The Exodus of the Gods
Abaddon floods Tyria with magic and wars on the gods; the Five Gods seal magic in the Bloodstones, cast down Abaddon into the Realm of Torment (forming the Crystal Desert), and depart in the Exodus that anchors the Mouvelian calendar.
Events in this era
- 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.
- 1 BE509 CC199 DRFirm date
The races war over magic
Central Tyria
The freely given gift of magic stirs greed; wars break out immediately as the magical races fight for dominance, and humanity is driven to the edge of extinction.
- 1 BE509 CC199 DRFirm date
King Doric pleads with the gods at Arah
Orr · Arah, Orr
King Doric, ruler of the united human tribes, makes the long trek to Arah, the city of the gods on the Orrian peninsula, and begs the Six to end the wars and take back their gift of magic.
- 1 BE509 CC199 DRFirm date
The gods seal magic in the Bloodstones
Ring of Fire Islands
Answering Doric, the gods gather magic back into a single great stone, shatter it into five pieces sealed with the king's blood, and cast them into the volcano Abaddon's Mouth on the Ring of Fire.
- 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.
- 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 slaughter the priests and 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.
- 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 immortal Horde of Darkness — against the other five gods, assaulting the Gates of Heaven to make himself the one god of Tyria.
- 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.
- ~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.
- 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.
- ~0 AE510 CC200 DRContested
King Doric dies; his line guards the Bloodstones
Central Tyria
King Doric dies around the time of the Exodus; the Historical Monument of King's Watch, written on the 95th day of 1 AE, records his death, and his descendants — all modern Tyrian royalty — inherit the charge of guarding the Bloodstones.