1. Timelines

History of Aeternia

Pre-Sundering

  • Earliest Written Records of Aeternia

    Although Aeternia existed for many millennia before The Sundering, the earliest records only go back to about 1000 years before The Sundering. During this Era, Teer have just begun to establish a coherent civilization on the site of the future nation of Stormbane and Humans have found their place in the world alongside Obsidai, making a name for themselves as a resilient and creative group. Some records from this time period indicate the existence of the Wildkin, but consensus on this is hazy at best.

  • First Divine Contact

    - 820 years before The Sundering

    The Blood Mother makes herself known to the world. During some mining operations on Feylin, a strange but soothing voice could be heard echoing through the tunnels. The Obsidai and Humans who were part of the operation dug deeper towards what they assumed was the source of the voice until they found a large cavern. Peculiarly, this cavern was made of worked marble with a large alter in the center. By sheer accident, one of the Obsidai injured themselves on a cracked shard of the alter, spilling a few drops of blood on the alter. The voice of the Blood Mother filled the room and while the mining party was terrified, they had opened the door to communication with the first proven deity in Aeternia's pantheon.

  • Erskine Established

    - 650 years before The Sundering

    Disperate Wildkin form their first large city, Erskine, in Northern Wolfsbane. Trade between the Wildkin and Humans of Wolfsbane begins.

  • Founding of Stormbane

    - 520 Years before the Sundering

    Conall Stormbane, grandfather of Aymar, founds the nation of Stormbane. Due to the distance between the Teer and the other groups of Aeternia, it is a nation primarily made of Teer. Crossing the oceans to Stormbane is still too dangerous for many to make the journey.

  • First Celestus Born

    - 470 years before The Sundering

  • Discovery of the Leylines

    - 400 years before The Sundering

    Discovery of the first set of leylines: Nature, Day, Night, Life, Death, and Time. The magics dubbed Nether and Cosmos were also discovered, but a leyline for either of them was never located.

  • Order and Chaos Leylines Discovered

    392 years before The Sundering

    The leyline on Stormbane is officially named Chaos and Order is discovered and named on Tyrania.

  • Magic Harnessed

    - 350 years before The Sundering

    Scholars from Stormbane and Tyrania both manage to harness the inate magical power of Aeternia. They shape it into spells and begin to form technologies based on this new energy source. Although crude at first, magic would become a mainstay for many aspects of life.

  • First Keegan Born

    - 195 years before The Sundering

  • Void Leyline Discovered

    172 years before The Sundering


  • Stormbane Sequestered

    - 10 years before The Sundering

    Following the disappearance of his son, Aymar Stormbane closes off Stormbane, turning away all non-citizens from visitation and trade. The stated reason is "for the preservation of my family and the culture of our nation."

  • Disappearence of Chroniki

    3-4 years before The Sundering

    Chroniki is believed to have disappeared around this time. It is also the last known documentation of the Time leyline being sensed.

  • Appearance of Meta-Thanaton

    3 years before The Sundering

    Earliest documented communication with Meta-Thanaton

The Sundering

The Sundering was a magical event that took all scholars by surprise. Aeternia shook... but not like an earthquake. Every bit of land almost felt like it was being whisked away. The stress on the land caused fractures and eventual splitting of the land. The oceans drained away, turning the continents into the floating islands known today. For such a seemingly cataclysmic event, the damage was strangely surgical. Beyond the destruction on the seas, almost no major damage occurred on the islands themselves. Nobody is quite sure how the land masses remain suspended over seeming nothingness, but it's clear that nothing hospitable waits below.

The Cycles

Time is hard to follow in The Cycles, so what follows is the Timeskippers accounts of what can best be put together. As more cycles occur, their events will be documented to the best of The Timeskippers abilities. What is known is the cycles all seem to start 3 years after The Sundering, on the day that Lex was meant to be named heir to the throne of Stormbane. The ceremony was revealed to be a trap by Aymar to get get his rebellious daughter close.

It is unknown how many cycles occurred before Lex, Rex, and Bilni figured out the nature of the Cycles. All that is known is that the three of them became aware of their nature as Timeskippers in the same cycle and were drawn together by fate to form the group that now chronicles the cycles and attempts to understand the mysteries of the world.

  • Cycle 1

    The Formation of the Timeskippers


    The first large group of Timeskippers came together about 2 years into what is now dubbed Cycle 1. 

    After a quick orientation from Lex and Bilni, the newly awoken Timeskippers were thrown directly into the thick of things. After dealing with mysterious void rifts and a now broken orb of immense power, the Timeskippers met two new companions -- a 9 tailed fox named Tsuki and Onwa, a strange person from the forest with a very... unique way of speaking. Both of them appear to have the ability to manipulate these void rifts and the shards they produce in a way unlike any other.