Timeline of Arcania
A chronological history from the Titans' clash to the present Eclipse Age.
"To understand where we're going, you must understand where we've been. Every battle we fight echoes battles fought before creation itself."
Marael, addressing the War Council
This timeline chronicles Arcania's history from the primordial void to the current war. Events are organized by era, with the Eclipse Age using year notation (Year 1 = Anias's death).
Pre-Creation Era
Before time as mortals understand it
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Eternal Void | Unknown | Only the Void Titan exists in infinite stillness |
| Birth of the Dark Titan | Unknown | Void Titan creates child from its own essence |
| The Anguish | Unknown | Father and son clash, annihilating each other |
| Birth of Marael | Unknown | First conscious being emerges from the clash |
Key Events
The Void Titan's Solitude For eons beyond counting, the Void Titan drifted alone-infinite emptiness given form. It knew no time, no change, no desire. Until curiosity stirred.
Creation of the Dark Titan From its own essence, the Void Titan birthed a child: the Dark Titan. Where the father was stillness, the son was motion. Where the father was absence, the son was presence. A contradiction given form.
The Anguish The Dark Titan's ambition knew no bounds. It grew until it rivaled its creator. When the Void Titan tried to contain it, they clashed-a battle that created the visible universe. Stars ignited from strikes. Black holes roared from wrath.
Mutual Annihilation Neither Titan could destroy the other without destroying itself. Their final clash annihilated both, scattering their essences across creation. From this dramatic separation, Marael was born-the first conscious being.
Dawn Era
Marael's solitary age and the discovery of Anias
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marael's Wandering | Millennia | Shaping the laws of reality alone |
| Discovery of Anias | Unknown | Marael finds the sleeping goddess |
| Anias Awakens | Unknown | First love in existence |
| The First World | Pre-Awakening | Anias's dreams created life unconsciously |
Key Events
Marael's Purpose Born amid chaos, Marael brought order. He shaped the laws of physics, stabilized celestial bodies, gave structure to the universe. But purpose did not bring peace-he remained utterly alone.
The Sleeping Light In the farthest reaches of the cosmos, Marael found something impossible: life. A world teeming with creatures surrounded a sleeping being of pure radiance. This was Anias, born from the Titans' regret, dreaming existence into being.
The First World Before awakening, Anias's dreams had created the First World-primal forests, ancient beasts, life without intention. This unconscious creation would later become the source of Ranger power.
Love's Beginning When Marael touched Anias, she awakened. Their meeting sparked the first love in existence-a bond that would create gods and eventually doom them.
Eternal Era
The building of divine civilization
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eterna Citadel Built | Early Era | Divine home above mortal realms |
| Birth of Erion | Mid Era | Firstborn son of Marael and Anias |
| Birth of Alassa | Mid Era | Luminous daughter |
| Arcania Created | Late Era | Divine land for mortals |
Key Events
The Eterna Citadel Marael and Anias built a home above the world-a divine monument where they could observe creation. From here, they watched life evolve for millions of years.
Divine Children Two children were born to the gods:
- Erion - Inheriting his father's strength and mother's compassion
- Alassa - Luminous and beautiful, drawn to mortal connection
The Great Debate Marael watched mortals with suspicion, seeing their flaws. Anias watched with hope, seeing their potential. Their philosophical conflict would define the era-and eventually destroy it.
Creation of Arcania Despite Marael's warnings, Anias convinced him to create Arcania-The Land of Magic: a blessed realm where gods and mortals could coexist. But Marael's agreement came with a decree: divine knowledge must never be shared.
Golden Age
Gods among mortals
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Divine Descent | Year 0 GA | Gods take mortal forms and walk among people |
| Erion Meets Nimue | Mid GA | Divine prince falls for mortal woman |
| Alassa Meets Cassian | Mid GA | Goddess falls for mortal general |
| Cassian's Betrayal | Late GA | Alassa's heart broken, servant killed |
| Alassa's Banishment | Late GA | Exiled to Eterna Citadel for 100 years |
Key Events
The Descent The gods took mortal forms and lived among their creations. For the first time, Erion and Alassa experienced true connection-friendship, love, the raw emotions that immortality had denied them.
Erion and Nimue Erion fell in love with Nimue, a blacksmith's daughter who saw him as a man, not a god. Their love was pure-but Nimue's mortality haunted her.
Alassa and Cassian Alassa loved Cassian, a charismatic general. When she discovered his betrayal with a servant, her rage was divine. She killed the servant's entire family and cursed Cassian to feel nothing-hollowing him.
Consequences Anias, devastated by her daughter's violence, banished Alassa to the Eterna Citadel for a hundred years. In isolation, Alassa's compassionate heart froze. She began seeing mortals through her father's eyes.
The Duskfall
The murder that ended an age
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eve of the Wedding | Day 0 | Nimue takes Erion's dagger |
| Anias's Murder | Day 1 | Nimue kills the goddess with Arcblade |
| The Spark Given | Day 1 | Anias gives Erion the Spark of Light |
| Nimue Flees | Day 1 | Godslayer vanishes into the night |
| Marael's Wrath | Day 2+ | Storms tear the sky, vengeance declared |
Key Events
The Oracle's Poison The disgraced oracle Mildor preyed on Nimue's fear of mortality. He told her of a forbidden ritual: slay a goddess with a divine weapon, inherit her immortality.
The Murder On the eve of her wedding, Nimue took Erion's sacred dagger-the Arcblade-and murdered Anias in her chambers. The goddess knew Nimue's intent but chose not to defend herself.
The Spark of Light With her dying breath, Anias gave Erion the Spark of Light-the first light she ever created. She begged him to protect her dream: Arcania, and the mortals who lived there.
The World Trembles When Anias died, her children and Marael felt it as if wounded themselves. Marael's grief became wrath. The sky split with storms. An age ended.
Abyssal Age (Years 1-100)
Vengeance and transformation
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marael Declares War | Year 1 | Vengeance against all mortals |
| Alassa Transformed | Year 1 | Becomes the Dread Emissary |
| Anguish Stone Given | Year 1 | Alassa receives the artifact of destruction |
| First Dominions Fall | Years 1-30 | Alassa conquers most of Arcania |
| Valoryn Founded | Year 45 | Last bastion established |
| Grand Alliance Formed | Year 50 | Four races unite |
Key Events
The Dread Emissary Marael transformed Alassa into his weapon of vengeance. He gave her a new name-the Dread Emissary-and an artifact of terrible power: the Anguish Stone, forged from the essence of the Titans' clash.
The Conquest With the Anguish Stone, Alassa commanded armies of nightmare creatures. She swept across Arcania, conquering territory at devastating speed. By Year 30, roughly 70% of the continent had fallen.
The Resistance Forms Erion gathered survivors. Aldric became the First Paladin. The four mortal races-historically divided-united under shared threat. Valoryn was founded as the last bastion.
Stalemate By Year 100, the initial conquest had stalled. Neither side could achieve decisive victory. The war settled into grinding attrition.
Eclipse Age (Years 100-200)
The current era
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Century of Stalemate | Years 100-180 | Neither side gains ground |
| Dark Titan Vision | Year 185 | Marael sees the true threat |
| Eterna Citadel Falls | Year 185 | The Titan's hand crushes divine home |
| Marael Defects | Year 186 | Joins Erion's resistance |
| Current Day | Year 200 | Final campaign begins |
Key Events
The Grinding War For a century, the war continued without decisive change. Alassa held her Dominions. The Alliance held Valoryn. Countless soldiers died for miles of ground.
The Vision When Marael attempted to end the war by speaking to Alassa, he was seized by a vision: the Dark Titan's will, reaching through the Anguish Stone, using Alassa to rebuild itself. The war had never been about vengeance-it was about cosmic resurrection.
The Citadel Falls A colossal hand-fragment of the Dark Titan-emerged from a dimensional rift and crushed the Eterna Citadel. The divine home fell to earth, becoming the Throne of Ruin. Morgathis, the Hand itself, became a general.
Marael's Choice Horrified by what he had enabled, Marael descended to the mortal realm and joined Erion. For the first time in two centuries, father and son fought together.
The Current Day Year 200. With Marael's defection, the Alliance finally has hope of reaching the Throne of Ruin. The final campaign through the Five Dominions has begun. The war's end approaches-one way or another.
Timeline Summary
| Era | Duration | Key Event |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Creation | Unknown | Titans clash, Marael born |
| Dawn Era | Millennia | Marael finds and awakens Anias |
| Eternal Era | Millions of years | Gods build civilization, children born |
| Golden Age | ~500 years | Gods among mortals, love and betrayal |
| Duskfall | Days | Anias murdered, era ends |
| Abyssal Age | 100 years | Conquest, resistance forms |
| Eclipse Age | 100 years | Current war, Marael defects |
What Comes Next?
The timeline is not finished. The final chapters are being written now-by the heroes who storm the Dominions, by the generals who defend them, and by the choices made in the coming battles.