The Timeline of Lotl - Domobriks/Lotl GitHub Wiki

unknown DR – Birth of the Planes The Field solidifies into the Plane of the Living, Plane of Fire, and Plane of Light. The First Being carves form from chaos. Spirits begin to take on individual identities.
0 DR – Emergence of the Elves The Larethari (grove-bound) and Silinar (sky-gazers) appear in the west. Peaceful coexistence and curiosity mark their early days.
~800 DR – Arrival of the Dwarves The Thran’dural Range sees the birth of Dwarven civilization. They form seven Holds, independently strong yet loosely allied.

~1100 DR – The Orcish Awakening Orcs awaken in the east. Clans clash before Gruzhak the Flame-Touched unites them under the Uzul’tok Confederacy and the Law of Fire and Bone.
~1300 DR – Emergence of the Axolotls In the lush riverlands of the south, the amphibious Qet’zali form an egalitarian city. Their Circle of Elders fosters shared memory and a deep spiritual connection to the Field.
~1500 DR – Birth of the Slimes Sentient Slimes emerge in the Etrell Marsh. Their monarchy begins under King Sludgy, and their culture focuses on preservation and absorption.
~1800 DR – The Dragonborn Arise The Varkaii (lava-born), Rhazari (desert-forged), and V’zhek (glacial-blooded) clans appear. They establish separate citadels at geographic extremes and communicate rarely.

~2100 DR – Orcish Expansion Begins The Uzul’tok expand westward, seeking fertile land. The Orcish doctrine of strength challenges neighboring cultures.
2321 DR – Slime and Axolotl Alliance Forms Facing growing threats, Qet’zali and Gel’thamar sign the Concord of Flowing Stone, allowing cross-marriage, magical fusion, and free migration.
~2490 DR – Rhazari Seek Salvation Plagued by famine and drought, the Rhazari ally with the Orcs. The Pact of Cinder and Iron is signed.
~2450 DR – Invasion of the Wetlands Rhazari and Orcish armies descend upon Gel’thamar and the Qet’zali delta. Cities fall, but the Axolotls call upon ancestral magic and the Veiled Accord with Elves and Humans is born.

~3057 DR – Death of Drexen Tal’Vorr The Rhazari general is slain by Prince Se’qan beneath a submerged temple. Orcish forces retreat; Slime and Axolotl lands are devastated but not erased.
~3100 DR – Treaty of the Shattered Shore War ends. Qet’zali close their borders to outsiders, except Slimes. Elves help Slimes rebuild using memory-binding flora.
~3200 DR – Dragonborn Kin-Slaying Begins Varkaii wage a campaign against the weakened Rhazari. Cities and flame-temples fall. The V’zhek remain distant and silent.
~3355 DR – End of Rhazari Lineage Their culture vanishes into ruin. The Varkaii declare the “Unification of Dragonkind,” but no others answer the call.

3600 DR – Elven Schism: The Sundering Ideological conflict erupts between Larethari and Silinar. The War of the Twin Thrones burns away shared memory, ending with cultural segregation.
3700 DR – Merrowynd Founded Humans overthrow both Ardyn and Kaelshar monarchies and form a council-based kingdom. They prioritize diplomacy and trade.
3808 DR – Axolotl and Slime Restoration Qet’zali and Gel’thamar create a network of hybrid sanctuaries where oozes and amphibians commune with spirit-kin and Field echoes.

~4000 DR – Start of the Silent Era No major wars. Diplomatic norms solidify. The Dragonborn and Orcs remain politically and economically isolated.
~4800 DR – Cultural Bloom in Merrowynd Humans produce the Treatise of Manyfold Paths, integrating Elven lore, Axolotl dream-magic, and Slime song-speech into a single philosophical system.
5522 DR – Present Day The world is at peace, but the silence of the V’zhek, the ruins of the Rhazari, and the fraying of old pacts whisper of change to come.