T h e AE t h e r i u m S a g a
Timeline
The Official Timeline of Events within The Ætherium Saga
1,000,000 BCE
The first great human civilization begins to develop on the island continent of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος. Denizens of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος were a separate and advanced evolutionary offshoot, perhaps influenced by latent mystical energies, and most likely the precursors of Homo (Sapiens) Magi.
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Another early civilization develops, then perishes along with its homeland of Lemuria.
998,050 BCE
A super-advanced human civilization is destroyed by the arrival of the Infernos, which steal its radium element and release a huge atomic explosion. Just before his death, a scientist from that civilization leaves a message to future generations through radivision, a process unknown to current science that uses radiation, a warning that the Infernos will return every one million years.
867th Millennium BCE
The Dvāpara-yuga begins (the "Age of Sacrifice", third phase of the Maha Yuga); chaos increases. Date according to Hindu belief [see 4.324 Billion BCE]. Magic probably begins to wane again [see 43,000 BCE].
600th Millennium BCE
The Celestial Children underwent a series of civil wars. Some of them went on to colonize the planet Caelus and Ninurta's moon, Titan. As a result, they missed being irradiated by an accidental explosion triggered by an experiment which turned all of the Celestial Children on Eden fully immortal. Their enemies, The Deviations, who had perpetuated the civil wars, also developed advanced technology and created new races on Eden. These new races, such as the Tunnelers, along with some huge monsters that would lay dormant until modern times, were left and considered failures by The Deviations.
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The alien H'V'Lia'Nm establish the city-state of F'R'Oke'Tu on Eden.
525th Millennium BCE
Archaic Homo sapiens evolve in Africa and spread across the globe, replacing populations of Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.
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While the Celestial Children had withdrawn and hidden themselves away, The Deviations went underground where the conditions were better suited to them and they could escape the warlike Homo Sapiens who were spreading out across the continent.
500,000 BCE
One of the sons of Uniformity, Avatar of Order, is born on the planet Chithonilia. On Eden he will be known as The Sorcerer of Trois-Freres.
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The H'V'Lia'Nm depart Eden, witnessed by a time-lost Superion (see 1996 CE).
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The first recorded Historic Age of the planet Krypteria begins.
445th Millennium BCE
The Khreeunds discover what happened to the Celestial Children and see the new races The Deviations created and decide to try to create their own superhuman race out of Eden's humans. The humans they chose were denizens of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος who were already influenced by mystical energies. The result of this experiment would become the race known as the Homo Magi.
245th Millennium BCE
On ancient Krypteria, the being later known as The Doom is created by an unfortunate band of scientists. He escapes, in short order confronting several Amaranthine, and devastating Khree-Un (home of the Khreeunds) and much of the Spectrum Corps., before being incapacitated by the natives of Notalac. A time-travelling Grim Reaper's appears to watch all this unfold, but does not take action to help or hinder.
200th Millennium BCE
During Krypteria's 5th Historic Age, a dispute over clone rights leads the scientist Km-El (ancestor of Kem-Ell Dav-Ris) to create a great weapon called a Predecessor, which binds Krypterians inextricably to their home planet.
143rd Millennium BCE
Two powerful Atlantean mystics became the most powerful sorcerers in the world. One was a follower of the light who manipulated White Magic, while his only living equal was a practitioner of the Dark Magic. Through their influence, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος flourished and grew into an advanced community unlike any other on the planet.
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A third powerful mystic of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος kept himself well hidden as he maintained a balance between White Magic and Dark Magic.
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Although magic was the dominant means of power throughout the continent, noted intellectuals began to recognize the wisdom of science. While the rest of the world had yet to benefit from inventions such as the wheel, the Atlanteans were already developing highly advanced technological wonders.
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The Homo Magi's natural gifts to manipulate magic allow them to establish the Twelve Kingdoms of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος on a peninsula of the continent. One of its first notable kings is the reanimated Kullking, who helped exterminate the Snake-People.
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The influence of the two powerful mystics was gaining, and in order to stay safe, the third mystic, Ariuthor, placed himself in a deep sleep, hiding away in-between the physical and astral realms.
100th Millennium BCE
During Krypteria's 6th Historic Age – a millennium-long global war – a terrorist group called Black Warriors detonates a bomb at the core of the planet, eventually leading to Krypteria's destruction (see 45,712 BCE). Black Warriors was also responsible for the nuclear destruction of this era's city of Kanderos.
Before 78th Millennium BCE
Krypteria's civilization enjoys a last flowering, a "golden age [of] passion and wonder", before settling into the cold stagnation of its final years.
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Kanderos has been rebuilt and more advanced than before as a testament to the lasting ideals of Krypteria.
55th Millennium BCE
In the The World Ocean on Eden, a race of fish-men, in their underwater city of Mernyarl-Amen, rule the oceans depths.
54,009 BCE
The Tubal-Cainites, forefathers of ironwork, create the art of blacksmithing and the art of incorporating mystical spells within their forged works.
54,004 BCE
Nahtan Adg is born in the city that Cain built.
53,985 BCE
A meteor falls to Eden glowing and radiating a form of green energy, creating a crater right outside a small city. The inhabitants rushed out to see this marvel. The leader of the city, Nahtan Adg, who had been given the warrior name, Rock-Gar, was head of the Tubal-Cainites and the first to touch the meteorite, gaining immortality and a complete alteration to his physical being and mental abilities.
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An observer from a neighboring tribe, named Klaig Ahg, also approaches the same meteorite and also is altered physically and gains immortality.
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Using his newly developed genius, Rock-Gar instructs his clan to construct metal golems, with polished chiseled pieces of the meteorite, which they only handled with gloves, as their power source. Once inserted into the chest of the metal body, the golems would come to life and could remain active forever, powered by the stars.
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Angãraka and its fellow golems are created to become servants to humanity.
48th Millennium BCE
The Twelve Kingdoms of Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος have developed a highly technologically advanced civilization.
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The Continuum Colonel (see 1995 CE) is trapped in this era after trying unsuccessfully to prevent Savage Immortuss' origin, until rescued by Portal.
46,733 BCE
Kem-Ell Dav-Ris, descendant of Km-El, is born on the planet Krypteria.
46,712 BCE
At the age of 21, Kem-Ell Dav-Ris has become a fanatic follower of The Fraternity of Purpose in order to seek out and terraform, or repurpose, another planet for his dying people. As a willing volunteer, Kem-Ell is cybernetically altered to become a Predecessor, in order to find other habitable planets and terraform them to suit the needs of colonization.
45,712 BCE
The planet, Krypteria, implodes, sending a shockwave of energy through its system, killing a Predecessor as well as turning all other moons and planets in the system into lifeless rock. A large domed city named Kanderos, the only known city to survive the cataclysm, rockets through space intact. All animals and people are asleep in cryogenic pods and will not awaken until their city settles on a new planet.
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The implosion is seen by one of the last Predecessors just before it too disintegrated. As all Predecessors shared their thoughts, the image of the destruction of his homeworld caused Kem-Ell Dav-Ris to mentally recoil, granting just enough edge and time for the cybernetic programming to take control over his body.
45,601 BCE
Predecessor Kem-Ell Dav-Ris finds a habitable planet within the gravitational pull of a yellow star. Landing on the planet, he found that the world already had an indigenous race of beings, but their technology was limited to stones, metal and sticks. As he traveled across the globe the nearby star's light and radiation began to affect his organic cells. Soon his cellular alteration reached a point where it caused a malfunction in the cybernetic systems resulting in the host body to retake control.
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In addition to regaining control, Kem-Ell found his body had been augmented and enhanced on a cellular level by the radiation of the yellow star. He immediately tried to contact his homeworld, only to have the memory of its destruction unlocked and replay in his mind. The loss of everything: family, home, his entire race, his purpose drove him mad and he reverted to his prime directive, to terraform and prepare. Using his new powers and his cybernetic instructions, Predecessor, as he now referred to himself, casting off his birth-name, began the process of preparing this planet for the coming of his people, whom he refused to believe were all gone.
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Due to his limited understanding of the planet itself, as well as his new powers, Predecessor pushed too hard and literally broke the planet, causing the core to go into a cascading meltdown that ruptured the planet. Predecessor was caught in liquid magma that was shot into space as the planet exploded, and before he could escape, the magma cooled. Having seeped into his cybernetics and orifices the magma had solidified inside trapping him in solid rock unable to move despite his vast strength as well as the damaged cybernetics causing misfires in his nervous system.
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It would be years before he finally gave up and mentally shut down his cybernetics, hoping it would kill him. It did not, but instead, thanks to his enhanced cells, he entered into a catatonic state, barely kept alive by the rays of the yellow star as his body, embedded in rock, floated among the rest of the destroyed planet, in a vast ring of asteroids in orbit around the star, which he the now deceased indigenous people had designated as, Sol.
43rd Millennium BCE
Savage Immortus is shipwrecked in Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, and begins the Guild of the People of the Light.
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The mage Ariuthor returns and comes to power in Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος (see 143 Millennium BCE). Aided by two warriors, he fights many battles to protect Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος from his brother-mystic of Dark Magic and other threats. Scant years later, however, a battle with invaders from space causes the sinking of the City of the Shining Gate, the continent's capital. Much of the continent remains intact at this time [see 9,600 BCE] – but this event, combined with the general waning of magic, is a great blow to Atlantean civilization.
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Roughly a century after the sinking of the City of the Shining Gate, Ariuthor sends out exploratory Dragon ships to seek out new lands (at least one of these ships discovers the hidden land of Nandavage), and sends his granddaughter Kara to the future (see 1991 BCE).
40th Millennium BCE
The Amaranthine visit Eden and experiment upon an early Neanderthal named Ulyraklys, endowing him with abilities far beyond normal humans and providing him with technology beyond the capabilities of his fellow Neanderthals, all in order so that he could lead his people and defend Eden for centuries. Ulyraklys became the world's first superhero, battling against the 666 Creations of Chaos.
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The earliest known battle between Savage Immortus and his recurring nemesis MMCCXL. Immortus appears to have reverted to cave dwelling ways during this period.
38,000 BCE
The Spectrum Wave (see 5 Billion BCE) makes its initial pass over Eden.
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A Cro-Magnon son is born to Neanderthal Ne-Lai and becomes known as Antorg is born, the first true Cro-Magnon. Kotahng the Wild soon follows.
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Clans of Cro-Magnons eventually wage war against South American Neanderthals tribes, eradicating them and their culture from the world.
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The shaman Rheeahn (possibly the last Neanderthal) crafted two relics of great mystical import. The first was a polished amber stone which later became known as the REDACTED; the second was a golden cup which would one day become the fabled Holy Grail of Christian lore.
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The Green, lost in time (see 1995 CE), encounters a tribe of Neanderthals who create a cup that will later become the Holy Grail (see 496 CE). They are overrun by neighboring Cro-Magnons.
30,000 BCE
A caveman returns to his home after a harrowing day of hunting. Having lost the use of his arm in battle, he feels weak and ashamed. His pregnant mate tries to console him, but her pity only drives him into a fit of rage. Picking up a club, he brutally bashes her across the head, killing her. The dead woman's spirit leaves her body and travels into the underworld. Later she will be reincarnated as Hippolyta.
28,000 BCE
Denizens of Holokaust and Amaranthine attain "godhood" (and the "Fourth Cosmos" begins). Holokaust is ruled by YugA'Lars, later succeeded by his wife Heg'Sui.
27,942 BCE
Wendell Kallor is born on the planet Amaranthine
13,971 BCE
A group of Amaranthine scouts and explorers settle on Eden. This group will grow in power and be recognized as the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus.
13,000 BCE
Amaranthine Thuxos (the son of YugA'Lars and Heg'Sui; later to become Grim Reaper) visits Eden, and initiates a second group of human believers in the Greek gods.
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28,637 BCE
The Krypterian city, Kanderos, floating through space, is sucked into a black hole.
27,942 BCE
13,971 BCE
A group of Amaranthine scouts and explorers settle on Eden, a planet that will one day be called Earth. This group will grow in power and be recognized as the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus
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August 28thMerlyn resurrects his wife, from the previous universe, with just a thought, thereby creating Athena, goddess of wisdom and praised for her compassion and generosity, patron of the arts and crafts, embodiment of knowledge and rational thought. This act gets mistaken in history as belonging to Zeus
11,200 BCE
The first humans to settle in what will become South America encounter The Green for the first time, when he enters their encampment and instructs them in living with the land
9000 BCE
The Attikrypt city appears on the edge of the Sol System out of a pinhole-sized black hole, which happens to be the exit point for the black hole they were caught in. The city gets sucked into the gravitational pull of the third planet, named Eden by its inhabitants, and crash lands on a peninsula of the only landmass on the planet. Soon, the cryo-preserved inhabitants begin to awaken. They are unanimous in declaring their old world dead and rename themselves after their surviving city. From this moment on, they will be known as the Kandori
8791 BCE
On the planet, Relampago, the global scientific community released a definitive study proving that there was no cure for death or aging. While both could be held off for a time, eventually all would succumb. However, their minds, their consciousness, those could be stored indefinitely within their world computer system. Thus began the rebuilding of the entire world into a planet-sized supercomputer that would be powered not only by the nearby stars light, but also by the core of the planet
8791 BCE
On the planet, Relampago, the global scientific community released a definitive study proving that there was no cure for death or aging. While both could be held off for a time, eventually all would succumb. However, their minds, their consciousness, those could be stored indefinitely within their world computer system. Thus began the rebuilding of the entire world into a planet-sized supercomputer that would be powered not only by the nearby star's light, but also by the core of the planet.
7790 BCE
Relampago succeeds in completing their Planetary Worldmind. On their most High Holy Day, the majority of the population willingly connected themselves to the Planetary Worldmind and downloaded their minds and personalities into the virtual utopia awaiting them. Those that stayed corporeal took on the task and honor of caretakers of the Planetary Worldmind and the billions living within. Over time, these few would become like priests, taking their tasks on as holy rituals in the service of those who ascended to a higher purpose within the Planetary Worldmind.
7790 BCE
One thousand and one years after the people of Relampago began the effort to rebuild their planet, they succeeded. On their most High Holy Day, the majority of the population willingly connected themselves to the Planetary Worldmind and downloaded their minds and personalities into the virtual utopia awaiting them. Those that stayed corporeal took on the task and honor of caretakers of the Planetary Worldmind and the billions living within. Over time, these few would become like priests, taking their tasks on as holy rituals in the service of those who ascended to a higher purpose within the Planetary Worldmind
6400 BCE
After the Great Flood, the release of pressure deep within the planet caused the tectonics to begin to shift, splitting the super-landmass. It was here that Merlyn Emrys found the timelines still intact and he began to interweave the threads of time from three universes into one. Instead of merging into his own universe, Merlyn Emrys found himself creating a new Prime Timeline. A new reality encapsulating much of the events from the separate universes. As he reached into space and time, Merlyn Emrys found an abundance of energy that was powerful enough to not only rip through the fabric of reality, but strong enough to be used to fill this new world and seal it as each temporal thread was knitted into a new reality.
6000 BCE
Anubis is born on his home planet.
6000 BCE
Anubis is born on his home planet
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Hat'hor of the 1st Dynasty, twin sister of Hor'us, is born on Shi'than'aria
Hor'us of the 1st Dynasty, twin brother of Hat'hor, is born on Shi'than'aria
3150 BCE
Anubis arrives on Eden as an Emissary and Ambassador to find humanity thinks he is a sky-god. He uses this to instruct and direct the path of humanity in the area so they could one day become an ally. His commanders are Ra and Hesat, though history will mark them as his parents.
3061 BCE
Hath-Karim is born in Kemet.
3017 BCE
Anubis meets Hath-Karim who is out picking fruit for the other priests, and invites him to become a Follower of Anubis. Hath-Karim agrees.
3037 BCE
Hath-Karim pushes through a hedge while trying to catch a hare for the stew-pot in the temple, and he comes upon the bathing pools of the gods. There he beheld Hat'hor as she disrobed and spread her wings while slowly lowering herself into the pool where her attendants bathed her. He was in love. Instantly he knew he could not worship any other god than her. He immediately renounced Anubis and joined the priesthood of Hat'hor. Upon meeting her face-to-face she recognized him from the bathing pool and raised him to become next in line to be her High-Priest.
3039 BCE
It was during a skirmish with followers of Set that Hat'hor's High Priest was killed and Hath-Karim, became Hath-'abu alhul, High Priest of Hat'hor.
3034 BCE
Anubis, along with the other "gods" of Kemet, are given orders to return to their home planets, as humans had become far more independent far faster than anticipated.
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Hath-'abu alhul gathered his fellow priests of Hat'hor and decided to Bless their goddess and her brother, ending the Blessing with,
"May both of you return to us one day, never to part again."
Upon hearing this Blessing both Hat'hor and Hor'us were stunned and appalled, but it was too late. The powers had been cast, the Blessing had been uttered and now only Time would tell how this would end. As Hat'hor and Hor'us rose up into their celestial chariot to be taken back home to the stars, home of the gods, the god Set stepped in front of Hath-'abu alhul and took hold of him, saying,
"You left my service for another, only to cast that one aside for yet another. From this day forward no master will have you, your goddess will never accept you, and your own body will never truly die. Thus I curse you with an ever-lasting life, but without a life of your own."
And with those words, Set shoved the sacred Amulet of the Heart into the chest of Hath-'abu alhul, mystically embedding it into his breastbone. He had been given immense power, but a power that was also a curse and would take years to study and understand.
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The day after all the "gods" had left, foreigners invaded and Hath-'abu alhul was captured and bound in a crude form of embalming with no ceremony or proper technique. Stuffed into a plain sarcophagus and tossed into a refuse pit, Hath-'abu alhul was left, buried alive in filth and the remains of his fellow Kemetians.
2686 BCE
Hat'hor arrives on Eden, along with her twin brother Hor'us, as First Contact Diplomats for the Shi'than'arians. It is a mistaken bit of history that claims their parents were Osiris and Isis. In fact, those were their superior officers
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Anubis also arrives on Eden as a representative of his people. His commanders are Ra and Hesat, though history will mark them as his parents
2566 BCE
Hath-Karim is born in ancient Egypt
2554 BCE
At the age of 12, Hath-Karim is offered a chance to join the ranks of the low-priests of Set. He does and works hard in his daily tasks and studies
2553 BCE
One day while out picking fresh fruit for the High Priest of Set, Hath-Karim saw a giant walk toward him and reach for the same fruit Hath-Karim was picking. The giant was the god, Anubis! As the god looked him in the eye all Hath-Karim could think to say was, "I'm picking fruit for the High Priest of Set who hates me." He was immediately horrified at blurting out this truth, especially to a god! Before he could apologize, Anubis' dog head shook from side-to-side and said, "You do your duty, but he dishonors you and his god with his actions. Stay and pick fruit, or come to my temple and I will honor your allegiance."
Hath-Karim immediately gathered his bounty and followed Anubis to his temple and used the fruit meant for the High Priest of Set, as an offering to the Anubis priests who welcomed him, happily
2551 BCE
Hath-Karim becomes the principal artist and overseer of the construction of two new statues. With his designs, a tribute to his god Anubis was created with statues of him, in dog form, in perfect symmetry with one of the Pillars of the Sons of Seth, today known as The Great Pyramid, being constructed nearby. With his plans, a statue of Anubis in dog form, would be the entrance to the pillars plateau, one on each side of the causeway, guarding the path to great power
2543 BCE
One day Hath-Karim stumbled through a hedge while trying to catch a hare for the stew-pot in the temple, and he came upon the bathing pools of the gods. There he beheld Hat'hor as she disrobed and spread her wings while slowly lowering herself into the pool where her attendants bathed her. He was in love instantly; he knew he could not worship any other god than her. He immediately renounced Anubis and joined the priesthood of Hat'hor. Upon meeting her face-to-face she recognized him from the bathing pool and raised him to become next in line to be her High Priest
2541 BCE
During a skirmish with followers of Set, Hat'hor's High Priest was killed and Hath-Karim, became Hath-'abu alhul, High Priest of Hat'hor
2536 BCE
The gods of Egypt decided as one, to depart Eden and return to their alien homes. The people of Earth had learned all they could from them. Only Time would tell if it would benefit this planet
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The next day, Hath-'abu alhul gathered his fellow priests of Hat'hor and decided to Bless their goddess and her brother, ending the Blessing with, "May both of you return to us one day, never to part again." Upon hearing this Blessing both Hat'hor and Hor'us were stunned and appalled, but it was too late. The powers had been cast, the Blessing had been uttered and now only Time would tell how this would end. As Hat'hor and Hor'us rose up into their celestial chariot to be taken back home to the stars, home of the gods, the god Set stepped in front of Hath-'abu alhul and took hold of him, saying, "You left my service for another, only to cast that one aside for yet another. From this day forward no master will have you, your goddess will never accept you, and your own body will never truly die. Thus I curse you with ever-lasting life, but without a life of your own." And with those words, Set shoved the sacred Amulet of the Heart into the chest of Hath-'abu alhul, mystically embedding it into his breastbone
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The day after all the "gods" had left, foreigners invaded and Hath-'abu alhul was captured and bound in a crude form of embalming with no ceremony or proper technique. Stuffed into a plain sarcophagus and tossed into a refuse pit, Hath-'abu alhul was left, buried alive in filth and the remains of his fellow Egyptians
2527 BCE
The Tubal-Cainites golems (what we in modern times would call "robots") take up the task of helping Noah and his family construct the Ark
2421 BCE
When the rains began to fall and the metal golems created by the Tubal-Cainites tried to force humans to board the Ark, mankind turned on them and began to destroy them. The last golem left, whose job was to seal up the Ark from the outside, finished his task, he guarded the Ark from attack as it knew that humanity's hope of survival now lay within the Ark and all those outside would not survive. As the waters rose, the golem sank and soon it was covered in silt and landslide debris
2061 BCE
The first recorded sighting of The Green is set down in an Andean temple in South America. Until now, the story had been passed down in verbal story only
1700 BCE
Snøkatt is "born" in the Astral Plane and named by Archimage, who becomes her guardian. In order to help keep her safe and out of mischief, Archimage places her in the land that will one day become the Kongeriket Norge. As the first rays of the new day touch the land, Snøkatt awakes and Archimage casts a spell preventing her from being able to go beyond the borders for too long. However, as the world shifts and lands change names and locations, the borders that once were are enlarged. In modern times, the borders that have become her "fence" include Ísland, Føroyar, Kongeriket Norge, Kongeriget Danmark, Konungariket Sverige and Suomen tasavalta. She keeps this fact a secret and pretends to grow weaker when she leaves the current border of Norway
1200 BCE
Athena joins with Hestia, Aphrodite, Demeter and Artemis in power to grant life, once again, to all of the souls of women who had unjustly died at the hands of a man. Thus were the Amazons created
539 BCE
The legendary Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered Bābilim. The fall of Bābilim was complete when the empire came under Persian control. Instead of destroying the city, Cyrus the Great agreed to let Nabonidus, son of the Assyrian priestess Adad-guppi, who would have been the final Bābilimian king, to remain alive and his city standing, if Nabonidus agreed to make Bābilim a vassal-state under Cyrus the Great who called himself Emperor of the Achaemenid Empire. Nabonidus agreed and Bābilim was left standing.
330 BCE
The Achaemenid Empire was conquered by Alexander the Great. Bābilim has dwindled in power under the Achaemenid Empire and Alexander the Great orders the recovery of the Hanging Gardens of Bābilim as a symbol showing that art and beauty thrive under his care.
323 BCE
Alexander the Great dies.
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The Empire of Alexander the Great is divided up and Bābilim falls under the control of Seleucus I Nicator. The Hanging Gardens have recovered and are becoming known throughout the civilized world as a center for natural beauty.
281 BCE
Seleucus I Nicator is assassinated. His Empire is slowly dissolved and parceled out with the area around Bābilim becoming the central focal point for commerce. At this time, Bābilim has become the city with the largest population with 200,000 people residing within its limits.
46 BCE
The Great Harbor of Qart-Hadasht
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After being re-developed as a Roman city, Qart-Hadasht became the new maritime and commercial port that would go on to dominate the rest of the current modern day world. The Great Harbor of Qart-Hadasht became known as the busiest port in the world.