The Age of Prophecy
The turbulent decade of the original Guild Wars campaigns: the Searing shatters Ascalon, Orr is drowned in the Cataclysm, and the threats of Tyria, Cantha, and Elona come to a head within a few short years.
Events in this era
- 1013 AE1,523 CC1,213 DR
The Third Guild War begins
Ascalon
In 1013 AE the Third Guild War breaks out among the human kingdoms, setting Kryta against Ascalon and later drawing in Orr. The conflict would grind on for 57 years.
- 1058 AE1,568 CC1,258 DR
Kisu becomes the 31st Emperor of Cantha
Cantha · Kaineng City
On the death of his father, Emperor Kintah, in 1058 AE, Kisu ascends the throne in Kaineng City as the 31st Canthan Emperor, the sovereign who will reign over Cantha through the age of Factions.
- ~1067 AE1,577 CC1,267 DRApproximate
Saul D'Alessio founds the White Mantle after meeting the Mursaat
Kryta
An exiled Krytan gambler, Saul D'Alessio, is saved in the wilds by godlike beings (the Mursaat) and returns to found the White Mantle, whose followers rally a Kryta beset by the Charr and the human guilds.
- 1070 AE1,580 CC1,270 DR
The Searing devastates Ascalon
Ascalon
The Charr invasion culminates in the Searing, a rain of fire that scorches the kingdom of Ascalon to ash and abruptly ends the Third Guild War.
- 1071 AE1,581 CC1,271 DR
The Cataclysm drowns Orr
Orr
Vizier Khilbron unleashes a forbidden spell that sinks the nation of Orr beneath the waves; its waters become the Sea of Sorrows and the drowned dead are bound to the Realm of Torment.
- 1071 AE1,581 CC1,271 DR
The Second Treaty of Lion’s Arch formalizes trade
Cantha
Resurgent commerce between the Canthan Empire and the war-battered Tyrian kingdoms is formally ratified in the Second Treaty of Lion’s Arch.
- 1072 AE1,582 CC1,272 DR
The Flameseeker Prophecies are fulfilled
Central Tyria
Ascalonian refugees flee to Kryta, the Lich is thwarted at the Door of Komalie, and the Flameseeker Prophecies are fulfilled as the Titans are defeated.
- 1072 AE1,582 CC1,272 DR
Shiro returns and the Affliction sweeps Cantha
Cantha
Two centuries after his death-wail became the Jade Wind, Shiro Tagachi returns and looses the Affliction on Cantha; Master Togo summons the monk Mhenlo from Tyria, and the corrupted dragon Kuunavang is freed.
- 1075 AE1,275 DR1,585 CC
Abaddon falls and Kormir ascends
Elona
Varesh Ossa brings about Nightfall in service of the fallen god Abaddon; the god is slain, Kormir ascends as the Goddess of Truth, and the undead lord Palawa Joko is freed from his imprisonment.
- 1078 AE1,588 CC1,278 DR
The Great Destroyer rises beneath the north
The Shiverpeaks · Far Shiverpeaks
Earthquakes herald the Great Destroyer as the Elder Fire Dragon stirs underground; the asura surface, the Charr fall into civil war, and the dwarves undergo their Transformation.
- 1079 AE1,589 CC1,279 DR
The Krytan civil war ends
Kryta
The War in Kryta closes as the Shining Blade break the oppressive White Mantle and Princess Salma is crowned, with the Hearts of the North epilogue following.
- 1079 AE–1080 AE1,589–1,590 CC1,279–1,280 DR
The Ministry of Purity rises in Cantha
Cantha
In the wake of the defeated Affliction, the Ministry of Purity is founded under Reiko to fight the lingering Afflicted; after Reiko is slain, Ashu takes control of the Ministry.