Prehistory Timeline of Rathnir

This page is dedicated for a comprehensive timeline of the prehistory-lore of Rathnir. See the Geologic Timescale for an overview of deep time.

Deep Past (Formation of Rathnir to Agricultural Revolution)
6,000,000,000 BJC- Planetary formation.

4,500,000,000 BJC- Rathnir forms as a solid landmass as the bedrock solidifies.

4,300,000,000 BJC- Suspected formation of the Void.

3,700,000,000 BJC- Formation of the earliest parts of the Great Ocean. Earliest indicators of microbe activity suggest the beginning of life in Rathnir.

3,100,000,000 BJC- Photosynthesis begins.

2,900,000,000 BJC- Stromatolite reefs become dominant in coastal and shallow-water landscapes.

2,400,000,000 BJC- Great Oxygenation Event, as photosynthetic bacteria drive a sudden increase in atmospheric oxygen.

2,200,000,000 BJC- Eukaryotic cells form for the first time, with symbiotic mitochondria.

1,700,000,000 BJC- Sterling Glaciation covers most of Rathnir in ice, decreasing sea levels drastically. Earliest fungi and red algae evolve.

1,000,000,000 BJC- Last Common Ancestor of animals thought to have branched off from choanoflagellate protists.

800,000,000 BJC- Oldest fossil animals (a possible jellyfish known as Eoscaphozoon) known. Other animals including sponges and Cryptopinna appear shortly after.

545,000,000 BJC- The "Certarian Explosion" begins as a rapid diversification of animal life occurs.

460,000,000 BJC- First terrestrial plants and fungi known, as well as the first fish. All extant animal phyla known today have evolved by this point.

386,000,000 BJC- Earliest instances of stem-tetrapods walking on land.

340,000,000 BJC- Beginning of the age of coal swamps; a greenhouse climate sees the evolution of the first conifers and amniote tetrapods.

303,000,000 BJC- first large-bodied synapsids like Edaphosaurus evolve in Rathnir.

260,000,000 BJC- Coal swamps and peat production at their peak; large basal tetrapod megafauna prevails.

248,000,000 BJC- Mass extinction drives the megafauna of the Ardatian Period extinct alongside nearly 80% of marine fauna.

205,000,000 BJC- Sokalian orogeny creates mountain ranges across Syltor, most notably the Melwende Shan. Formation of several igneous plutons across Aurlûnor, Ryzan, Bardonia, and other countries, forming among many other geologic features the Nir aquifer-aquifuge system. The first dinosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles, and other animal groups evolve for the first time, and many primitive reptiles and synapsids go extinct.

180,000,000 BJC- Period of global cooling reduces sea levels as marine reptiles and dinosaurs diversify and become some of the largest organisms known.

160,000,000 BJC- Alteniquia breaks away from the Nieden-Plagos Supercontinent, becoming isolated.

150,000,000 BJC- Earliest birds and dragons evolve from theropod dinosaurs; first mammals and crown-group crocodiles also appear.

120,000,000 BJC- First flowering plants evolve alongside pollinating insects.

90,000,000 BJC- Climate maximum as corals are largely replaced with rudist bivalves; ichthyosaurs, peioraids, suchorostrine theropods, petravrosaurids, and many primitive kolonopods go extinct. Dominant terrestrial fauna becomes dominated by dinychids, ceratopsians, and hadrosaurs.

78,000,000 BJC- Transition to modern forest assemblages dominated by angiosperms begins. First placental mammals and grasses.

69,000,000 BJC- End of the Iridaceous Period marks the extinction of many lineages of marine reptiles and mollusks, as well as pterosaurs and all non-volant dinosaurs.

54,000,000 BJC- first creeper spores known from fossils, though body fossils are unknown. Alteniquia reconnects to Nieden as Ummarnu becomes an island continent.

40,000,000 BJC- Onset of the Syltor Climate Reversal. The erosion of most of the Melwende Shan allowed humid air to move across the continent freely, creating a vast desert where it was once forest and forests and swamps in what were once arid climates around the Lothranis Sea.

38,000,000 BJC- Grasses become dominant ground cover in most environments.

20,000,000 BJC- Rathnir's continents take their modern shape for the most part.

3,500,000 BJC- last common ancestor of most Rathnir humanoids presumed to have existed.

2,500,000 BJC- first evidence of eastward migratory Tudenan proto-civilization near the conjunction of Nieden and Syltor.

1,000,000 BJC - Evidence of first settlement and evolution of Lamiatrophus, otherwise known as the succubi.

100,000 BJC- Evidence of Niedene begins to appear in the form of inscriptions preserved in the caves beneath Mt Felkerr, related to the script used by ancient Niedene..

94,000 BJC- Earliest evidence of cave paintings across Rathnir, Jagdas and Eldham depicting the arrival of the Foraith from their plane of origin across multiple early civilisations.

75,000 BJC- Evidence of pre-agricultural guren human tribes in the form of stone tools and ceramic pottery in western Syltor.

38,000 BJC- first "War in heaven" between Foraith and Tudenan Kingdom occurs.

36,000 BJC- second "War in heaven" between Foraith and Tudenan Kingdom occurs, archaeological data shows a steep increase in fertile soil in the region due to casualties.

11,000 BJC- (Aurlûnorean, Almnutaa Elves, Ashurite, Talawan, and Elves in general) Possible origin of Elves in Rathnir. Archaeological evidence suggests that they had migrated around this time from the west of Syltör. This is still debated to this day, but archeologists unearthed multiple ancient elven artifacts and ruins that match patterns of certain elves as far down as Ummarnu and Haven.

11,000 BJC- (Aurlûnorean) Evidence of wheat and millet agriculture among the ghuren, with artifacts belonging to the Dawou culture being found.

Ancient Rathnir (Agricultural revolution until ~250 Before Jagdasian Crisis)
6,300 BJC - (Aurlûnorean) Possible first sightings of an early form of Aurlûnorean culture according to historical records, but this is currently unclear. This was discovered near Talhûnar.

5,500 BJC-


 * (Ardatian) - The beginning of the first Ardat Caliphate ruled by the Succubus Caliph Manyira Navaska from the capital of Navaska.
 * (Huitca) - The earliest known ancestors of the Huitca (sometimes referred to as 'Tanekwa') are driven out of their ancestral homeland in northern Nieden by an event that has since been lost to time.

5,470 BJC-

•(Huitca) - After travelling through Nieden, the Tanekwa settle in the central desert of Alteniqua and become the Hanekwa.

5,000 BJC-


 * (Ardatian, Geshemi) The first Caliphate ends with the death of the Succubus Calipha Rosajad Naveskali and her children by the hands of the Geshemi. As a result, the Geshemi are forced to leave Ardat Mosul and become nomadic peoples.
 * (Ashurite, Dune Elven) - Migrations of the Dune Elves and those who would become Ashurites, would end up in the harsh deserts of the Ashurite Desert. Some would continue to migrate toward Ummarnu. It's possible here, is where the Almnutaa Elves were first recorded.
 * Giant Ocelots go extinct in Alteniquia.

4 900 BJC- (Geshemi) The line of Kansion the Younger ends.

4 800 BJC- (Ardatian, Geshemi) The first human Caliph, Bosori Talewan seizes power in the former Caliphate and begins the mythical Caliphate of ten dynasties. Hasril is founded on the Sea of Pearls

4 700 BJC- (Ardatian, Talawan) The Kingdoms of Teshub and the Western Mesa are absorbed by the second Ardatian Caliphate due to a succession crisis.

-4 600 BJC- (Geshemi) Hasril converts to Solyrean.

-4 000 BJC- (Geshemi) Ardat Mosul discovers Hasril who sparks a war between the two nations.

3 871 BJC- (Ardatian, Talawan) The Talawan Wars begin with the Southern Kingdoms of Ummarnu declaring war on Old Talawa. Ummarnu would not enjoy peace until the end of the sixth Talawan War in 2 681 BJC.

3 800 BJC- (Geshemi) The White War, the greatest civil war in the history of the Geshemi, begins with the death of Andubion.

3 775 BJC- (Geshemi) Urdavion III emerges victorious from the White War. The Hasril Dominion is founded.

3300 BJC- (Soleannan) Possible date for the creation of the first Niedene.

3 100 BJC- (Geshemi) Urdavion X dies and a great plague breaks out killing 80% of the Hasril Dominion.

3 025 BJC- (Geshemi) Nabiin of the Reus Family founds the Red Cult and becomes High Priest.

3 000 BJC- (Geshemi) Nabiin achieves immortality through blood sacrifice and begins the Blood Revolt which leads to the end of the Royal Family and their, roughly 800-year reign. The Reus Family is renamed to House Bois and proclaims the High Kingdom of Geshemi.

2 880 BJC- (Geshemi) Hasril gets renamed to Gehenna in honor of The Blood Gods domain.

2 681 BJC- (Ardatian, Talawan) The end of the millenia-long Talawan Wars ends with the diplomatic marriage between King Taran III of Old Talawa and King Wilusa I of Lukka.

2 500 BJC-


 * (Erekenthiin) The Erekenthiin start migrating southward.
 * (Aurlûnorean) The last human civilization of the region known as the Xinhua are annihilated by local Elven Kings. Most of Southern Syltör is a majority Elven population.
 * (Huitca) The ancestors of the Huitca (known at that time as 'Hanekwa') were driven from their desert city by a violent cyclone said to be strong enough to hurl boulders the size of several men.

2490 BJC- (Huitca) - The Hanekwa arrive in the city-state of Knossus and are welcomed by the locals.

2 100 BJC- (Ardatian, Geshemi, Vastallosi) The Chocolate Wars are fought in Vastallos between the city-states and the first Ardatian Empire-. High King Nabiin, of the High Kingdom of the Geshemi, is killed by the Succubi Caliph of Ardat Mosul. He is succeeded by High King Elmortion.

2000 BJC- (Erekenthiin, Geshemi) The Erekenthiin begin trading with the Geshemi High Kingdom. The exposure to their political structure leads to the establishment of the Kingdom of the Erekenthiin under Iyazon Montavas.

1 950 BJC- (Huitca) The ancient Huitca (Now mutated to 'Hnika') leave Knossus and arrive in Cuiciloa.

ca.1900 BJC -(Hiarllii) A splinter group of Hnika arrive in Zoquiyo, and integrate into the culture of the Ashurite Elves, creating the Hiarllii people.

1850 BJC -(BRO,see this page for context) BRO peoples start to migrate from the north of Rathnir, from a continent known as 'Azia.' The first wave begis with the Proto-Bardons moving south parallel to the Syltör coastline.

1 800 BJC- (Geshemi) High King Elmortion dies of old age and is succeeded by High King Pulpision. (Geshemi) The Arakenthiin become a distinct cultural group and split from the High Kingdom of the Erekenthiin.

1600 BJC -(BRO) The second wave of BRO migrations occurs with the Proto-Olthiacs moving into Syltör through historical Andorn. This is followed by the Proto-Ryzani.

1568 BJC-(Niedene) The Niedene city of Soleanna is founded and begins to grow greatly.

1500 BJC -(BRO) The third wave quickly follows the second, as the Proto-Ryzani split with one group settling near Remtal between the mountains and the other heading south and settling around the bay between Ryzan and Aurlûnor. The former, Northern group would become the Nebskoslavs, Carthyans, and Volkoreans. The latter, Southern group would become the Balreskans, Vologdans, and the Ryzani proper. During these migrations, the population of local dwarves was disrupted.

1500 BJC- (Erekenthiin, Geshemi) The Kingdom of the Erekenthiin is conquered by the Geshemi High Kingdom. The old King Iyazon Montavas was made an official in the Geshemi government.

900 BJC - (Aurlûnorean) - Establishment of the first Dynasty, Almador by King Maxion the "Prophet King".

300 BJC - (Aurlûnorean) - The last King of Almador is killed, and the Warring States period begins, which divided Almador into 15 parts.

250 BJC - (Aurlûnorean) - First known recorded appearance of Sareariel Lelya-Earcala, and the establishment of the Aurlûnor Celestial Empire, as well as the beginning of the Leyla-Earlcala Dynasty.