Historical Eras

The world has been inhabited by free-thinking peoples for thousands of years. History has been divided into four major blocs:

The First Era
The First Era is marked as being the time before Fel and Dor set the Material Plane adrift. During this age, which lasted for about 600 years, the creation of nearly all living species occurred. Also during this age the first fundaments of civilization were laid by Fel, separating the Dwarves from the Elves, who had prior shared habitats. The First Era came to a close with the physical death of Dor and the separation of the Material and Spiritual planes.

The Second Era
Few historical records exist from the Second Era, but astronomers and mathematicians have been able to determine that the gap between the end of the First Era and the dawn of the Third was about 713 years. What records do exist come from ancient dwarf strongholds located deep in the Karkens. Most of these cities had been either destroyed by monsters or demolished and rebuilt by dwarves in the Third Era for reasons unknown, but a handful of etched stone tablets contain the basics of a pre-Dwarvish language, as well as several mentions of "rivers of fire" and other such imagery that lead scholars to believe that volcanic activity in the Karkens was abundant, or that dragons were more pervasive during this time period. The Third Era ended when Darn Grabul reclaimed the Karkens and declared West Serntal an uninhabitable wilderness, forbidding traffic between it and the rest of the continent.

The Third Era
The Third Era is by far the longest, spanning over 2,200 years. This era, known as the Elvish Age, saw the first elvish ships arrive on Serntal's eastern coast. Over the next few centuries, the elves made their homes in scattered, hidden cities throughout Doelle and Nadil. The twilight of this era also included the Dwarvish Age of Exploration, the discovery of the Fel-el, and the founding of Gare'el.

The Fourth Era
The Fourth Age is the current era. This era began with the first humans' introduction from West Serntal to the rest of the world. It has been one of the more eventful times in the world's history, with humans colonizing Doelle, Talvia, and Nadil, as well as scattering to virtually every other non-human settlement in the free world.