Timeline

Ages ago, humans alone walked a world devoid of magic, shut off from the other planes. One day the gods, fickle as they are, decided to give the humans the power to create as they do. Using this power, the humans were able to manipulate the world with an ability they referred to as spellweaving or magic. Some especially powerful weavers were able to create links to other worlds known as planes, with their plane being a link to all of them. Through these planes came strange humanoids and fantastical beasts. The humans used these new arrivals as an excuse to see how well their magic could be used in war. Some wished to defend the new creatures, and as such, a civil war broke out within the entire race of humanity... the effects were devastating. This "war" was called The Final War and lasted a mere half an hour, but the effects will be felt for the rest of history.

Prior to being gifted their newfound abilities, humans had created incredibly advanced technology, including weaponry capable of destroying entire civilizations, and they worked. Magic only accelerated this process, and during the final war the humans used these weapons across all of Orbis. Humanity had nearly exterminated itself, those who survived did so in massive underground bomb shelters. Without communication with the outside world, the humans now live locked away, living their entire lives knowing only the thick metal walls of their shelters, believing that the world above is a desolate wasteland. What they don’t know is that the world survived being bathed in nuclear hellfire.

The end of The Final War is when Orbis' calendar begins, and is regarded as year zero. This event is referred to as Genesis, with the years before it known as Before Genesis (BG) and those after it as After Genesis (AG).

Major Events
0 AG: Genesis 1 - 148 AG: The Age of Dragons. When Orbis became opened up to the other planes, several creatures came from the other planes to investigate this new land. The more dangerous creatures saw it as an easy new food source, and humanoids had to learn to fight these creatures. The most dangerous of which were the dragons, who ruled the surface and drove any creature who feared for their life underground. It wouldn't be until nearly a century and a half passed before dragons were driven out. ~100 AG: The life support systems of the Shelters that the humans took refuge in begin to fail, driving the humans out into the new world. 716 - 721 AG: The Lich King's reign lasted these five long years.

995 AG: The beginning of The Great Silence, where the gods ceased communication with the mortals for unknown reasons. Many theories have been speculated as to why the gods have abandoned them: The Daybreak Empire believes that they must prove themselves to their god Heliod, God of the Sun; The Kingdom of New Khiba believes that the gods have not abandoned us, but instead are sorting out an issue in the heavens; but most folk believe the gods are dead. Other theories come and go, but at the end of the day, that is all they will ever be: theories.

998 AG: The year of the fungal plague.