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Visions of an Infinite Future

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	=== Visions of an Infinite Future ===		=== Visions of an Infinite Future ===
	Perhaps because of the comfort the idea brings to those with long lives, many elves ~~in both the [[Atarlie Empire]] and~~ among the [[Carcolie]] believe in a steady-state universe. The sun will always shine, the moons will always rise, the tide will do as the tide does and the universe will keep ticking along forever. This view is shared by the dwarves, who much like the elves consider themselves the "children" of their creator gods, blessed with an infinite universe. All three cultures have a view that they are in a position of stewardship for that infinite world, though rarely do the three come close to any kind of agreement on what that actually entails.		Perhaps because of the comfort the idea brings to those with long lives, many elves among the [[Carcolie]] believe in a steady-state universe. The sun will always shine, the moons will always rise, the tide will do as the tide does and the universe will keep ticking along forever. This view is shared by the dwarves, who much like the elves consider themselves the "children" of their creator gods, blessed with an infinite universe. All three cultures have a view that they are in a position of stewardship for that infinite world, though rarely do the three come close to any kind of agreement on what that actually entails.

	Since in the Carcolie case this position came to inform that of the [[Secrets of Nature]], it is a not-uncommon belief among some peoples in the [[Confederacy of Sages]], though the [[Cervitaur]] heads of the [[Star-Counters]] have a longer view still.		Since in the Carcolie case this position came to inform that of the [[Secrets of Nature]], it is a not-uncommon belief among some peoples in the [[Confederacy of Sages]], though the [[Cervitaur]] heads of the [[Star-Counters]] have a longer view still.

Zadammac: /* Springtime of the Gods */

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Springtime of the Gods

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	==== Springtime of the Gods ====		==== Springtime of the Gods ====
	The beginning of Elvish History, which concerns such mythologies as the first exodus of the elf-like beings that were the lesser children of [[Pyria Valeptor]] from Elysium, and the alike appearahnce of [[Shalaevar Shamaris]]. [[~~Amunhoptra~~]] is founded by the first elves to settle [[~~Wysteria~~]].		The beginning of Elvish History, which concerns such mythologies as the first exodus of the elf-like beings that were the lesser children of [[Pyria Valeptor]] from Elysium, and the alike appearahnce of [[Shalaevar Shamaris]]. [[Amuncaras]] is founded by the first elves to settle [[Wisteria]].

	In the 500th year of this age, [[Feno Ilirel]] takes a subset of the elves and sends them on an exodus from the Atlas Mountains, breaking them off into the unique [[Carcolie]] culture. She charges this new culture of the elves with defense of the magic of nature and fostering a connection to the land, but explains none of the logic of this commandment to any of her fellow gods, and discourages even worship of herself directly by the Carcolie.		In the 500th year of this age, [[Feno Ilirel]] takes a subset of the elves and sends them on an exodus from the Atlas Mountains, breaking them off into the unique [[Carcolie]] culture. She charges this new culture of the elves with defense of the magic of nature and fostering a connection to the land, but explains none of the logic of this commandment to any of her fellow gods, and discourages even worship of herself directly by the Carcolie.

Zadammac: /* Age of Tutelage */

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Age of Tutelage

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	The [[Age of Tutelage]] is a dwarven epoch running through the Primordial Myths and the Age of Mysteries, accounted to the dwarves as a period of 10,000 years, which conflicts with other accountings of the length of the same period. Among the dwarves, this calendar is viewed as any other calendar and considered reliable. Scholarship from outside the [[Clans of Magnus]] may consider these accountings mythological or apocryphal in nature; accepting it whole-cloth would mean recognizing the dwarves as the oldest sentient race on [[Ahren]] with the obvious exception of the [[Pre-Baghar Culture]].		The [[Age of Tutelage]] is a dwarven epoch running through the Primordial Myths and the Age of Mysteries, accounted to the dwarves as a period of 10,000 years, which conflicts with other accountings of the length of the same period. Among the dwarves, this calendar is viewed as any other calendar and considered reliable. Scholarship from outside the [[Clans of Magnus]] may consider these accountings mythological or apocryphal in nature; accepting it whole-cloth would mean recognizing the dwarves as the oldest sentient race on [[Ahren]] with the obvious exception of the [[Pre-Baghar Culture]].

	The Age of Tutelage is characterized as being an Age of the Gods. It begins with neither the creation of Ahren or [[Khaz Urheim]] or the birth of their god [[Magnus Allfather]], but with the creation of the dwarves in that city by that god and their release into the [[Atlas Mountains]]. The age takes its name from having been a period of divine tutelage, when most of the Dwarven Pantheon routinely walked among its people, founded the great clans and their clanholds, and generally set into motion the machine of dwarvish culture. The age involves the "death" of at least two of these gods and the eventual departure of the rest to [[Khaz Urheim]] at the turning of the year between ~~1000~~ Age of Tutelage and 1 Age of Stewardship.		The Age of Tutelage is characterized as being an Age of the Gods. It begins with neither the creation of Ahren or [[Khaz Urheim]] or the birth of their god [[Magnus Allfather]], but with the creation of the dwarves in that city by that god and their release into the [[Atlas Mountains]]. The age takes its name from having been a period of divine tutelage, when most of the Dwarven Pantheon routinely walked among its people, founded the great clans and their clanholds, and generally set into motion the machine of dwarvish culture. The age involves the "death" of at least two of these gods and the eventual departure of the rest to [[Khaz Urheim]] at the turning of the year between 10,000 Age of Tutelage and 1 Age of Stewardship.

	==== Age of Stewardship ====		==== Age of Stewardship ====

Zadammac: /* Age of Rebellion */

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Age of Rebellion

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	What follows is a long empire (sometimes figured as as much as 4000 years, but this is believed to be inaccurate) under the direct rulership of The Enemy, and throughout which humanity expanded across the [[Shimmering Shore]] and up the lands west of the [[Atlas Mountains]]. This northward expansion is recorded by the Orcs as being the impetus for the event known as the [[Kindling]].		What follows is a long empire (sometimes figured as as much as 4000 years, but this is believed to be inaccurate) under the direct rulership of The Enemy, and throughout which humanity expanded across the [[Shimmering Shore]] and up the lands west of the [[Atlas Mountains]]. This northward expansion is recorded by the Orcs as being the impetus for the event known as the [[Kindling]].

	===== Age of Rebellion =====		===== [[Age of Rebellion]] =====
	When the empire of the Enemy was at the enith of its power, at a year long agreed to be counted as 170 Before the Walls, [[Lukas the Rebellious]] was born a slave in the city of [[Baghar]], which the Enemy was said to have conquered. This is broadly considered to have been the start of the Age of Rebellion.		When the empire of the Enemy was at the enith of its power, at a year long agreed to be counted as 170 Before the Walls, [[Lukas the Rebellious]] was born a slave in the city of [[Baghar]], which the Enemy was said to have conquered. This is broadly considered to have been the start of the Age of Rebellion.

Zadammac: /* Age of Tutelage */

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Age of Tutelage

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	The [[Age of Tutelage]] is a dwarven epoch running through the Primordial Myths and the Age of Mysteries, accounted to the dwarves as a period of 10,000 years, which conflicts with other accountings of the length of the same period. Among the dwarves, this calendar is viewed as any other calendar and considered reliable. Scholarship from outside the [[Clans of Magnus]] may consider these accountings mythological or apocryphal in nature; accepting it whole-cloth would mean recognizing the dwarves as the oldest sentient race on [[Ahren]] with the obvious exception of the [[Pre-Baghar Culture]].		The [[Age of Tutelage]] is a dwarven epoch running through the Primordial Myths and the Age of Mysteries, accounted to the dwarves as a period of 10,000 years, which conflicts with other accountings of the length of the same period. Among the dwarves, this calendar is viewed as any other calendar and considered reliable. Scholarship from outside the [[Clans of Magnus]] may consider these accountings mythological or apocryphal in nature; accepting it whole-cloth would mean recognizing the dwarves as the oldest sentient race on [[Ahren]] with the obvious exception of the [[Pre-Baghar Culture]].

	The Age of Tutelage is characterized as being an Age of the Gods. It begins with neither the creation of Ahren or [[Khaz Urheim]] or the birth of their god [[Magnus Allfather]], but with the creation of the dwarves in that city by that god and their release into the [[Atlas Mountains]]. The age takes its name from having been a period of divine tutelage, when most of the Dwarven Pantheon routinely walked among its people, founded the great clans and their clanholds, and generally set into motion the machine of dwarvish culture. The age involves the "death" of at least two of these gods and the eventual departure of the rest to [[Khaz ~~Urdheim~~] at the turning of the year between 1000 Age of Tutelage and 1 Age of Stewardship.		The Age of Tutelage is characterized as being an Age of the Gods. It begins with neither the creation of Ahren or [[Khaz Urheim]] or the birth of their god [[Magnus Allfather]], but with the creation of the dwarves in that city by that god and their release into the [[Atlas Mountains]]. The age takes its name from having been a period of divine tutelage, when most of the Dwarven Pantheon routinely walked among its people, founded the great clans and their clanholds, and generally set into motion the machine of dwarvish culture. The age involves the "death" of at least two of these gods and the eventual departure of the rest to [[Khaz Urheim]] at the turning of the year between 1000 Age of Tutelage and 1 Age of Stewardship.

	==== Age of Stewardship ====		==== Age of Stewardship ====

Zadammac: /* Time Before Reckoning */

2023-06-22T17:00:41Z

Time Before Reckoning

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	~~== Time Before Reckoning ==~~

	The deep history of Ahren stretches back to incalculably ancient events. Through myth and legend, a vague sequence of those events can be determined. It is best noted that in the reckoning of most mortal races, if these years or the factual nature of these events are to be believed in at all, they are almost always idiosyncratic to those who believe in those events. There are none who can remember the beginning of the passage of time and indeed it is commonly believed that time and all the other long forces of [[Cosmology]] were in motion long before Ahren existed.		The deep history of Ahren stretches back to incalculably ancient events. Through myth and legend, a vague sequence of those events can be determined. It is best noted that in the reckoning of most mortal races, if these years or the factual nature of these events are to be believed in at all, they are almost always idiosyncratic to those who believe in those events. There are none who can remember the beginning of the passage of time and indeed it is commonly believed that time and all the other long forces of [[Cosmology]] were in motion long before Ahren existed.

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	{{~~Incomplete Record~~}}		{{Major Revision}}

	History is a reckoning of the passage of time, a subset of [[Cosmology]] that is focused on the when rather than the where. As is the case of most worlds where history has been invented, the mortals of [[Wisteria]] have periods of time which they understand that are considered to be either '''historical'' or '''prehistorical'''. In the common parlance these periods are known as the '''Ages of Reckoning''' and '''Time Before Reckoning''' specifically. For convenience of convention and unless specified otherwise, when only one date is to be given in the historical record for an event, it is considered correct to use the reckoning of the [[Rophalin Calendar]] and the counting of ages of the [[Atarlie Empire]] - the different races of [[Wisteria]], and indeed of all [[Ahren]], have their own reckonings of history and the passing of the year.		History is a reckoning of the passage of time, a subset of [[Cosmology]] that is focused on the when rather than the where. As is the case of most worlds where history has been invented, the mortals of [[Wisteria]] have periods of time which they understand that are considered to be either '''historical'' or '''prehistorical'''. In the common parlance these periods are known as the '''Ages of Reckoning''' and '''Time Before Reckoning''' specifically. For convenience of convention and unless specified otherwise, when only one date is to be given in the historical record for an event, it is considered correct to use the reckoning of the [[Rophalin Calendar]] and the counting of ages of the [[Atarlie Empire]] - the different races of [[Wisteria]], and indeed of all [[Ahren]], have their own reckonings of history and the passing of the year.

Zadammac: /* Ages of Reckoning */

2022-08-05T14:01:22Z

Ages of Reckoning

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	* The fey of the east dream into being the [[Halflings]] and through them sire the [[Gnomes]], races that populate the [[Hearthlands]], in what becomes later calculated as the year 0 of the Age of Springtime in [[Hearthland Reckoning]].		* The fey of the east dream into being the [[Halflings]] and through them sire the [[Gnomes]], races that populate the [[Hearthlands]], in what becomes later calculated as the year 0 of the Age of Springtime in [[Hearthland Reckoning]].
	* [[Shalaevar Shamaris]] comes to [[Wisteria]] from [[the Abyss]], creating the diseases that plague the elves. In response, Pyria creates her daughter [[Feno Ilirel]], in Age of Gods 223, [[Elvish Reckoning]]. This will initiate a period known as the '''Springtime of Gods''', namesake of the age and a period in which most of the other gods of the [[High Elven Pantheon]] are born.		* [[Shalaevar Shamaris]] comes to [[Wisteria]] from [[the Abyss]], creating the diseases that plague the elves. In response, Pyria creates her daughter [[Feno Ilirel]], in Age of Gods 223, [[Elvish Reckoning]]. This will initiate a period known as the '''Springtime of Gods''', namesake of the age and a period in which most of the other gods of the [[High Elven Pantheon]] are born.
	* At some point around Age of Gods 500, Feno Ilirel sends the elves who would become the [[Carcolie]] into the wilderness without other explanation.		* At some point around Age of Gods 500, Feno Ilirel sends the elves who would become the [[Carcolie]] into the wilderness without other explanation to her fellow gods of the [[High Elven Pantheon]]. In doing this, she charges them above all else with remembering their intimate connection to nature, dramatically reshaping their culture in comparison to the arcane-focused Atarlie.
	* At a year agreed to be 170 Before the Walls, [[San Lukas \| Lukas the Rebellious]] is born among the slave class in [[Baghar]], by then already considered an ancient city. This marks a turning of an age in the reckoning of the [[Annals of Bastonia]], beginning a short age known as the '''Age of Rebellion'''.		* At a year agreed to be 170 Before the Walls, [[San Lukas \| Lukas the Rebellious]] is born among the slave class in [[Baghar]], by then already considered an ancient city. This marks a turning of an age in the reckoning of the [[Annals of Bastonia]], beginning a short age known as the '''Age of Rebellion'''.
	* At the Festival of the Turning Wheel, Age of Gods 1112, [[Rophalin Imperitor]] confers the authority to elect the emperor onto the [[Atarlie Senate]]. Over the run of more than a millenium of rule, his great work of establishing the laws, customs, and guidestones of the elves is complete, and by this time he and most of the other elven gods have been drawn out of direct presence in [[Ahren]], returning to their respective realms throughout the vastness of cosmology. This is the turning of an age into the '''Age of Elvish Springtime'''.		* At the Festival of the Turning Wheel, Age of Gods 1112, [[Rophalin Imperitor]] confers the authority to elect the emperor onto the [[Atarlie Senate]]. Over the run of more than a millenium of rule, his great work of establishing the laws, customs, and guidestones of the elves is complete, and by this time he and most of the other elven gods have been drawn out of direct presence in [[Ahren]], returning to their respective realms throughout the vastness of cosmology. This is the turning of an age into the '''Age of Elvish Springtime'''.

Zadammac: /* Time Before Reckoning */

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Time Before Reckoning

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	These are the major ages of the time before reckoning:		These are the major ages of the time before reckoning:
	* [[Void Age of the Great Wheel]], as some refer to the time before [[Ahren]] existed. This age comes to an end in the unfathomable pass when a confluence of cosmological forces known as the [[Vergence]] causes the creation of [[Ahren]], allowing forces bleeding off of the '''Eight Essential Planes''' to fill in the material world of [[Ahren]] in a reflection of the [[Bardo]], which is believed to have already existed long before. Accounts differ on whether the Vergence was a unique event (as believed by men of [[Bastonia]]) or part of a great cycle of such events in the great unfathomable time of the ages of gods.		* [[Void Age of the Great Wheel]], as some refer to the time before [[Ahren]] existed. This age comes to an end in the unfathomable pass when a confluence of cosmological forces known as the [[Vergence]] causes the creation of [[Ahren]], allowing forces bleeding off of the '''Eight Essential Planes''' to fill in the material world of [[Ahren]] in a reflection of the [[Bardo]], which is believed to have already existed long before. Accounts differ on whether the Vergence was a unique event (as believed by men of [[Bastonia]]) or part of a great cycle of such events in the great unfathomable time of the ages of gods.
	* [[Age of Darkness]], a long age of the depths of time between the [[Vergence]] and the emergence of the first mortal races on [[Ahren]]. During such time as this age of darkness a few mortal races do indeed creep into [[Ahren]]. [[The Firekeeper]] creates the first orcs not as mortals of full mind but as the '''Princes of Beasts''', and looses them in the west of wisteria, in what would long later become known as the [[Lordless Lands]]. Creatures like men, but closer to some unseen animal ancestor, also appear in [[Ahren]], but are not native to [[Wisteria]] at this time. The Age of Darkness is considered ended by the earliest events of the Age of Orcs and Men, but no firm date for this is agreed. At some point in this age, the city of [[Baghar]] is founded by [[Pre-Baghar ~~Civilizaton~~ \| unknown forces]], perhaps even by [[Anghara]] itself.		* [[Age of Darkness]], a long age of the depths of time between the [[Vergence]] and the emergence of the first mortal races on [[Ahren]]. During such time as this age of darkness a few mortal races do indeed creep into [[Ahren]]. [[The Firekeeper]] creates the first orcs not as mortals of full mind but as the '''Princes of Beasts''', and looses them in the west of wisteria, in what would long later become known as the [[Lordless Lands]]. Creatures like men, but closer to some unseen animal ancestor, also appear in [[Ahren]], but are not native to [[Wisteria]] at this time. The Age of Darkness is considered ended by the earliest events of the Age of Orcs and Men, but no firm date for this is agreed. At some point in this age, the city of [[Baghar]] is founded by [[Pre-Baghar Civilization \| unknown forces]], perhaps even by [[Anghara]] itself.

	== Ages of Reckoning ==		== Ages of Reckoning ==