Second Era

- 2E 00
• Denalis begins cultivating the Fields of Æternum to create the Vast Woods.

• Grand Priest Ricter reorganizes The Church of the Senarius into the Church of the Chosen Three. Magic is outlawed by the church.

• Priest Armus receives a vision of calamity from Bahamut and becomes the first of the Prophets.

• Priest Armus details his vision in the Sacred Codex.

• The remaining spell-casters abandon the Sorcerous Academy and go into hiding.

- 2E 02
• The shattered kingdom of Sigard is officially reorganized into three separate kingdoms; Sigard, Vailand, and Istor.

• Vailand’s government is taken over by the church, with Grand Priest Ricter serving as the head of the Kingdom.

• A small group of displaced spellcasters discover the Aspen Eye deep inside the Aspen Mountains, prompting them to found the Order of the Aspen Druids.

- 2E 10
• Grand Priest Ricter initiates the First Sorcerous Inquisition.

• The Clerics of the Chosen Three are brought together. The Rites of the Chosen Three are written.

• Through the casting of a Mass Memory Modification spell, the Compendium Clandestine is lost and forgotten by all but Denalis.

- 2E 12
• Karsus abandons the Clerics of the Chosen Three and goes into hiding amongst the Sigardians.

- 2E 14
• The Clerics of the Chosen Three facedown with the remaining Sorcerers. Only one Cleric, Pyrrim Senetath, survives.

• The First Sorcerous Inquisition ends, with hundreds of displaced Sorcerers dead or captured by the Church.

• Pyrrim Senetath is blackmailed into serving as the Church’s personal assassin.

- 2E 20
• Pyrrim Senetath carries out a series of political hits against politicians who oppose the rule of the church.

• The Church leaders betray Pyrrim Senetath and lock him away.

- 2E 45
• Karsus discovers Shadow Magic and is sucked through a Dark Vortex, into the Shadowfell.

- 2E 67
• Pyrrim Senetath denies Death his soul and becomes a Lich. The Clerics of the Chosen Three are no more.

• Pyrrim Senetath kills Grand Priest Ricter, Priest Armus, and a few other priests before stealing the Rites of the Chosen Three.

• Clerics and the memory of the Clerics of the Chosen Three are disgraced and outlawed. All magic is considered illegal and punishable by death in Vailand.

- 2E 74
• A new prophet, Amadeus Hoult, is born.

- 2E 100
• The First War for the Heavens breaks out, pitting Angels against Devils.

• Bahamut communes with Amadeus Hoult and promises to keep him alive as long as he chronicles the First War for the Heavens.

- 2E 117
• Elder Orma ascends her spirit to become the Fire Spirit of the Aspen Druids.

• Acolyte Aemrin discovers another Temple of the Aspen Eye in the Icy Expanse, prompting him to found the Order of the Frost Druids.

- 2E 137
• Denalis battles Pyrrim Senetath, but is forced to retreat.

- 2E 162
• Denalis creates a Soul Cage pocket dimension and successfully locks Pyrrim Senetath away. He hides the Soul Gem away in the Vast Woods.

- 2E 175
• Orcus appoints his Archdevils, and Bahamut appoints his Archangels.

• The Archangel Hezekiah is killed by the Archdevil Cain. In return, the Archdevil Alistair is killed by the Archangel Auriel.

• A dimensional rift opens up momentarily, pulling a number of creatures and people in from different realities.

- 2E 176
• Vandrel Scellarium has an encounter with a forest troll, prompting him to begin researching monster sightings.

- 2E 181
• Vandrel Scellarium discovers the Daughter’s tower, but is stopped by the Four Horsemen before he can enter. The Daughter invites him in and the two discuss the recent surge in monster activity.

- 2E 182
• Vandrel Scellarium and the Daughter find Denalis and begin researching Dimensional Rifts.

- 2E 199
• The Archangel Samael steals the First Blade from the Tenebraum and uses it to open a rift in spacetime, pulling in Angels from alternate realities. The Blade then disappears back into the Tenebraum’s vault.

• Chaos Remnant from Pandemonium corrupts the Archangel Samael’s spirit, turning him into the Angel of Chaos.

• The dimensional rift that was opened by the Archangel Samael pulls in a number of creatures and people from other realities.

• Denalis, the Daughter, and Vandrel Scellarium begin studying various creatures and monsters that have spilled into this universe.

- 2E 205
• Jazirian commands the Daughter and Denalis to kill Vandrel Scellarium and bury his work.

• Vandrel Scellarium is killed by the Daughter, and his work is buried away in the Compendium Clandestine.

- 2E 212
• The Angels pulled in from alternate realities begin perishing without the power of their own gods.

- 2E 217
• Bahamut sacrifices hundreds of Angels in an attempt to weaken Hell’s forces by thousands. Orcus matches the move. They both fail, causing both Angels and Devils to lose faith in their Gods.

- 2E 219
• Thousands of Angels and Devils abandon the war to live amongst humans, leaving hardly any left to fight the war.

- 2E 220
• Angels and Devils who abandoned the war begin laying with humans and integrating into human life, eventually losing their celestial nature and becoming human themselves.

- 2E 221
• Orcus and Bahamut come to an arrangement. The First War for the Heavens becomes the Celestial Cold War.

• The first of the Nephalim and Cambions are born.

• Amadeus Hoult finishes the Chronicles of the Heavens, and perishes shortly after.

• Denalis collects the Chronicles of the Heavens and stores it away in the Compendium Clandestine.

- 2E 232
• Pyrrim Senetath escapes his prison and raises an army of the undead from the corpses buried in the Vast Woods.

• Denalis, The Tenebraum, and the Angel of Chaos battle Pyrrim Senetath and his Necroid Army, eventually defeating them.

• The Tenebraum uses the First Blade to open a portal to the Shadowfell, locking Pyrrim Senetath away.

- 2E 245
• Denalis begins experimenting with Chaos Remnant.

- 2E 250
• Elder Aemrin ascends his spirit to become the Lunar Spirit of the Frost Druids.

• Denalis accidentally infects himself with Chaos Remnant.

- 2E 252
• Denalis creates the Porcelain Mask, an item infused with the Essence of Pelor that can fend off the Chaos Remnant coursing through his veins, at the cost of his sanity and very personality.

• Denalis puts on the Porcelain Mask and becomes the Crier.

- 2E 300
• The Guardian program is created, in which Sigard and Vailand support each other by delivering food and supplies to their nearby towns.

- 2E 320
• The Tenebraum attempts to cure the Crier of his Chaos Infection, inevitably failing.

- 2E 350
• The Crier begins collecting items of great magical power.

• The Crier creates the Blade of Kings using a vial of the Father’s blood.

• Pyrrim Senetath finds Karsus and begins working with him to escape the Shadowfell.

- 2E 377
• Cambions and Nephalim begin mounting their forces amongst the armies of men.

- 2E 400
• The Sigardian Civil War begins, and amongst the armies Cambions and Nephalim begin making deals with soldiers in exchange for their souls.

- 2E 430
• King Guardia of Sigard makes a deal with a Cambion to end the Civil War.

• The Sigardian Civil War ends.

- 2E 499
• The Crier gifts the Blade of Kings to King Xarga of Istor.

• Pyrrim Senetath organizes the Demons of the Shadowfell.