Timeline

This is a timeline of the history of Azuria, detailing major events and changes in the world.

Primeval Age

 * The Infinity Flux occurs; the Dominion of Order and Dominion of Chaos are created
 * Azothian manifests from the primordial chaos of the Outside; other primals also begin to come into being.
 * Yaldabaoth travels to the Core and discovers the existence of prima.
 * Yaldabaoth is possessed by Proto-Kamon, the Lord in Ash, and dons the name of Father Kamon.
 * Kamon fuses prima and azoth to create azurium, also known as aether.
 * Kamon's Rebellion occurs; Kamon wins the war against Azothian, the ruler of the Outside.
 * Using the power of creation derived from the combination of prima and azoth, Kamon creates the multiverse of Azuria
 * The World Mantle is formed, separating the realms of Azuria from the Outside.
 * The twelve dominions along with their respective Aeons are created within Azuria.
 * The world of Providence and its first species, including the sapient demihumans, are created.

Demihuman Age
Prehistory to 5 BS 5 BS 4 BS 1 BS
 * The demihumans rise and forge myriad nations, often clashing with one another due to their biological and cultural differences.
 * Kamon plays an active role in the lives of the demihumans arbitrating between demihuman factions and governing the realms.
 * Anami, also known as the Jester, is sent by Azothian to infiltrate Azuria and attempt to kill Kamon so that the World Mantle loses its supporting power.
 * Raven is created in the form of a human and is given the task of starting a rebellion against Kamon.
 * Raven travels to the continent of East Vera and meets Megumi, the representative of the yokai tribes in the Far East, in order to seek support for the rebellion against Kamon.
 * Raven and Megumi gather support from various demihuman factions and incite unrest throughout Providence.
 * The War in Heaven begins between the rebel forces of Raven and the divine armies of Kamon, referred to as the Order of Infinity.
 * The rebel forces lose the war after Raven is defeated by Kamon and vanishes from history.
 * The Great Sealing occurs and the demihumans are expunged from the face of Providence and replaced by humans
 * Kamon creates the Seven Virtue Knights to watch over Providence and act as its guardians while the Dominion of Order, also known as Pleroma, is sealed away to prevent a future rebellion.
 * The Virtue Knights are granted the Seven Divine Weapons that serve as keys to unlock the seals separating the Dominion of Order from the other worlds as a contingency measure against crises that require the immediate return of Kamon.

Antiquity Age
1 - 100 AS
 * The human races disperse throughout the world of Providence and establish new cities, towns, and villages replacing the fallen demihumans of the past.

1 AS
 * Anami meets with Megumi and formally establishes the Society of Azoth; the drafting of the Sophia Master Plan begins.
 * The Tower of the Dreamers housing the Cult of Endless Wisdom, a sinister doomsday cult, is built.
 * The Church of Kamon, centered around the worship of Father Kamon and the recording of history, is founded in the Free City of Alion, also known as the Holy City, and dispatches missionaries across the realm.

Classical Age
122 AS 122 - 200 AS 131 AS 144 AS 145 AS 150 AS - 180 AS 160 AS - 200 AS 164 AS 170 - 190 AS 174 AS 184 AS 186 - 198 AS 190 - 210 AS
 * The High Kingdom of Tzin rises to power in the Valley of the Naguals under the leadership of High King Acazuma
 * Under the rule of Acazuma, the armies of Tzin expand and conquer neighboring countries; by the end of the first century, most of the nations in the continents of Idellia and Huata have been annexed by the kingdom
 * The city of Riza is founded along the Mibwan Delta by powerful artificer families; the most influential of these families is the Saif Dynasty.
 * The Empire of Yura is founded in the Celestial City of Yura; the surrounding territory is henceforth referred to as the Crowned Lands.
 * The first ruler of Yura and the founder of the Long Dynasty, Emperor Zhan Long, declares himself a divine successor of Kamon.
 * The Sultanate of Sarima rapidly expands across the continent of Sahaka, forging great cities and fortresses using advanced earthcraft.
 * Emperor Zhan begins his campaign to unify the continent of East Vera and declares war against the Kingdom of Bando.
 * The Bandolese are defeated and subjugated by imperial armies under the command of Emperor Zhan and become the first of the Four Kingdoms.
 * The Great Empire of Vera rises to power in what is now known as the Free City of Midia and rapidly expands across West Vera under the military genius of Marius the Conqueror.
 * With the acquisition of Bandolese resources, the Yuran Armada is created and used to invade the Shogunate of Mizuma, forcing its subjugation as the second of the Four Kingdoms.
 * The rival Empire of Wo falls apart due to internal conflicts and rebellion; Emperor Zhan declares the subjugation of Wo as the third of the Four Kingdoms.
 * The Raj of Padwal is conquered by Yuran armies after a long and bloody war; the imperials suffer heavy casualties due to the mountainous terrain of Padwal.
 * Marius the Conqueror begins the campaign to conquer the continent of Sahaka and leads the West Veran Expeditionary Force to fight against the Sultanate of Sarima.

Dark Age
200 AS 202 AS 206 AS 208 - 220 AS 212 AS 220 AS - 230 AS 222 AS 232 - 240 AS 236 AS 242 - 250 AS
 * Emperor Zhan Long is assassinated by Mudai Gadha, the former court alchemist of Padwal.
 * Mudai is invited to join the Society of Azoth as Apostle No. XII.
 * Archaeologists of the High Kingdom of Tzin discover ancient demihuman ruins beneath the city of Xotlan and begin excavation operations.
 * The Curse of Tzin is awakened under Xotlan; the high kingdom descends into a spiral of civil war and madness as the curse stirs up hatred and resentment within the citizens of Tzin.
 * Acazuma discovers that the curse originates from a mysterious being referred to by the ancient demihumans as the Lord of the Black Tides.
 * Atrocities become commonplace within Tzin territory as the people lose their sanity to the curse.
 * By the end of this time period, the nation of Tzin has effectively collapsed, and its former territories have splintered into warring tribes.
 * The Sultanate of Sarima surrenders to the Great Empire of Midia and becomes an imperial vassal.
 * The Great Empire of Vera launches a full-scale invasion against the Empire of Yura and succeeds in occupying nearly half of the continent of East Vera.
 * Mudai begins research on the Silver Demise, a man-made disease to be used against Marius's forces but is harmless to those of East Yuran blood.
 * Acazuma is invited to join the Society of Azoth as the Sixth Corvus following the fall of the High Kingdom of Tzin.
 * The Silver Demise is unleashed against the West Veran Expeditionary Force and quickly spreads westward to infect the people of West Vera and Sahaka.
 * Marius the Conqueror succumbs to the Silver Demise, throwing the imperial forces into disarray.
 * The Great Empire of Vera has effectively collapsed as a result of civil unrest over the Silver Demise pandemic; the vassals of Vera rebel against the imperial throne and declare independence.

Early Medieval Age
303 AS 326 - 344 AS 355 AS 379 AS
 * The Kingdom of Veille is founded by the former imperial House Tior in the city of Argence after successfully fighting off imperial loyalists.
 * The Journey of the Eight Pillars begins.
 * The Eight Pillar Warriors, also known as the Eight Youxias, swear oaths of brotherhood between each other and embark on a quest to find the secrets of immortality for Emperor Ba Shen.
 * They discover the secrets of reality's origins through an unknown source and learn of the existence of the Dominion of Chaos and the Chaotic Mandates.
 * Corrupted by the knowledge of Chaos and the Outside and enthralled by the Chaos God Nokutan, the Eight Pillar Warriors vanish off the face of Providence and fade into history, eventually becoming nothing more than folk tales in the Empire of Yura.
 * Bizzare ritual murders take place in Shitochi, a small rural village in the Kingdom of Shima.
 * The matriarchal Bensaid Dynasty rises to power in the Sultanate of Sarima, overthrowing the previous Saif Dynasty.

High Medieval Age
420 - 430 AS 450 - 460 AS
 * The Veillean Revolution begins as the other noble houses of the Kingdom of Veille declare the lords and scions of House Tior as tyrants.
 * House Tior is overthrown by the rebel forces and its members are executed.
 * House Valion becomes the new royal family of the Kingdom of Veille with the signing of La Charte de Argence, a charter that formalized the distribution of powers within the noble hierarchy of the kingdom.
 * The Vandian Wars occur.
 * Led by Jarl Vegeir Bloodsong, raiders from the Jarldom of Vandia cross the Halia Sea to invade the Kingdom of Veille.
 * The Veillean cities of Dolffridd, Halon, Llynblaidd, and Castellwyn, are sacked by Vandians; the nobles of House Noire, House Aimer, House Calt, and House Graysilver are captured as hostages by Vandians.
 * The Battle of Penchester occurs; Jarl Vegeir is slain in single combat at the hand of Count Leonard Pent.
 * Knights from House Valion, House Amora, House Rem, House Lughman, and House Rosedeuil band together to drive back the Vandian raiders.
 * The Veillean Royal Navy led by Duke Francisco Spina engages Vandian warships and ekes out a pyrrhic victory.
 * Jarl Folke Greenthorn, the elected successor to Jarl Vegeir, surrenders to the Kingdom of Veille and orders a retreat from Veillean lands.

Late Medieval Age
539 AS 540 - 545 AS 547 AS 577 AS
 * Zumiye Korell, the Mad Tyrant ruling the Despotate of Vlozky, is assassinated by an unknown agent believed to be working for the Petty Lords; it is later revealed that the assassin was Brutus Delgado of the Church of Kamon’s Hallowed Inquisition.
 * The War of the Leeches begins as a result of the power void left by the death of Mad Tyrant Zumiye.
 * The Church of Kamon intervenes and sends the Father’s Army to intervene and force an end to the war.
 * The Commonwealth of Vlozky is established following a series of wars and alliances between the Petty Lords in the region.
 * The Lodge of the Freebankers is established in the Free City of Midia.

Revelatory Age
610 - 615 AS 633 AS 650 AS 666 AS
 * The Hallowed Inquisition, an organization of the Church of Kamon, begins Operation Hexward, a massive campaign to cleanse the West Veran continent of heresy in response to rumors of demonic and occult incidents.
 * The Tower of Dreamers is stormed by inquisitors from the Church of Kamon but is found empty and devoid of human life; the whereabouts of the Cult of Endless Wisdom remain unknown.
 * Researchers from the Congregation for the Apocrypha are called to the Tower of Dreamers to investigate any information left behind by the cult.
 * The Alleanza Pact is signed in the Free City of Midia, forming the Free Cities Union between the various free cities located in the center of West Prima.
 * The House of Shadows is established by Lord Dio Malisi, a demonic survivor of the War in Heaven, in the Free City of Midia.

Colonial Age
763 AS 772 - 780 AS 775 - 800 AS 800 - 825 AS 815 - 820 AS 835 AS
 * Erik Tidetamer sails across the Delune Ocean and lands on the northeastern coast of Idellia.
 * The Rakshesha Rebellion occurs in the Kingdom of Padwal over the inept rule of King Agoy Bakshi.
 * King Agoy is deposed and replaced by his eldest daughter; the Kingdom of Padwal becomes a matriarchy with an enatic succession system.
 * The Colonial Wars begin, forcing the natives of Idellia to retreat into the continent of Huata.
 * The Thousand Confederation is formed between the tribes of Idell-Huata in order to provide mutual defense against the colonists.
 * The Sariman Invasion occurs.
 * The Sultanate of Sarima, aided by Kifo Company mercenaries, invades the realms of West Vera as part of a bid for hegemony over the West Veran and Sahakan continents.
 * The Western Entente is formed between the Kingdom of Veille, Jarldom of Vandia, the Free Cities Union, and the Commonwealth of Vlozky to defend against the Sariman invasion.
 * The Westerly Grand Corps is hired by the Western Entente to defend against the Sarimans.
 * The Summit of Six occurs; King Alden Valion, Jarl Garth Goldfist, Lord Caio Silva, His Holiness the Pope, Prime Minister Vitaliy Datsyuk, and Captain Dimas Guerra of the Westerly Grand Corps meet in order to prepare a counteroffensive against the Sariman invasion.
 * The Sultanic Army withdraws from the continent of West Vera following a series of total defeats.
 * The colonists of Idellia band together and declare independence, forming the Republic of Liebrand.
 * The leaders of the Empire of Yura declare a campaign to retake their Idellian holdings.
 * Admiral Janos Triver faces off against the Yuran Armada led by Admiral Yong Sun Seo of the Kingdom of Bando and achieves victory in the pivotal naval battle; Triver Beach is named in his honor.
 * The Kairos Incident occurs; secessionists from the native tribes of the province attempt to withdraw from the Republic of Liebrand but are defeated by Liebrish soldiers.
 * Kairos is stripped of its rights as a republican province and becomes a subject nation known as the Technocracy of Kairos.

Aetherial Age
850 AS 850 - 890 AS
 * Elin Academy is founded by the famed artificer David Berry in southwest Idellia, eventually becoming known as one of the most prestigious academic institution in the world of Providence
 * The Aetherial Revolution begins with the invention of azurith-based technology by scientist Baltasar Neumann.
 * Neumann discovers a way to efficiently extract energy using azurith, a crystallized form of azurium.
 * Manufacturing industries begin to boom with the help of Neumann’s discoveries, henceforth referred to as aetherial technology.
 * Modern inventions such as aetherial cars, computers, light bulbs, and telephones begin to be created.

884 AS
 * Neumann uncovers the influence of the Chaotic Mandates through his research on azurium and begins to suspect the existence of the Outside.

888 AS
 * Neumann is invited to join the Society of Azoth as the Second Corvus but is believed to have died of old age by most people in the world.
 * The Neumann Institute is established in Neumann’s honor as a scientist by his disciples.

Modern Age
904 AS 913 AS 934 AS 999 AS 1004 AS 1005 AS 1009 AS 1017 - 1018 AS
 * Elin Academy is founded by David Berry, a famed artificer from the Republic of Liebrand.
 * The International Bank of Tillan is founded in the Free City of Tillan.
 * The til is established as the standard currency in the Free Cities Union and begins to spread throughout the world due to the influence of the Lodge of the Freebankers.
 * Yamazaki Academy is founded in the Kingdom of Shima.
 * The Temple Lords of the Thousand Confederation begin drafting plans for the Great Reclamation, a plan to cripple the Republic of Liebrand and retake the continent of Idellia into native hands.
 * Zacharias Green, a roguish waif from Letto City in the Republic of Liebrand, is invited to join the Society of Azoth as Apostle No. X after the infamous Halcyon Casino Heist.
 * A series of heists perpetrated by Zacharias take place throughout the world; Phantom Thief Z becomes a pop icon.
 * The Millerton Killings are perpetrated by the cannibal Zanber, also known as the Silent Slasher, who lost his mind and became filled with an insatiable hunger due to being a failed subject of Project Blackspore's human experimentation.
 * The Society of Azoth carries out the Twilight Genesis Plan in the continent of Idellia.
 * The Sons of Freedom instigate mass protests and riots in Azalea Province calling for Kairosian independence.
 * Zanber reappears in Letto Province and a new string of serial killings begins; Apostle Zacharias arrives and captures Zanber after he is defeated by students of Elin Academy.
 * The LCS Harmony, a Liebrish cargo ship carrying biological materials for research, is attacked and hijacked by Guy Kirkham, an Apostle of the Society.