Master registry of named historical events — pivot points in the 1,000-year arc. These are the nodes that connect eras, factions, and concepts into a causal chain. Each is a linkable entity.
Era reference
- Era 0 (~200–250 CE) — The Age of Chains - Era 1 (~250–400 CE) — The Age of Blood and Ash - Era 2 (~400–700 CE) — The Age of Many Voices - Era 3 (~700–1000 CE) — The Age of Pacts and Suspicions - Era 4 (~1000–1200 CE) — The Age of Whispers and Warnings - Era 5 (~1200 CE+) — The Age of Reckoning (campaign present)
Status key
`canon` | `draft` | `proposed` | `tbd`
The Causal Chain
| name | era | approx_date | type | cause | effect | key_actors | narrative_weight | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Enslavement | Era 0 | ~150 CE | magical / political | human-empire expansion + binding magic | orc-subjugation, empire-military-power | human-empire, orcs | high | canon |
| The Liberation | Era 0 | ~200–250 CE | magical / military | heroes break binding spells | orc-freedom, ecosystem-ripple-effects | the-heroes, the-wizard (failed to prevent) | very-high | canon |
| The Military Victory | Era 0 | ~250 CE | military | heroes + allied forces defeat empire | human-empire dissolved, regional fragmentation begins | the-heroes, human-empire, orc-confederation-samarkand | very-high | canon |
| The Sacrifice | Era 0 | ~250 CE | personal / narrative | final push against empire | fallen-teammate dies; gaes-connection created; heroes' rallying point | fallen-teammate, the-heroes | very-high | tbd — details needed |
| The Ascension | Era 0 | ~250 CE | cosmological | heroes complete charge (partially) | heroes enter Celestial Peak; charge left incomplete; Wizard survives | the-heroes, celestial-peak | very-high | canon |
| The Scattering / Orc Eruption | Era 1 | ~250–320 CE | social / military | liberation without ecosystem repair; power vacuum | 70 years of regional chaos; orc cultural reorganization begins | orc-confederation-samarkand, human-imperial-remnants | high | canon |
| The Wizard's Retreat | Era 1 | ~250 CE | strategic | defeat of empire; heroes' ascension | Wizard begins 1,000-year plan; studies mythic ecosystem; assembles Lich-Legion slowly | the-wizard | very-high | canon |
| The Silent Flowering | Era 2–3 | 398–698 HB | social / cosmological | internal Elven debate; cosmological awareness of Held Breath fault line | Elven withdrawal from world affairs; highlands enclaves sealed; trade routes shift | elven-highland-enclaves, elf-watchers | high | draft |
| The Vanishing of Khorashar | Era 3 | ~950 CE | cosmological | ecosystem stress / unknown cause | entire settlement disappears; dwarven archivists begin tracking anomalies | dwarven-mountain-confederations, mythic-ecosystem | high | draft |
| The Night of Falling Stars | Era 4 | 1048 HB | cosmological | Held Breath stirring / celestial event (causal direction TBD — see #44) | Elf Watchers break 350 years of silence; The Whispered Warning issued; first domino | elf-watchers, the-wizard | high | draft |
| The Scholar's Purge | Era 4 | 1173 HB | political / covert | Wizard eliminating competition | researchers studying mythic ecosystem killed or disappeared; knowledge fragments suppressed | the-wizard, lich-cadre, human-mage-scholars | high | proposed |
| The Expulsion / The Gaes | Era 5 | ~1200 CE | cosmological / magical | heroes' incomplete charge triggers ecosystem response; Wizard exploits gaes mechanism | heroes expelled from Celestial Peak; returned to mortal world; charged with completion | the-heroes, fallen-teammate, celestial-peak, the-wizard | very-high | canon |
| The Lich-Legion Assembly | Era 4–5 | ~1000–1200 CE | military / necromantic | Wizard's 1,000-year plan reaching completion | 100,000+ undead assembled; ecosystem under strain; campaign threat | the-wizard, lich-cadre | very-high | canon |
Anticipated / Possible Future Events
Not yet occurred in campaign. Listed for structural completeness.
| name | type | trigger | possible_outcomes | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Threshold Breach | cosmological / military | Wizard launches final assault on Hero Heaven | ecosystem collapse / heroes defend / threshold sealed | proposed |
| The Completion | narrative / cosmological | Heroes fulfill original charge | Wizard defeated; ecosystem stabilized; heroes re-earn ascension | tbd |
Notes
- Individual event files live alongside this index in `/world/events/`
- `cause` and `effect` fields use canonical entity names from Factions and Concepts indexes
- Historical Timeline (full prose) → see ../content/HISTORICAL_TIMELINE
- Story arc / speculative endgame → see ../../narrative/STORY_ARC_SYNTHESIS
- Events that are `proposed` require Mo's approval before being treated as canon
Historical Events Index (1)
Night of Falling StarsGM
World lore document.
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