History of Auberean
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Ancient Times & the Creation of the World
The very ancient history of Auberean is unclear. There are very few sources of information, which have been filtered down through the various Empyrean cultures, and do not always fit together into one cohesive story. A Yalaini legend, told to Asaina al-Arqis by Elysa Strathelar (who presumably heard it from Asheron) states that primordial gods struggled with evil shadow creatures and after a long contest that exhausted their powers, the gods banished the shadows into the earth by creating the sun and stars.[1] A legend from the Light Falatacot states that the Deru Trees were created by the Light and they drove the Living Dark below, allowing life to spread across the world.[2]
The Empyrean
The Isparian scholar Alatar Locke theorizes that long before the Millennium War and far before even the first stirrings of Falatacot malice in the swamps of the world the Empyreans willingly came to Auberean via portal magic with a singular purpose. What that purpose is remains a mystery. Alatar claims even the Empyrean forgot this purpose over the long ages.[3]
Age of the Empyrean
The Seaborne Empire of Yalain measured history as a series of "Eipothi" (epochs or ages). The sovereign of Yalain declared the end of each age and the name of the next. Ages were concluded to mark a major historical event.[4] The eipoths are as follows:
Arelis Eipoth – "Golden Age"
This eipoth lasted approximately 20,000 years.[4] Very little is known about this era. It is unknown what marked the beginning of the Golden Age, however it is believed that the Yalaini, when formalizing their calendar in the reign of Alaidain, calculated backwards to an event known in their legends.[4] It is also unknown what event marked the beginning of the next eipoth, and thus the end of this one. However, the logical assumption would be that the Great Cooling of the World, the ice age that drove some Falatacot to Dericost, was the event marking the end of this era. If this is true, the Falatacot culture reached the height of its power, as well as its demise, during this era.
Dericoi Eipoth – "Age of Dericost"
Lasted approximately 6000 years.
Vacari Eipoth – "Age of Contentment"
Lasted 6102 years.
Rhethis Eipoth – "First Age of Lore"
Lasted 895 years.
Torethis Eipoth – "Second Age of Lore"
Lasted 761 years.
Hyrethis Eipoth – "Third Age of Lore"
Lasted 647 years.
Moriqui Eipoth – "Age of Shifting"
Has thus far lasted 599 years.
The Falatacot
The Dericost
The Haebrous
The Yalain
References
- ↑ 1999/11 Release - The Advocate Towers
- ↑ 2008/08 Ancient Powers - The Blessed Trees
- ↑ 2000/11 Hollow Victory - A Stained Book
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2001/11 Dark Majesty - Ages of the Empyrean