Appendix A: Ages of the World
Most events are listed in the order they occurred, but events in italics and starting with?
are approximate, their specific placement unclear. Did construction begin on the Makers' Roads before or after the Tempest Lords' capital sank? Did Brennan become Marshedge's marshal before or after the Forest Folk disappeared? That's for you and your group to decide, if it matters.
The Primordial Age
Eons ago, over a span beyond reckoning.
- Light fills the void; the Things Below were already there
- First Creators become aware of themselves
? The first of the great spirits arise
- Things Below stoke the Creators' egos, urge war
- First Creators forge the world and trap the Things Below inside
- Tcaventes, Shackle and Key, is set to guard the Utterwell ? The gods do many legendary things
? The earliest peoples evolve or are created
Time of the Makers
Millennia ago, over a span of centuries (at least).
- Rise of the Tempest Lords' civilization
- Tempest Lords establish their empire
- Rise of other Maker groups
- Tempest Lords found "Northernmost" (the Ruins at Road's End, The Dread River)
- Tempest Lord homeland sinks, empire crumbles; other Makers grow in power
? Construction of the Makers' Roads begins The Makers' Roads ? Green Lords breed the Fae ? Manmarchers come from across the Dread River
- Stormcatcher establishes her Tower in the Flats
- Fae rebellion! the Green Lords call on the Things Below
- Stone Lords destroy the heart of the Green Lord's territory, creating what is now Ferrier's Fen
- Siege of Vor Svetelik; Green Lords retreat, become Fomoraij
- Stone Lords' servants start to plot rebellion and embrace the Things Below
Were the civilizations of the South founded during the Time of the Makers, or even before? Or perhaps during the Time of the Barrow Builders?
Time of Cataclysm
Centuries ago, over a span of decades.
- Stone Lords' servants rebel, unleash the Things Below, sink Dulenn and create Blackwater Lake ? "Northernmost" overrun by horrors from the Dread River
- Stone Lords hunted down by rebels
- Teirstered falls, becomes Three Coven Lake
- Refugees start heading to Stormcatcher's tower
? Howling Curse causes Rime Lord civilization to nearly collapse Rime Lords ? Volcanic eruptions, Moratia Rubra destroyed, Forge Lord society collapses Forge Lords
- More refugees arrive at Stormcatcher's tower
- Surviving Rime Lords sacrifice themselves to contain the Howling Curse
- Stormcatcher's tower falls
Time of the Barrow Builders
Centuries ago, over a span of generations.
- First barrows built to honor freedom fighters
- Emanations of the Things Below roam freely, are worshipped/appeased
- Warlords/sorcerer-kings vie for power, build more elaborate barrows
- Battles fought over Three Coven Lake, the Ruins at Road's End, etc.
- Refugees, enslavement, human sacrifice, all-around bad times
- Subjects of the Barrow Builders overthrow/abandon/imprison their tyrannical rulers
- Certain bands of Barrow Builders flee into the Labyrinth
The Current Age
Starting a few centuries ago.
- Power of the Things Below ebbs (reasons unclear)
- Barrow Builder culture gives rise to Hillfolk culture ? Marshedge founded Marshedge ? Stonetop founded The Village of Stonetop
- Region stabilizes, trade routes established
- Gordin's Delve settled, Foundry established
Recent memory
The last decade or so.
? Brennan and the Claws start raiding Marshedge
- Earthquakes become more common
- Forest Folk disappear
? Brennan hired as Marshedge's marshal