Timeline

AS = Ante Supremus (Before the Sovereign), DS = Dies Supremus (Day of the Sovereign) PS = Post Supremus (After the Sovereign)

~3000 AS to ~500 AS: While certain pieces of evidence hint at a world of at least mild technological mastery and magic, all of that was lost at some point and this time period is filled with rudimentary civilizations doing their best to survive in a wild world of monsters. Small kingdoms would form and fall every other century and the lands were covered with roving barbarians and tribes of savage peoples. Widely called "The Great Devastation" by scholars, whole swaths of human and human adjacent species were wiped from the face of the earth due to some unknown and sudden societal collapse.  It was a dark time, and what little historical evidence remains of that time is fragmented at best and unreadable at most.

• It was during these days that it is believed the worlds third moon was struck by a large celestial object, or ruptured in some other way, the debris of which now forms the stunning rings we now see in the sky.

470 AS - 462 AS: Self declared Emperor Lamaar Ortigal leads his kingdom across the lands, uniting provinces and previously unaligned communities under one banner. The Ortigalli Empire of Ortigal is created and last for several centuries while various emperors take the mantle and continue to expand.

381 AS - The leaders of the two prominent religious groups at the time (Chosen Marcus Divitius and Great Mother Elita Tidal) both share a vision from their deity, each designating a different person to become the next emperor. The empire erupts into disagreements as up till then, the emperor was always chosen via a collective vote by representatives of the different provinces. After nearly a year of messy deliberation, riots, and several political assassinations, the empire fragments into three, each new empire forming around a different figurehead. While each called themselves The EmpireOrtigalli of Ortigal,Empire, scholars continue to refer to the elected emperor at the time (Curran Lin), and his territory as the Ortigalli Empire, emperor Cassius Durado and his territory as the Western Empire, and emperor Ignati Fero and his territory as the Central Empire.

• It is around this time as well that Magic began to become a less taboo subject and various political and religious groups saw the potential of having mages within their ranks.

299 AS - Only fragmentary evidence remains of the event, but it is documented that on a calm winter day, a blindingly bright light appeared within the borders of the Central Empire. The light lasted for one hour before stopping abruptly. Reports of investigations revealed that the Central Empire was gone. Buildings, roads, people, all man made objects save for a lead chest sealed with magic. When mages finally managed to open it, they found the ramblings of Emperor Fero who claimed to have discovered a spell that would place him and his people "above all others". References to teleportation magics as well as demonic contracts and significant descriptions of the Bris-Moon. The scholars were baffled, but before anyone could take the time to investigate further, the Western Empire and the Ortigalli Empire entered the bloodiest war the world had yet seen, fighting over the now vacant territory.

296 AS - A peace treaty is signed as the two empires realized the losses they were taking would, if not stopped, would leave them vulnerable to the numerous independent tribes around them. Small skirmishes still occurred of course, but the official war was ended.

227 AS - The Master Court Mages from the Western Empire and Ortigalli Empire, in an effort to strengthen bonds between the two nations, begin a joint research project on the teleportation magic that may have been used by Ignati Fero. Less than a week into their experiments the two are dragged into a portal to Hell by a demon, which was witnessed by eight apprentice mages (four from each empire) and were never seen again. Joint research projects never happened again between the two empires.

100 AS - On the day after the winter solstice, a man appears in the streets of the Western Empire and a woman appears in the streets of the Ortigalli Empire. They declare themselves to be prophets of the Sovereign who would come to cleanse the world of strife and conflict. Independent attempts to capture the prophets resulted in the deaths of a cumulative thirteen people before they were left alone and allowed to wander the city, under watchful eye. No official record of the deaths remain, but some independent journals and writings by eyewitnesses describe fire consuming any who approached the prophets with ill intent.

• Over the course of the year, the prophets gather a small following of people who begin to take their words to heart. The religions at the time are less than happy about this but it's decided that there is nothing that can be done. Though the prophets never speak to anyone directly, it is clear to some that their words have meaning and weight behind them and are worth taking seriously.

99 AS - On the day of the winter solstice, the man and the woman immolate in front of the crowds of people who followed them daily. Panic ensues briefly before people among the crowds begin speaking on behalf of the prophets, reading aloud the words they had written down over the course of their year listening. It is now widely known that there was a prophet both in the Western and Ortigalli Empires and small groups of Sovereignites (as they were called at the time) began to form and send letters back and forth.

86 AS - The Sovereignites at this point have grown to such popularity that both empires, and religious leaders are worried that they may begin to move away from the teachings and laws of their fathers and begin anew. Emperor Titus Origo of the Western Empire and Emperor Ithilion Archalon of the Ortigalli Empire quietly decide with the church leaders that they would all be better off should they become one nation. They make a joint announcement a few days before the winter solstice that "for the sake of the people" the empires will be dissolved and reformed into a democratic republic.

85 AS - The last two emperors are hanged side by side a week after the winter solstice. The nation shatters.

85 AS - 0 AS - People once again gather into small communities, declaring themselves as kingdoms and duchies. Warlords and Barons rise and fall every other decade and it is widely considered by modern scholars to be "a very bad time to be alive".