Dragonrise and the Elder Races
Earliest recorded risings of the Elder Dragons, culminating around 10,000 BE in the extinction of the giganticus lupicus Great Giants during the dragons' last awakening.
Events in this era
- ~20,000 BE-19,490 CC-19,800 DRContested
The earliest recorded dragonrise
Central Tyria
Around 20,000 BE comes the earliest recorded rising of the Elder Dragons — the primordial beings whose millennia-long cycles of awakening, devastation, and slumber are tied to the level of magic in the world.
- ~10,000 BE-9,490 CC-9,800 DRContested
The last rising of the Elder Dragons
Central Tyria
Around 10,000 BE the Elder Dragons stir into their most recent awakening before the modern age, a rising jotun stargazers later matched against the stars and tied to the disappearance of the Great Giants.
- ~10,000 BE-9,490 CC-9,800 DRApproximate
The Great Giants vanish from Tyria
Central Tyria
Around 10,000 BE the last of the giganticus lupicus — the Great Giants — disappear from the Tyrian continent, a disappearance that coincides with the last rising of the Elder Dragons and is believed to have been caused by them.