Before Cataclysm

Ancient Times

Very little is known of time before the last Cataclysm. The only records that survived the last Triad reach back to roughly 100 to 70 BC, though they mention far older times. The oldest known city reference is the town of Anduin, buried below Caranduin and assumed to date back over 2000 years. Both Caranduin and later Thalos served as centers of civilization in a time when disease, sickness, and evil were all but unknown on the surface of Aabahran.

100 to 20 BC

The cities of Thalos and Caranduin teemed with activity as nature and civilization came together. Most people found employment in the basic duties of life. Farming and carpentry thrived. Faith in the gods of Order and Life sat at its highest. The Seer Damnil was taken as no more than a madman. Once his studies of divination proved invaluable for adventurers, a distinct change in his attitude came about in his old age. He gathered large crowds and gave fiery orations about meteors striking the land and the seas rising to touch the skies. After prophesying the coming of a terrible plague of disease and death, a mob nearly stoned him to death. He escaped Caranduin and lived his life as a hermit, preaching only to himself.

20 to 1 BC

With the forces of Life and Order so prevalent for countless centuries, the power of Balance inevitably swung in the direction of Death. The Plane of Order drained of most of its strength. The Plane of Chaos sat at its peak. The powers of Dyphrities dwarfed the other moons. At the height of True Night of 20 BC, a force of pure death spawned by Dyphrities entered the world. Lacking the sentient mind of an Immortal yet possessing power greater than the most powerful of them, The Nameless struck with its deadly fury against all that was Life and Order. Plagues of unheard virulence broke out. The earth spat forth living dead. Whole hordes of shades, wraiths, and deceivers entered Aabahran from the Limbo of Death. The forces of Life and Order rallied and for 10 years fought against the tide of Unlife. In the end they triumphed at a terrible price. Over 100 Clerics of Life sacrificed their own lives and used their souls to bait The Nameless into the Pillar of Souls. Hewn from starstone and inscribed with runes by the great Archmage Amedus Divinity, the Pillar of Souls contained The Nameless and was buried on the Isle of Souls in the Dragon Sea.