Major Events

A recounting of events as chronacled in the Royal Luxorian Library.

 

Dark Ages

Occido through 955 PO.

 

Occido and Aftermath

Demonic invasion begins, along with the fall of the First Empire. Few records remain of this time, and dates are uncertain.

 

Rekindling

An age of heroes, when the grace of the six gods blessed their faithful with hope anew.

 

Revelations of Raelor

955 PO - The first recorded teachings of Raelor, and the founding of the Church of Light.

 

958 PO - Freeport founded.

 

Animist Rebellion

972 PO - Followers of the green clash with proselytes of the new faith. Open conflict will last for over 30 years.

 

998 PO - Urbois founded, in cooperation with Elves of the Red.

 

1002 PO - Naga Purge: the race of Naga, heathen aberrant mages, are driven from Luxorian soil.

 

1005 PO - Sancerre founded.

 

1007-1019 PO - Gnoll Curse: wild cults of the demon-lord Yenoghu are put to the torch.

 

1010 PO - Fey Pact:

 

 

Second Fall

Rise of the Daemonfae Imperium

 

1161-68 PO - War of the Southern Valley.

 

1170 PO - Navarre founded.

 

Age of Intrigue

 

1278 PO - Breach of the Fey Pact.

 

 

 

 

Historical Perspectives

 

Origins of the Kingdom of Luxoria

by Archmage Guy Circet I, 1301 P.O.

(an excerpt)

 

The year is 1301 Post Occido. That is to say, divinations are able to reach back exactly one thousand, three hundred and one years. We have artefacts and records which we can reasonably date further back than 1301 years -- some even seem to pre-date the First Empire.

 

Of course, the most important event in our world's history is the one we cannot name or detail -- though, obviously, we can date it precisely. The event which brought down the First Empire, shattered the Pax Terra, and wounded the fabric of causality such that our mightiest seers cannot pierce its veil occured exactly 1301 years ago.

 

Some sages name it the Pestis Pandaemonic, linking the scourge of demons to the fall of the First Empire. This is not unreasonable -- an event which allowed, however temporarily, the darkling hoards unfettered access to the surface of the Earth would be catastrophic indeed. Theories depart on the mechanics. Did the demons gain immunity to sunlight? Did the sky instead darken? If the latter, was the darkening atmosphereic, solar or some extraterrestrial interloper? If the former, what granted the abyssal minions such immunity, and what revoked or overcame it? Frustratingly even the Lord of Enlightenment, Raelor himself, is silent on these questions -- and He is even silent about whether the questions are relevant.

 

Another theory is named the Sedito Draconic. We know that these greatest of beasts chafe under any rule, even that of their own kind. One's instinctive fear of them blossoms to titanic dimension when considering their puissance united for a common purpose, and it may be nothing more than fear -- caution perhaps -- which supports the conjecture that they united to destroy the First Empire. While draconic ages are more a matter of anecdote than art, it is not unreasonable to imagine that there are living dragons who witnessed the end of the First Empire. If such exist, they are either undiscovered or uncommunicative -- though it should be noted that this latter trait is hardly rare among their kind.

 

Last among the reasonable theories is that titled the Coercio Caelestis -- that we are living in an age characterized by divine punishment, and it would be wise for us to appease the Gods lest they unleash their devestation on us again. This theory could answer the silence of divinations, but that answer could be turned on itself: for might we not learn better from our mistakes if we knew exactly what they were? Some would say that the mere asking implies heretical hubris, but there are no divine edicts to support such a position.

 

Those three theories comprise most credible thought on the matter. Others wonder if humanity uncovered something that the mortal races were not meant to know, secrets so terrible that a curse of madness turned magi into engines of raw destruction -- or perhaps a secret so vile that the mere knowlege of it turned mortals into demons themselves. Elves reportedly tell that the most likely answer is simple human nature: that we went to war on one another, and our misguided magical might destroyed all that was good in the First Empire, leaving us to a thousand years of barbarism. Still, there is no proof that the high fey can scry back far enough to justify their conjecture. Finally, there are some who hold that the disaster was natural -- a great flood, or some such. What little we know of magic and of the First Empire would suggest that our forebearers would have been able to master any mundane disaster.

 

Now that we have secured the safety of our species and have the wherewithall to experiment and explore, it is hoped that we will begin to answer some of these troubling questions regarding our origins.