509 CC199 DRFirm date

    Abaddon gifts magic to the races of Tyria

    Central Tyria

    In 1 BE the God of Water and Secrets, Abaddon, spreads the knowledge of magic to humans, charr, dwarves, tengu and all the sentient races — but the gift is given too freely.

  2. 1 BE509 CC199 DRFirm date

    Jadoth becomes the first Margonite

    The Crystal Desert · Crystal Sea

    Hunted by the Forgotten across the Crystal Sea, Lord Jadoth prays to Abaddon; the god sinks the pursuing armada and transforms Jadoth and his people into the demonic Margonites.

  3. 1 BE (before the Exodus)509 CC199 DRContested

    Margonites desecrate the Temple of the Six Gods

    The Crystal Desert · Temple of the Six Gods, Crystal Sea

    In their fervor for Abaddon, the Margonites deface the statues of the five other gods at the Temple of the Six Gods — an outrage that helps spur the war between Abaddon and his brethren.

  4. 1 BE – 0 AE509 CC199 DRApproximate

    Abaddon storms the Gates of Heaven

    The Realm of Torment · Gates of Heaven

    Enraged at the diluting of magic, Abaddon leads his Margonites — including the elite Horde of Darkness — against the other five gods, assaulting the Gates of Heaven to make himself the one god of Tyria.

  5. 0 AE510 CC200 DRFirm date

    Abaddon falls at the Mouth of Torment

    The Realm of Torment · The Mouth of Torment, Crystal Sea

    The Five Gods smite Abaddon down at the place now called the Mouth of Torment and seal him and his Margonites in the Realm of Torment; the blow boils away the Crystal Sea, creating the Crystal Desert and the Desolation.

  6. ~0 AE200 DR510 CCApproximate

    Morah is founded to watch over the Mouth of Torment

    Elona · The Desolation

    After Abaddon's fall, the Elonian city of Morah is established to keep watch over the Mouth of Torment — the rift to Abaddon's prison — though it would be abandoned two centuries later as the Desolation crept over it.

  7. 0 AE510 CC200 DRFirm date

    The gods depart Tyria — the Exodus

    Central Tyria

    Shortly after Abaddon's defeat, the five remaining gods erase nearly all memory of him and leave the mortal world forever, departing into the Mists in the event that anchors Year 0 of the Mouvelian calendar.

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