Path of Fire
Balthazar's hunt for the Elder Dragons ends in his defeat in the Crystal Desert; Palawa Joko is destroyed (1331), and Kralkatorrik is slain in the Mists as Aurene ascends as the Elder Dragon of Crystal and Light (1332).
Events in this era
- 1330 AE1,840 CC1,530 DRFirm date
The fallen God of War burns the Crystal Desert
The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert
Stripped of divinity and escaped from the Mists, Balthazar raises a Forged army across the Crystal Desert and Elona to gather power to slay the Elder Dragons, until Dragon’s Watch and the dragon Aurene destroy him.
- 1330 AE1,840 CC1,530 DRContested
Humans and charr seal the peace at Ebonhawke
Ascalon
After years of indefinite ceasefire, the Ebonhawke Treaty between Queen Jennah of Kryta, Duke Wade Samuelsson of Ebonhawke, and the three charr High Legion imperators is formally signed, ending open war in Ascalon.
- 1330 AE1,840 CC1,530 DRFirm date
Death’s deposed god strains at his chains
The Underworld · Hall of Chains
As Balthazar’s war stirs the realms of the dead, Grenth’s first priestess Desmina seeks help confronting the imprisoned former God of Death, Dhuum, within the Hall of Chains.
- 1330 AE–1331 AE1,530–1,531 DR1,840–1,841 CCFirm date
Palawa Joko’s war on Tyria ends in his jaws
Elona
The undead lich-king of Elona declares war on Central Tyria, but after his Scarab Plague gambit unravels he is devoured by the dragon Aurene in 1331 AE.
- 1331 AE1,841 CC1,531 DRFirm date
The Zephyrites revive the Festival of the Four Winds
Kryta · Labyrinthine Cliffs
Recovered from the loss of the Zephyr Sanctum, the Glint-worshiping Zephyrites dock once more in the Labyrinthine Cliffs and bring back the annual Festival of the Four Winds.
- 1331 AE1,841 CC1,531 DRFirm date
Two djinn wager over creation itself
The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert
The fire djinn Qadim makes a bet with his rival, the water djinn Zommoros of the Mystic Forge, setting off the contest told in the Mythwright Gambit raid.
- 1331 AE1,841 CC1,531 DRFirm date
The Crystal Dragon rampages through the Mists
The Mists
Maddened and bloated with stolen magic, Kralkatorrik tears into the Mists, and the spirit of his former scion Glint rallies an army of spirits to resist him.
- 1332 AE1,842 CC1,532 DRFirm date
Kralkatorrik falls and Aurene rises as an Elder Dragon
Cantha · Dragonfall
After ravaging the Mists, the Elder Crystal Dragon Kralkatorrik is slain, and his granddaughter Aurene ascends as the Elder Dragon of Crystal and Light.
- 1332 AE1,842 CC1,532 DRFirm date
Dragon Bash celebrates the Crystal Dragon’s fall
The Shiverpeaks · Hoelbrak
The Dragon Bash festival returns to celebrate Kralkatorrik’s defeat, having moved from Lion’s Arch to the norn city of Hoelbrak.
- 1332 AE1,842 CC1,532 DRFirm date
Qadim seizes the hidden djinn city
The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert
Defeated in the Mystic Forge, the fire djinn Qadim flees to Ahdashim, the Hidden City of the djinn, to usurp a great power that could destroy not only the djinn but the natural balance of the world.