Revised History of Algoron

A revised and updated history of Algoron by Poster.

Age of Creation

I. The gods create the planet and populate it with fish, game, birds, and plant life. Water, trees, land, and mountain, soil and stone.

II. The gods create dragons

1. Dragons created

A. Dragons given reign over the world, but they end up bickering

2. Gods see dragons as threat to creation and order them to

forfeit a part of their essence to the Draconus, an Artifact that

can control them, call them together if need be to protect that

which the gods created. Some refuse, some agree.

B. Draconus created

C. Metallic Dragons created (those that agreed were blessed)

D. Chromatic Dragons created (those that refused were punished)

III. Gods create mortal races

1. Elves created

2. Humans created

3. Ogres created

IV. Fall from grace

1. Kender created

2. Dwarves created

3. Minotaurs created

4. Goblins created

A. Goblins were originally strained from skunks.

5. Hobgoblins created

A. Hobgoblins were originally strained from rats.

Age of Nations

V. Nation Building.

1. Elves blame Fall from Grace on humans, form private nation

A. [Shalonesti] founded

2. Dwarves blame Fall from Grace on elves, form private nation

A. [Wargar] founded

3. Humans lost and helpless, Ser'Pahn, barbarian leader,

organizes first human settlements.

B. [Serpantol] founded

4. Tesalon Gareth and his warriors organize military.

C. [Knighthood] of Serpantol founded

5. Cathas Daroconus discovered secret to magic through moons.

D. [Conclave] of Serpantol founded.

6. Cathas assassinated by Spellath the Dark of [Shalonesti],

first book of incantations stolen.

A. Shalonesti outcasts Spellath but keeps the book, known

as the Spellbook.

B. Elves learn to use magic. Spellath spreads his limited

knowledge of magic to minotaurs.

1. Conclave/Serpantol split

2. Conclave/Shinalstin join forces

3. [Shinalstin] founded.

7. Wealthy merchant Thaellor leaves Shinalstin to establish his own

trading post in the less explored frontier. A city rises around

him, named after him: "Thaellor's". Over time, the name changed.

1. [Thalos] founded.

II. Spellath experiments with breeding goblins for stronger, more deadly strain of goblin.

1. Bugbears created.

2. They soon rise to power, bullying and controlling both

goblins and hobgoblins.

III. Conclave-Shinalstin fight Ogre War. Magic goes astray at high sanction of the moons, and size of ogres is doubled.

1. Giant Ogres created

A. Ogres are run out of Shinalstin area. Most remain

near Shinalstin. A small group of the most clever and hardiest leave for

the barren icy northern wastelands to start their own lives. Deep within

a great forest, they decimate the native hill giants and other native threats.

They clear the forest and begin their own city.

2. [Gruntz] founded.

Age of Conquest

I. Yinn appear in the far north, occupy part of north Shalonesti

1. Knighthood/Serpantol part ways, Knighthood continues

to protect Serpantol

A. Knighthood moves operations south. Gareth Castle built.

2. The golden citadel of the Conclave built

II. Yinn expand southward and westward, taking over part of Serpantol and part of Shalonesti. No one does anything about it

1. Dwarves get spooked and shut the doors of Wargar. Dwarves

caught outside during the 'Great Betrayal' forced to live off

the hills.

A. Hill Dwarves created

III. San Gohdam, leader of Knighthood, sick of old laws of Serpantol still governing knights. Splinter group formed.

1. [Eclipse] founded

A. Knighthood-Eclipse war

2. Gohdam murdered, splinter faction of Eclipse formed

A. [Malice] founded

3. Knighthood-Malice war

A. Eclipse makes alliance with remaining Ogres and Minotaurs,

the Dark Alliance

IV. Citadel of the Conclave raided and sacked, Draconus stolen. For the first time, there is a total eclipse of all three moons of Algoron.

1. Eclipse uses Draconus to harness chromatic dragons

A. Eclipse begins quest of world conquest

B. Metallic dragons show up, called by the Draconus

C. Knights, Conclave, and Malice fight Eclipse, Ogres,

and Minotaurs

D. Draconus captured by the Conclave, evil dragons turn on Eclipse

and decimate the clan

E. The city of Thalos, once the thriving capital of Althainia,

is completely destroyed in the final battle between the dragon

armies. The battle took place directly over the city. The few

survivors of the city fled into the desert to find refuge.

F. [Thalos] destroyed.

G. Eclipse brought to its knees.

2. Conclave splits the Draconus into 5 parts to ensure

no further abuses

3. Parts are given to Wargar, Shalonesti, Knighthood, Conclave,

and Eclipse

A. Thane of Wargar killed by Targetter of the Eclipse.

B. Eclipse begins second attempt to consolidate the Draconus

4. Dragons go to war with Eclipse to retrieve Dracon,

Moderate of Eclipse found and killed, Dracons nowhere to be seen.

Members of Eclipse vanish and the clan is about to fall.

Two Dracons are lost.

V. Yinn put pressure on Knighthood, and Knights yield. Yinn storm Shalonesti and Serpantol. Shalonesti hold out, Serpantol falls.

1. [Serpantol] destroyed

2. Shalonesti closes itself from world, included Shalonesti

elves living outside Shalonesti proper. These elves forced

to fend for themselves against ogres, dragons, and yinn.

A. Wild Elves created

3. Yinn advance further south and decimate Shinalstin

A.[Shinalstin] destroyed

4. Gareth Castle sacked, Knights scatter. Several years of civil

war amongst Knights as factions battle for the crown. Conflict

ends when the lords of Valor go their own way and the Knighthood

chooses a new leader.

A. [Valor] founded.

5. Targetter rebuilds Eclipse quietly while rest of world fights Yinn

6. Wargar-Shalonesti alliance go against Yinn, army destroyed

7. Yinn left alone, Serpantol given up for dead, Dracon lost

VI. A member of the house Ka'tath murders the Speaker of Shalonesti and steals the Dracon.

1. All members of the house Ka'tath are banished from Shalonesti

2. Dark Elves created

3. Shalonesti and Dark elves fight bitterly for years,

Dracon never found or recovered, leader of Ka'tath revolt unknown

VII. Years of relative peace pass, with small skirmishes between clans.

1. The wandering nomads, descendants of those who survived the

destruction of Thalos, establish a new village on the banks

of the Ishtar River.

2. [New Thalos] formed.

VIII. Highlord Oge Ironclad, a Minotaur and brilliant strategist, takes leadership of Marauders in Arkania.

1. The Marauder army takes Shalonesti in three days, despite King Terri's

attempts to withstand.

2. Althainia surrenders to the Marauders.

3. Marauders conquer New Thalos and Sultana Myra.

4. Oge proclaims himself Emperor of Althainia, out of the conquered kingdoms of Althainia,

Shalonesti and New Thalos, enforcing an iron fist rule over the kingdoms.

A. [Althainian Empire] formed.

5. Oge eventually, however, is killed in a challenged match for the leadership of Ganth. A man

by the name of Dalak then becomes Emperor.

6. Minotaurs, weakened and recovering from the Yinn occupation and Eclipse wars,

decide upon an isolationist policy. They leave to form their own culture, untainted by

‘Lessers’.

A. [Ganth] formed.

7. A splinter group of minotaurs who fought in the Dark Alliance is

caught plotting against the Ganthian Emperor. They are exiled,

cast out.

A. [Mahn-Tor] formed.

IX. The first dragon, a red named Qevarris, is slain by Sir Gwaine of Knighthood.

The Cataclysm

ERA -AC (After Cataclysm)

Yr. 0

I. The Gods, displeased with mortals, brought about the Great Cataclysm: forty days and nights of earthquakes and churning seas. Millions of lives were lost as the continents were split.

1. The new continents of Althainia, Arkania, Tropica, and

Icewall are formed, and vast oceans fill the plains.

Yr. 1AC (After Cataclysm)

II. The Conclave, once one golden tower citadel, is unable to resolve their ethical differences. Rather than break their Oath, they now split into the black, red and white towers, spanning two continents. Granuk becomes the first Wizard of the Black Tower.

1. [Black Robes] formed.

2. [White Robes] formed.

3. [Red Robes] formed.

III. Some gypsies wish to expand their wandering lifestyles and travel overseas to the new continents. They decide to give up the wagons for a boat.

1. [Pirates Formed]

2. [Armada Formed]

3. The goblin horde, driven by the bugbears who call themselves

"Fangs", turns its attentions to southern Althainia. They

discover the mines and city of Southern Thaxanos. Within

weeks they have killed all dwarves. The dwarven champion,

Grungle Metalforge, is the last dwarf to fall. In time, the

goblins declare the sharp dwarven axes to be "dulled" under the

earth. South Thaxanos is renamed "Dull Underground" by goblins.

This name evolves over time.

A. Goblin city [Do’lundir] formed.

Yr. 3AC

IV. The Gods remove their blessings from Pagans, Atheists and Heretics. The philosophy of Suuhology suffers a blow it never quite recovers from. A new age of fervent religion begins.

Age of Belief

Yr. 10AC

I. Anti-dragon sentiment reaches an all time high. Given the world turbulence with the war of the Dracon and the recent Cataclysm, many blame dragons for the world’s ills. Many Gypsies, already weakened from their break up the decade prior, settle down in the Greystoke Manor, becoming the Clan DragonSlayers.

1. [DragonSlayers formed]

2. [Gypsy dissolved]

Yr. 13AC

II. Verminasia reasserts its power over Arkane, and conquers Arkane...for three days. King garn Laerner and Crown Princess Dunia Silaan escapes mysteriously with their daughter Melina and is later found within the [Gypsy] clan

1. Then High Lord Hammurabi of Marauders, Emperor of Aversia, sends a

massive force which causes the Verminasian Queen Finnadria of Verminasia

to flee.

2. The goblins, an undisciplined horde, attack Althainia. Knighthood assists Althainia in

defending..

Yr 14AC

III. Baliforians attempt to revolt against the Marauder rule, and are crushed into submission.

1. Verminasia strikes Arkane again, attempting to wrest control

from the Marauders.

2. Emperor Hammurabi of the Marauders is killed in the battle,

stabbed by Asia S'a Vinitta, Knight of Gareth.

But The Verminasians lose. Queen Finnadria is assassinated with General

Arakayd assuming command of Verminasia.

C. Emperor Dalak retires to Ganth and leaves the throne of Althainia to the Captain of his

armies, Serak S’a Vinitta and his wife, the adopted daughter of Dalak and Nadia, Lexi

Silverhawk.

4. Althainia recognizes the sovereign status of New Thalos under the rule of the Sultan and

Sultana, Jericho and Kristalis Steele.

5. Althainia recognizes the sovereign status of Shalonesti under the rule of King Gavilan

Shalonost.

Yr 18AC

IV. A tinker gnome in the Red robes named Madul discovers blue diamonds.

1. Althainian, once beholden to Emperor Hammurabi, declares itself independent

of the Marauder Empire.

A. Without the support of the Marauder military, Althainia appears weak to its neighbors

to the south. Do'lundir attacks Althainia, laying siege to it.

B. The 'Great One', a male God believed to be Kwainin,

could not sleep, and thus used his powers to stop all battles

among kingdoms everywhere. Everyone anywhere who fought that

day was transformed into a stone statue!

Yr 52 AC

V. A rift emerged in the material plane that would have destroyed all of Algoron if not stopped. The heart of a paladin was required in an arcane ritual to close the rift. The paladin Gunnar Draugrbane sacrificed his life to save the world. It is rumored he later became the Angel Milek, and at the angel's chest, a scar remains.

Yr 143 AC

VI. Raije grows tired of the spell of peace cast upon the realm. He instructs his adepts and avatars to announce of season of blood. The first of the annual Clan wars begins.

Yr 160 AC

VII. Some angels are cast down, forsaken. The first known demons walk Algoron.

1. The DragonSlayers expand their mandate and dedicate themselves

to the destruction of all things unnatural, whatever that may

mean.

A. [DragonSlayers dissolve]

B. [Slayers formed.]

Yr 190 AC

VIII. The statues of the long frozen warriors from 143AC begin to regain life. The magics of the God fade. Suddenly, thousands of warriors, goblins and Althainians who were statues for nearly fifty years, come to life and resume a battle from decades before. Hordes of once-frozen goblins lay siege to Althainia.

1. After a pause in the battle, the combatants realize their

homes, their families, all their possessions are now gone to

time. The battle does not resume, and all sides stop.

2. But there is no longer a home for them. With all of their

families gone, these warriors who were frozen for nearly two

centuries have no one to return home to. Their only family is

themselves. One large group of these fighters decides to

wander the realm, exploring the changes that have passed since

they were frozen. They become gypsies.

A. [Gypsies reformed.]

Yr 195 AC

IX. The mysterious and ancient disciples of Sarsen rebuild an ancient stone temple.

1. [Sarsen Clan formed.]

Yr 200 AC

X. Moargoth the Heretic, dark elven transmuter, becomes Wizard of the Black Tower. Instead of paying homage to Drakkara, he announces that the source of all magic is independent of the Gods. Revealed to be a true Suuhologist--a Heretic--he proclaims his own powers equal to that of any God. Moargoth the Heretic brings Drakkara’s wrath upon the Black Tower. He loses his ability to harness mana to cast even the simplest spell. Then summoned before the Gods themselves, he still cries out, defiant. Necrucifer damns him to eternal torment in the lowest planes of Hell.

Yr 260 AC

XI. When the Queen of Nordmaar, Moira MacCallum is kidnapped, a yinn in Eclipse is accused of the crime. King Cathal MacCallum challenges the yinn to a duel, and Wryllish of Eclipse, a Crusader for Raije, stands in for her. Cathal is slain.

Yr 262 AC

XII. After three centuries of quiet, the ancestors of the yinn of Dae'tok lead a naval strike against southern Icewall, only to be turned back by the combined forces of Ganth, Nordmaar, and Althainia. The battle is later to be known as the battle of "Mutt Bay". An uneasy cease-fire is reached between the Nordmaarans and Dae’tok.

Yr 263 AC

XIII. The High Lord Vokkyn of Eclipse is assassinated.

1. Shay Kayen, a former squire of Gareth’s Keep, takes control of

the Knights, and institutes a Purist policy. Only humans are

permitted to remain in the Keep. Nonhumans must either leave,

or become slaves.

2. The Purist War is fought for control of the Eclipse Keep.

The Purists lose and are renegaded.

Yr 264 AC

XIV. Kayen leads the renegaded Purists into the deserts south of New Thalos, where they begin construction of Storm Keep. This new order of Shadow Knights only allows lawful evil humans only, devoted to Necrucifer.

1. [Shadow Knights formed.]

Yr 265

XV. On the continent of Tropica, largely unexplored in the two and a half centuries after the Great Cataclysm, a new race is discovered. Cat-like creatures that live in the forests.

1. Leonines are discovered.

A. [Wemics created.]

B. [Felars created.]

Yr 266AC

XVI. The God Malachive is born unto Drakkara and Necrucifer. He is sent to the mortal human Christel, who shall raise the child as her own. Within days, the balanx Austinis steals the child as ordered by Kwainin. He is then ordered to slay Malachive and prevent the balance from being swayed.

1. Austinian cannot condone this, and sends Kantilles and Kadiya

to save the child. Malachive is not killed, but given

instead to an unknown human to be raised in obscurity,

unaware of his true origins. There is hope that he will be

raised to aid the side of Good.

Yr 269 AC

XVII. Necrucifer raises three demons from among the most deadly and fervent of the pantheon of darkness. The contest involves both wit and savagery. Many mortals meet his call for avatars. Only three survive. Once mortals, these three demons are charged with the protection of Malachive. They are: Pike (A human warrior of Malice), Mariana (formerly a dark elven mage of the black tower), and Ethigrax (An ogre crusader of Eclipse). They become the avatars of Dragoth, Drakkara, and Devion, respectively. They are charged with overseeing the safety of the god-child Malachive.

Yr 284AC

XVIII. There are those who arise more devout than all else. Priests of Algoron emerge, thus concluding the Age of Belief.

1. [Priests introduced to Algoron.]

Age of Darkness

I. Malachive becomes a man and takes up the profession of carpentry.

1. Mariana, her service as a demon to Drakkara complete, is

returned to the realm in her mortal form.

Yr 285AC

II. Althainia, now the largest empire, responds to constant skirmishes with Do'lundir. The battle took seven days and would later be known as the 'Seven Day's War'. Both sides sustained heavy casualties. Many lives were lost. The green dragon Smaragdinus is killed in the third day. Though it nearly bankrupts Althainia's economy, they win the war and incorporate Do'lundir into their Empire.

1. [Do’lundir dissolved]

2. One young priest of Necrucifer named Isadore Schwartz writes

the Book of the Word. This book contains prayers and prophecy

regarding the Dark God. For his efforts, he is the first among

the new priests to be raised to the position of Deacon.

3. A group of idealistic young Arkanian scholars, workers, and noblemen

begin plotting and preparing to revolt against Marauder control in

Arkane. They call themselves the "Sons of Liberty".

Yr 286AC

III. The Kingdom Balifore, led by King Tamrinith, revolts against the fading Aversian empire, assisted by Althainia, elven mercenaries, and Thaxanos. Balifore regains its independence from the Marauders.

1. Some of the Sons of Liberty are captured. Facing rising tenions, the

Marauders build a prison for political insurgents west of Arkane.

2. Arkane placed under martial law.

A. The Giant Ogre priest Serj is raised to the status as a Demon

of Drakkara.

3. Necrucifer, in a fit of ironic humor, decides to return

Moargoth to the realm as his champion. A demon Lord designed

to become the general of the armies of darkness.

Yr 287 AC

IV. A dwarven merchant named Randorf places an Arena construction project up for the highest bidder. The Algoronian Gladiator League is established several months later for the initial price of 250 jeweled eggs from the recovering city of Althainia. Within months, this arena is the most profitable business in all of Algoron.

1. A new star appears in the sky, lasting even during the

daylight. As months pass, the star grows brighter, rivaling

even the sun itself.

Yr 288 AC

V. Arkane liberates itself from Marauder control in a bloody month-long battle, supported by Althainia, New Thalos, and Balifore who now call themselves ‘The Coalition’ under command of the Emperor of Althainia, Serak S‘a Vinitta.

1. The Marauders, having gradually lost control over the

Althainian continent, Balifore, and now Arkane, set a

nonaggression pact with their sole protectorate, Verminasia.

2. [The Aversian Empire dissolves.]

Yr 289 AC

VI. The star, a comet sent by Necrucifer, smashes into the Yinn capital of Dae'tok. A great mushroom-shaped cloud appears in the skies. Ash rains on Icewall for days. The yinn threat is destroyed. The few survivors of the blast form a refugee camp. The three moons enter a simultaneous eclipse for the first time since the theft of the Dracon a thousand years past.

1. [The Dae'tok empire is destroyed.]

Yr 290 AC

VII. King Andelas and Ahziraz of Verminasia is nearly killed in an assassination attempt in the Algoron Gladiator Arena. He survives, thanks to the efforts of his court jester, Baruch Nadiv.

1. The queen of Shalonesti, Rhiadora, survives an assassination

attempt.

2. Across the realm, a handful of normal human children seem to

change at the dawn of their teenage years, growing to huge

sizes, sometimes able to burn things with their minds or

growing wings. These are half-gods, the products of a union

between a god and mortal.

1. [Giants created]

Yr 291 AC

VIII. King Adelas and Ahziraz’s bodies are discovered by the city guard strung along the city gates. They have been assassinated. Their daughter, Shakila, takes the throne.

1. Two months later, Shakila's body is found on an expedition to Icewall.

It is later revealed she and the Ka'tath played a role in the assassination

of their parents.

2. The Monsignor Isadore Schwartz and his wife assume the throne.

A. [Verminasia] becomes a Theocracy.

3. Nadrik, displeased with his knights, casts out all

dishonorable professions from the Keep. Charlatans,

assassins and warlocks are exiled.

Yr 292 AC

IX. Mapmakers discover a new continent, formerly unexplored, called Shokono.

Yr 294 AC

X. Kantilles, Sebatis, and Drakkara fundamentally alter the Nature of Magic itself. The Order of the Conclave of Magic enjoys a Golden Era of great influence and high enrollment.

1. Queen Moira MacAllum of Nordmaar dies. Prince William

MacAllum becomes King.

2. King Vahngar Silverwolfe and his queen Rhyanna, of Arkane

die mysteriously. Their daughter Damia assumes

the throne, forsakes the Silverwolfe name.

3. The High Lord of Eclipse, Zayl, is cast out by Necrucifer

when he attempts to turn the Eclipse into an

order for yinn only.

The Second Cataclysm

Yr 300 AC

I. The Age of Darkness concludes with the God Malachive, son of Necrucifer, realizing his full powers and wreaking absolute destruction upon Algoron. The disaster known as the Second Cataclysm descends upon the world. Millions more die in a series of events that span just three terrible months.

1. In response the High Lord Zayl's banishment, the surviving yinn of Eclipse rise up and

destroy an already-weakened Order of the Eclipse.

2. The Gypsy wagons are burned by Verminasia, the kingdom of Necrucifer as ordered by

Malachive.

3. The Pirates, whose members were notorious for attacking Malachive when his presence first

become known in the realm, were single-handedly obliterated by Malachive, their cave reduced to

mere rubble.

4. The Knights of Gareth Keep pitted themselves against Malice, and the Stronghold of Gaar

Volen was defeated.

5. Valor, in return, was destroyed-- outmaneuvered in a surprise strike by the Shadow

Knights of Storm Keep.

6. The ancient blue wyrm Jormungander is awakened by the blood and battle. It raises a dragon

army to strike at the heart of Graystoke Manor, slaughtering the Slayers completely, destroying

Greystoke Manor, and leaving only a few survivors.

7. During this time of crisis, members of the Conclave band together, re-unifying the three

towers of High Sorcery.

8. In the final weeks, the Gods themselves become involved, breaking an age-old covenant of

indirect interference and battling among themselves.

A. [Malice destroyed]

B. [Valor destroyed]

C. [Pirates destroyed]

D. [Gypsy destroyed]

E. [Eclipse destroyed]

F. [Slayers destroyed]

G. [Armada destroyed]

H. [Conclave unites]

9. A new era begins, with many attempting to pick up the pieces of the Second Cataclysm.

Few knew the destruction had just begin. The Age of Destruction begins.