World History Overview
Before 15,000 GA
The denizens of Nyra have only speculation about the origination of Nyra or the long history of the universe. All that is known is that herein was a long era of horrible and astounding untamed wilderness. Everywhere evolution proceeded forward rapidly and many species competed and cooperated to survive. Upon Onus, the Ponderan evolve from a pre-existing ape-like species which is common ancestor to some fauna that exist there now. On Lazvar, the Sarkin have also branched off from a common ancestor with the Yu.
15,000 GA - Golus Anorus, "The First Age" (50,000 ago)
Ponderan society as it is now properly recognized begins to develop after thousands of years of gradual evolution on Onus.
0 DA - Beginning of Deorum Anorus, "The Second Age" (35,000 years ago)
The Gods arrive to Nyra and happen upon the Ponderan who have already developed a fully functioning society. This year is remembered by the Ponderan as the year zero on their calendar. This same calendar continues in use among the Humans, the Famulus, and the Kalnis. However, most of these species have no popular recollection of this event.
15,000 DA (20,000 years ago)
The Ponderans have developed extensive cults regarding their own divinity as a species. The gods came to Nyra and, upon witnessing the Ponderan, chose to fight a universal war to control their realm. This fact is repeated and understood and canonized over thousands of years.
Ponderan religions now preach that physical labor is beneath them. They propound the need for mage-laborers who will use magic for these tasks. However, to their frustration, physical labor remains more viable in a sustained fashion and most mages do not want to carry out this labor themselves. Instead, Ponderans begin breeding the Famulus through extensive eugenics. They force all of those Ponderan who would regularly be killed for being non-mage-born, as well as those Ponderan who have unusual amounts of hair or inordinate stature and physical size, to breed to together.
20,000 DA (15,000 years ago)
Sarkin society begins to develop above ground in the Zerus Treescape.
30,000 DA (5000 years ago)
Kaze society begins to develop.
30,500 DA (4500 years ago)
Utwesh society begins to develop.
34,500 DA (4000 years ago)
A significant population of Humans has resulted from the interbreeding of Ponderan and Famulus. Humans are neither Ponderan nor Famulus. The law cannot determine their deserved treatment. This leads to oppressive implementation in many occasions. The Humans are quickly viewed as a social problem arising from poor ethical hygiene. Many Ponderan think that other Ponderan never should have produced babies with Famulus. Other cannot be bothered to care.
0 EM - Beginning of Expera Modum, "The Third Age" or later "The Dark Age" (3500 years ago)
The so-called "Human Question" has now been used as a bludgeon for several hundred years. Treatment of Humans is deeply unequal and inconsistent. The Ponderan, having disputed for several centuries on the the role of Humans in their society, choose to conduct The Great Experiment by exiling all living Humans to the Lazvarian continent to determine their mettle when pitted against nature. The Ponderan tell the Humans that they set into the wilderness that it is now Year 0 of a new calendar.
250 EM (3250 years ago)
Sarkin-Human War. As the Humans begin colonizing Lazvar proper, they encounter the Sarkin settlements in the Zerus Treescape for the first time. This marks the beginning of skirmishes which will escalate for years to come. However, Human reactions are not universal. What would later become the Signums view the Sarkin as beasts to be slain, resenting that the Sarkin have built cities in the trees they wish to chop for lumber. The social Human dominators who would go on to form the Lordships reaction to the Sarkin is best characterized as a desire for genocide or complete banishment. The walled-cities, however, have a neutral opinion of the Sarkin and allow their limited participation if they become citizens; which means rejecting their old ways of life to assimilate into Human interpersonality and social structures. Tensions nonetheless flourish even here and conflict takes place within this era alongside Human colonization across middle Lazvar.
500 EM (3000 years ago)
Some Sarkin, tired of doing war, begin migrating underground.
600 EM (2900 years ago)
Human society in its current recognized has now developed. The Lordships, the Signums, and the Free Cities are all now established in their recognized forms.
1000 EM (2500 years ago)
Underdwelling Sarkin society in its current form begins to develop.
2000 EM (1500 years ago)
Sarkin discover blackpowder.
2050 EM (1450 years ago)
Sarkin discover steam technology.
2150 EM (1150 years ago)
The Sarkin Cultural Revolution. The Sarkin begin incorporating their councils into larger and larger federations progressively over the following several decades. This leads to rapid progress in their administration of society, the development of new technologies, and their integration into the population.
2500 EM (1000 years ago)
Ethak Melius creates the Ethakkra cult.
2700 EM (800 years ago)
The Ethakkra cult drives the Utwesh people toward the first war with the Kaze.
2800 EM (700 years ago)
The Utwesh ways are overtaken by the Ethakkra cult.
2810 EM (690 years ago)
Ethakkra suppress Utwesh as ethnic and cultural minority.
2830 EM (670 years ago)
Ethakkra-Kaze War ends in stalemate.
2840 EM (560 years ago)
The first Utwesh uprisings occur. This marks the beginning of a long struggle of the Utwesh to maintain the old ways of life and to lead insurrectionary resistance against the Ethakkra cult, which has now claimed that it is the true will of the people.
2850 EM (650 years ago)
The first Famulus revolt takes place on Onus. It is brutally suppressed. The Famulus are defeated and some flee Onus to Lazvar.
2870 EM (630 years ago)
Famulus-Human War. The Humans retain more of the Ponderan culture than the Famulus, viewing the Famulus as brutes and pack animals. Famulus also do not make particularly good cohabitators with the Humans, as they are constantly vying against the Humans for territory. These Famulus, having survived a civil war with the Ponderan, are cutthroat in their approach. Much blood is spilled trying to maintain some unbothered colony for the Famulus.
2900 EM (600 years ago)
The first substantial population of Kalnis result from the interbreeding of Humans and Famulus on Lazvar. These children, having no relation to old stereotypes, are free to explore new preconceptions. This growing population straddles the cultural norms of the Famulus and the Humans, allowing them to live in both worlds, but to be not entirely accepted by either. Many Kalnis, upon maturity, take up jobs in physical labor. Often Kalnis born in the Free Cities or the burgeoning Lordships instead flee to the Signums, as their fledgling culture seems to align better with this way of life.
2920 EM (580 years ago)
Humans win the Famulus-Human War, which devolves into an active genocide. The Humans stomp out almost every last Famulus colony, forcing enormous swaths of the Famulus to flee the continent. The Famulus, many of them already having been boat-dwelling people, begin the familiar modern behavior of raiding Human coastlines and then sailing away to some unknown location.
2940 EM (560 years ago)
Utwesh are suppressed and flee to the Torrid Expanses. Utwesh society in its currently recognized form begins.
3100 EM (400 years ago)
An independence movement gains traction among the Kalnis diaspora on Lazvar and some groups of them flee to northern Faydorn. Some also go north to the Idolon Frost, though few remain there due to sparse community support and frigid conditions. Kalnis society as it is currently recognized begins in what is now called the Highland Tundra. Some migrate further south and settle the wastes north of the Faydorn mountain ranges.
3200 EM (300 years ago)
The Famulus massacre the Ponderans. Famulus society in its current form begins to develop on the island of Onus. The Ponderans flee and settle the southern coast of Lazvar.
3490 EM (10 years ago)
Kin'Dor returns to the Brak, bringing news of the world.
3495 EM (5 years ago)
The Third Eye overthrows King Doran. Kid the Slayer takes the throne and is called King Kid, sometimes later "Kid, The Unmoving."
0 BR - Beginning of Borias Reperium, "The Steam Age" (Current Day)
Borias is freed from the Temple of Twilodon.