World History (overview)

Nomadic Times
>BA. History before this point is unknown. It is thought that humanoids wandered the land outnumbered by beasts. There are some signs of a history before what we know implying a calamity resetting life on Astralla.

Age of Human Prosperity
0-1100 PA. People started to settle and take advantage of the newly founded agriculture. Villages formed and grew to town then cities. Empires rose and fell, battles were fought, and Astralla slowly grew closer to the planet we know.

The Age of Arcane Enlightenment
1100-1501 PA. With the expansion of the empires seemingly leveling out, people turned their attentions to the gain of knowledge, not land. With all these knew cultures easily accessible, people (mostly innately nonarcanic humans) started seeking the magic possessed by other races like elves. Magic became normally practiced by almost everyone and Arcane Academies started to form bringing the rural farmers into the now quickly growing cities. Worship and the spread of religion also grew during this time creating the pantheon we know today.

The Malediction Wars (The Age of Arcane Diminishment)
1501-1587 PA. A power warlock made a pact with the god of greed, Avarice. The warlock was given immense power. He laughed and challenged Avarice to a fight with the goal of gaining his Divine Powers. He wanted to be a god. Avarice won in a battle shook Astralla, destroying cities but that was only the start. The battle inspired some to attempt to gain full divinity and after many battles causing unmeasurable damage, the gods fled the material plain. The didn’t stop the power hungry mortals, entitled the Mages of Avarice, and so the gods created creatures to fight for them, many that are still around. Battles continued to for eighty seven years before the gods declared that the fighting had stopped and the skies cleared.

The Age of Contrivance
1587-1750 PA. In the aftermath of the wars rebuilding began. The Academies that helped in the battles against the mages had join together to help reform the fallen empires of the continent of Tantilwin (where the war took place) forming the Tantilwin Popularis. Astralla slowly rebuilt the fallen cities and within a century, things were back to normal.

Era of Expansion
1750-2300 PA. Many decided to spread out from the cities and make a simple life in agriculture or mining. Eventually Tantilwin and Xehier started to get crowded and the idea to find new land was once again in full swing. This time there was new technologies like larger boats and cartography methods. The southern nations of Novulbren like Furasta were found at this time.

Mechanical Era
2300 PA.-Current day (around 2450). With civilization in almost every corner of the world now, exploring the limits of human creation took over. The invention of the steam locomotive makes it possible to transport people and goods massive distances in a much shorter period of time. The idea of flight is being explored every day.