Reign of Humans
The post-Exodus age of human nations: Orr's independence, the first two Guild Wars over the scattered Bloodstones, the Scarab Plague and fall of Elona's Primeval Kings, Lord Odran's portals to the Mists, the Jade Wind, and Palawa Joko's first defeat at Jahai.
Events in this era
- 1 AE511 CC201 DR
Chang Hai becomes the first Ascendant Emperor
Cantha
Prince Chang Hai, a warrior-monk who attained Weh no Su, ascends as the eleventh Emperor of Cantha (the first to be called Ascendant Emperor), opening the Age of the Bat.
- 1 AE511 CC201 DR
King's Watch is founded
Ascalon
King's Watch is established in the first year After the Exodus; its Historical Monument, inscribed on the 95th day of 1 AE, records the death of King Doric.
- 2 AE512 CC202 DR
Orr becomes an independent nation
Orr
Two years after the Exodus, the deeply spiritual peninsula nation of Orr (home to Arah, the deserted city of the gods) establishes itself as an independent human kingdom.
- 29 AE229 DR539 CC
The Primeval Kings expand into Vabbi
Elona · Vabbi
Elona’s first dynasty, the Primeval Kings, spread their rule into Vabbi and the Desolation and begin burying their dead rulers in tombs in the Crystal Desert.
- ~100 AE610 CC300 DRApproximate
The Bloodstones are scattered and the first Guild War begins
Central Tyria
The volcano Abaddon's Mouth erupts and flings four of the five Bloodstones across Tyria, one remaining at the Ring of Fire caldera; the human kingdoms raise rival guilds and go to war over the recovered shards of magic in the first of the Guild Wars.
- 174 AE684 CC374 DR
The Forgotten withdraw to the Crystal Desert
The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert
As humans become the dominant race of Tyria, the ancient serpentine Forgotten retreat from the lands of men and settle in the Crystal Desert.
- 221 AE731 CC421 DR
Cantha opens trade with the wider world
Cantha
The Empire of Cantha begins trading with Tyria, Elona, and the northern lands, as Shing Jea Island turns from logging to agricultural recovery and the Age of the Hedgehog begins.
- 272 AE782 CC472 DR
Glint compiles the Flameseeker Prophecies
The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert
The ancient dragon-prophet Glint sets down the Flameseeker Prophecies, foretelling the destruction of Ascalon, the rise of an undead force, and the fall of the Mursaat at the hands of the Chosen.
- 300 AE810 CC500 DR
Kryta is founded as an Elonian colony
Kryta
Kryta is established as a colony of Elona, the first official settlement of the land that King Doric had only seen begin during his lifetime.
- 358 AE868 CC558 DR
Kryta becomes an independent nation
Kryta
Roughly six decades after its founding as an Elonian colony, Kryta breaks free and becomes an independent human nation in its own right.
- 452 AE652 DR962 CC
The Scarab Plague ends Elona's Primeval Dynasty
Elona · Istan
A plague of flesh-burrowing scarabs sweeps out of Fahranur across Elona, killing indiscriminately and wiping out the royal house, ending the Primeval Dynasty and emptying Istan for sixty-eight years.
- 456 AE656 DR966 CC
Admun Kolos founds Elona's Great Dynasty
Elona
Four years after the Scarab Plague destroyed the Primeval Kings, the leaderless Plague Years end as Admun Kolos takes the throne and founds the Great Dynasty, the second royal line of Elona.
- 583 AE–640 AE783–840 DR1,093–1,150 CC
The Great Dynasty falls into the Pretender Wars and Shattered Dynasty
Elona
In 583 AE the Great Dynasty collapses, igniting the Pretender Wars and the Shattered Dynasty Era; the bloodshed only ends in 640 AE, when the last Pretender King falls and Elona reunites as three allied provinces: Istan, Kourna, and Vabbi.
- 604 AE1,114 CC804 DR
The Astral Ward is founded
The Crystal Desert · the Wizard's Tower
In 604 AE, Isgarren's Wizard's Court establishes the Astral Ward (a secret order under its first Warden, Taryn), sworn to protect Tyria from various supernatural threats.
- 635 AE1,145 CC835 DR
Eparch leads the first Kryptis invasion of Tyria
The Crystal Desert · the Wizard's Tower
In 635 AE, Eparch (the demon king of the Kryptis) launches the first Kryptis invasion of Tyria, striking the Wizard's Tower and killing the wizards Akeem and Vass in a renewed confrontation with Isgarren.
- 712 AE912 DR1,222 CC
The First Great Corsair War erupts in Elonan waters
Elona
The pirate crews that raid the Elonan seas band together into armadas and launch the first of only two Great Corsair Wars, opening a struggle for control of the coasts.
- 851 AE1,361 CC1,051 DR
Lord Odran forces open lasting portals to the Mists
The Mists
Using a spell of his own devising and the sacrifice of countless souls, the arcanist Lord Odran forces open lasting portals into the Mists, gateways that endure long after him.
- 860 AE1,060 DR1,370 CC
Palawa Joko conquers Vabbi and becomes the Scourge of Vabbi
Elona · Vabbi
The undead lord Palawa Joko marches an army of Awakened out of the Desolation into Elona, overrunning most of the wealthy province of Vabbi; his conquest wins him the enduring title Scourge of Vabbi.
- 862 AE1,062 DR1,372 CC
Turai Ossa defeats Palawa Joko at the Battle of Jahai
Elona
After a hundred days of battle against Joko's undead host, the Elonian hero Turai Ossa defeats the lich-king in single combat; unable to kill him, his forces bind Joko deep in the earth and the Order of Whispers keeps the prison secret.
- 868 AE1,378 CC1,068 DR
Turai Ossa leads the Great Pilgrimage into the Crystal Desert
The Crystal Desert
Six years after defeating Palawa Joko at Jahai, Turai Ossa lays down his command and leads his followers north into the Crystal Desert, seeking the Ascension and eternal life in the land where the gods once walked.
- 872 AE1,382 CC1,072 DR
Shiro Tagachi's death triggers the Jade Wind
Cantha
After assassinating Emperor Angsiyan at the Harvest Temple, the traitor Shiro Tagachi is cut down, and his dying wail unleashes the Jade Wind, turning the Jade Sea to solid jade and petrifying the Echovald Forest.
- 880 AE1,390 CC1,080 DR
The Tengu Wars begin on Shing Jea
Cantha · Shing Jea Island
In 880 AE, Canthan farming expansion onto Shing Jea Island sparks the Tengu Wars, a conflict between the settling humans and the island's native tengu that would last 191 years.