The History of the Known World

Chronology
As related by Mage Yareena Homr, Great Mage at the Fulgsted University at Nimbelheim

The Age of Tradition - The Early Times

Year 1 Nimbelheim is founded around tribes of Elven settlements. The first Free Nation is born.
ca 400 Dal is established as the second oldest still functioning state in the world.
to 1000 The nation of Zuur flourishes but is later laid in ruins by a today unknown foreign invasion.
ca 1000-2000 The White Cross Empire flourishes north-east of the Canwella desert. Its culture is high-standing and population peaceful and progressive and it was often seen as a counterweight to Zuur, fighting defensive wars against them and keeping them in check. How and why the Empire vanished is veiled in darkness and riddle.
1900's The Kingdom of Angleeye is established.
2100's The Principality is founded.
2200-2600's The Great Wanderings. Barbarian nations roam the world and cause chaos. The Free Lands are able to unite and hold them at bay. Angvina is founded as a direct result of barbarian movements.
2500's The Erezon tribes march onto the Plains of Hermalina and found their first settlements.
2600's The Vikings raid along the coasts of the Northern Sea, but finally settle on the north shores of the Peninsula. Under the influence of the Principality and the Elven Federation, they quickly become a part of the civilized world during the reign of the enlightened king Hornwald.

The Age of Lore - Establishment of Civilization

2620's-50's The War of the Silver Dragon. The Principality, led by the Silver Dragon Order, fights the rest of the world in an epic war. The Silver Dragon Order is later banned as the Principality is laid in ruins, and the Eagle Order established as state religion. The Silver Dragon Order is still said to exist as a secret cult.
2690's Namyr is founded in the south and fights great conflicts with all its neighbours, from which it emerges successful and established.
2700-2729 The Principality Duke Edward Longhorn does massive conquests in the West. Angleeye and Namyr finally unite against him and drive his forces back. The Duke falls in the battle of the Knightsky Plains 2729, fighting an immense alliance of Western nations. The existence of the Principality is only saved by Elven and Crystallin intervention.
2720-40 The Crystallin Warrior Queen Arminia Zenobia founds the Crystallin Matriarchy.
2750 The Erezon Empire is founded and press on eastwards, forcing the Angvina to move further east as well.
2754-2810 Erica Gallantina rules over Namyr and her long reign is considered a true golden age during which culture and arts flourish. Her troops reach as far north as the Angleeye Pass, and as far west as the borders of Erezon, in daring conquests; Angvina is defeated, the Dal and the desert tribes pay tribute to the Queen.
2756 Angvina attacks Namyr and sack several of their cities. The Namyri win the war though, and the Angvina are driven out in the inhospitable rainforests where they have been ever since.
2814 Yatenga is founded as tribes in the Canwella Desert unite to form a strong state as protection against mighty neighbours.
2850's Clanleader Gracchus founds and establishes the Elchers Clan, fighting immense wars in the process, making Elchers one of the most warlike nations in the World.
2931-36 The Elven Civil War. The Dark Elves rise in rebellion and a bloody Civil War is fought threatening the entire existence of the Elven Federation. The Dark Elves lose and the entire people is exiled to the Denerean Island where they form a new state.
2960 The Erezon Empire is in turmoil. The warlord Qen reunites the weakened nation and founds the Second Dynasty.
2966-90 Sanah Elchers tries to create Greater Elchers, but is met by hard resistance from all her neighbours.
2974 The Principality colony in the Canwella Desert is overrun by hordes of raging skeletal armies. The colony's last stand in the desert is widely regarded as legend and bards still tell the tale of bravery, sacrifice and courage.
2981-97 The Great Desert War. Weakened by recent barbarian invasions, Yatenga finds itself on the brink of collapse and is invaded by an alliance of Namyr, Dal and Angvina. Yatenga defends itself in desperate bravery and when Erezon comes to its rescue, the alliance has to quit the war.

The Age of Fairy Tale - The Great Wars

3015 King Gregory Lyssander of Angleeye dies. The kingdom is successively integrated into the Collective.
3018-34 The Collective War. Angleeye attacks the three Free Nations and masses enormous armies. The Free World is near destruction as the turning point comes at the siege of Nimbelheim. The Free Nations combine their efforts to finally defeat the Dowager Queen and her armies and shut the Angleeye Pass and contain the Collective therein.
3034 The Demon King resurrects the dead civilization of Zuur in an attempt to raise the threat against the civilized world after his setback in the Collective War.
3035 Namyr is divided between the Twin Queens. Northern Namyr takes hold of the traditional Namyri homeland, while Southern Namyr (Arcana) is established as an independent Duchy in the southern areas.
3050 The Collective troops once again venture beyond the Angleeye Pass, this time supported by their formidable ally, resurrected Zuur. The Demon King takes residence above ground to personally conduct the warfare. The Free Lands unite to form The Empire with the new city Amaranth as capital, because only unity under one government can save the world from the onslaught by the Dark Side.


Some notes on Early History

The oldest writings in the Known World are found in Erezon. The early emperors were particular with saving and storing the legends written down and carefully preserved by the monks at the Great Qen Library, and they remain there to this day. Outsiders are not welcome in the library, which has made research into the early myths and legends of Erezon quite difficult, however, during the Qen Dynasty and the opening of the empire to outside influences, the Emperor has allowed his monks to participate in discussions with researchers from the outside. Most notable are the "Discussions Between Mage Hemra of Stormstead and Archmonk Eng-Quenn", and it is from those notes, most of our knowledge in the early history of the Known World is derived.

The myths of the East spoke of a great war between the gods, and it was as a result of that war that the World was created. The god Canwella fought with the other gods and lost; his dead body rotted away and created the Canwella Desert, from which the world grew. The gods saw that Canwella's body became a barren and inhospitable landscape and created fertile lands around it. Mankind was created to inhabit and care for the new land. That first, unrecorded, era in history is called the Age of Myth, when all mankind lived in peace and The god Namerl walked the Earth disguised as a unicorn.

Canwella's daughter, Marana, soon took note of the happiness and planned to destroy it as a revenge for her father's death. According to Erezon myths, Marana set about to take power over all the lands in the world, but Erezon remained faithful to Namerl. The war that followed split the world in two; Marana's uncivilized and barbarian world and Namerl's civilized, high-standing world of knowledge and enlightenment. It is believed that the Demon King was summoned by Marana's black magic and is considered her son. It is also believed that when the time comes and a high-standing civilization arises that can finally defeat and put an end to Marana's reign, the two worlds will unite and peace will be restored in the world forever and the Age of the Unicorn will return.