Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Aetolia"

The opposition to the Indoron, now bolstered by the power of the Gods, reforms as the [[Illuminai]]. They are composed of the precursors to [[Priests]], known as [[Luminaries]], and the [[Daru]]. A temple is built in the southeast in an area that would later become the city of [[Shallam]] after the Indoron raze the temple to the ground.

 

Guided by a conclave of the Ankyrean Order and the united Gods, a circle of seven [[Spirit Plane|Spirit]]-channelers ambush and annihilate Yetrent's physical form, trapping him as a wretched spirit. With the fall of Yetrent, the core of the Dark Empire's magical forces collapse, and eventually Bloodloch itself is besieged. [[Imal]], Yetrent's second-in-command and the current leader of the Indorani, evacuates a portion of his followers from Bloodloch and enacts the collapse of the caverns to deny the forces of Light from a total victory over them. A small pocket of Dark Empire loyalists survive in areas like Azdun and the Dun Fortress. Mysteriously, [[Llazuth]] and her [[Black Keep]] are hidden away beyond the veil to preserve the secrets of the Empire.

 

A small group of mortals led by an Ankyrean called [[Azaeru]], calling themselves the [[Naldareth]], seek succor in Kelsys, using dire warnings of a prophesied threat to gain entry and influence. This group is capable of channeling power from the [[:Category:Elemental Planes|Elemental Planes]] - Azaeru is in fact a renegade of the Order, and becomes responsible for teaching rellyw to channel the elements.

 

The Naldareth inscribe Azaeru's apocalyptic visions onto the walls of the [[Silver Spire]], and begin to preach of a coming destructive force that the woefully under-prepared city could not hope to stand against. Panicked and afraid, and unable to contact their Matron, the Kelki allow the Naldareth to install themselves in the Silver Spire. They are trained in making use of the elements and form the core of the Naldareth guild, led by the [[Eye of Eternity]] and his followers.

 

Meanwhile, in the [[Misty Isles]], [[mystics]] rise up and begin tapping into the leylines as fuel for their magicks. [[Ashtan]] is founded there as a haven for scholars and mortal magicians, and is cloaked from the Indoron by powerful illusions. Their isolation is short-lived, however, as the [[Nazetu]] arrive from the [[Western Isles]] and lay siege to Ashtan.

 

[[Prophecy of the Children#The First Child|The First Child]] is revealed to be a summoning of the Indorani as they assault the Silver Spire, dashing themselves against the newly-built defenses of Kelsys. The city takes extensive damage, and the Naldareth depart for a more defensible area - the city of Shallam. They shroud Kelsys in a protective veil called the [[Lutha Kelma]] to hide them from [[Prophecy of the Children#The Second Child|the Second Child]].

 

Scattered after the attack from the Nazetu, the mystics of the Misty Isles attract the attention of the Ankyreans, who observe them and rediscover the properties of the leylines that were once hidden from them by Varian. The Ankyreans use this knowledge to construct the [[orrery]] and [[leyspike]] in Spinesreach, and it is during this time that the skill of [[Shapeshifter|Lycanthropy]] is derived from magical techniques pioneered by the mystics. The first [[Atabahi]] flee Spinesreach and hide in [[Three Rock Outpost]], founding the [[Atabahi (Guild)|Atabahi Rout]].