Working together, the gods create the world of Gael and cover it with plants. They then take turns populating it with the animals and sentient races. The gods do not notice that Amasagnul got an early start.
Dwarven miners discover Amasagnul's birthing chamber which erupts with monsters. The gods come to Gael to fight beside their creations. Amasagnul eventually repulses the invaders, killing three of every four gods including their King, Erde. Both sides withdraw forces to rest and rebuild.
First Emperor of Tian Jin
Year 3000 Pre History - Unknown to Western civilization, the First Emperor of Tian Jin conquers his neighbors and ascends to the Throne of Heaven.
First Pharaoh of Aswan Delta
Year 0 - The Cradle of Civilization begins along the Aswan River with Imhotep takes the throne. When the calendar is invented 50 years later, the rise of the first Pharaoh is set as Year 0. Imhotep had already stepped down as Pharaoh at that time, though he continues to live much longer.
Year 189 - Hellas is born as a democracy on the eastern continent and gives birth to the Golden Age of Philosophy. It eventually becomes an empire after conquering most of the east.
Founding of the Qatif Caliphate
Year 212 - Descendants of mixed Hellanuc/Aswan ancestry found the Qatif Caliphate and make great advances in the fields of Mathematics and Astronomy. They found an empire which still exists in modern times.
Imhotep writes the Tome of the Dead
Year 231 - Imhotep writes the Tome of the Dead and sets down the structures for society in the Aswan Delta specifying Belet-Seri's Rites of Embalming.
Grand Pyramid of Aswan Completed
Year 278 - The first of the great pyramids in Aswan is completed, housing Imhotep and the priesthood of Belet-Seri.
The Night of Falling Fire
Year 578 - An elven mage beats his rival Amin Mazen in a game. Mazen calls down a meteor in retaliation, destroying the western quarter of the continent of Nordun. Elven civilization is gutted, with five of their seven cities lost and it never recovers. The eastern continents meet the Tian for the first time as one of their ships arrives later that year to investigate.
Year 590 - Orcs invade the goblins. R'zal slays Gorblat and becomes a demigod founding Baruun Urt.
Last Hellanic Emperor Dies
Year 654 - Octavius, the last Hellanic Emperor dies. Over expansion leads to the fall of the empire. Scholars argue for centuries over the exact cause.
Year 798 - The central core of the Hellenic Empire eventually reforms as the nation of Caracas and enters intense competition with the Caliphate.
Year 867 - Caracas attempts to rebuild the Empire and invades the Caliphate during a succession dispute. The invasion fails but infighting keeps the Caliphate from capitalizing on the situation.
Year 932 - The greatest of Amasagnul's children, the Tarrasque, surfaces in western Tian Jin and turns eastward. It devastates the heart of the nation and is finally killed in Xi'an by gating it to Erde.
Fall of Aran & Birth of the Empire
Year 1065 - The Eisenstadt tribe of barbarians rise to power and establish their kingdom. Years later they conquer the city of Rouen, establishing a new Empire. Seeking legitimacy, they trace their line back to Hellas and claim to be the Hellanic Empire reborn. They eventually conquer the entire continent.
Year 1065 - The Eisenstadt turn inward, splitting and then conquering the elves of the west. The elves are enslaved when a quarter of their number refuse to surrender. Anhes and Arasinya achieve Godhood.
Year 1065 - The elves, still fighting, flee north from the Eisenstadt and enter the ancient caverns leading to Amasanul's birthing chamber. They found the city of Ithilaughym in rarely used tertiary pathways. Close proximity to Amasagnul changes the elves, creating the first Dark Elves.
Year 1172 - The Eisenstadt Empire finally withdraws after 15 years of siege around the dwarven hold of Bjorgvin. This is a major blow for the Empire as they have lost countless dead in the mountains.
Revolt of the Free Kingdoms
Year 1276 - The southern nobles of the Empire, conquered during the birth of the Empire, demand more and more autonomy. Despite acquiescence from the Empire, or perhaps because of it, the Kingdoms eventually revolt. They immediately break into city states once independence is won but the Empire is so weakened that they are unable to retake the peninsula.
Rise of the Pirate Princes
Year 1302 - Encouraged by the Free Kingdoms, pirates in the eastern sea begin to openly attack Empire trading vessels. The Empire sends a flotilla to retaliate and the sea is renamed the Sunken Sea for all the Empire ships sent to the bottom.
This is the current year in the world of Gael.
