4,000+ years ago
The Mana Seed is discovered in Tulimsur. The First Great War erupts. The Seed shatters in battle, its fragments become the Mana Stones. Courtlyn is destroyed. The world burns.
Complete Historical Record
Overview & Timeline
A world written in fire, consequence, and the choices of those who refuse to let history stay buried.
Whether history repeats itself is not yet determined. That story belongs to those who choose to live it.
— Motto of Aethro Online
The World of Aethro
Aethro is a world shaped not by the will of gods, but by the choices of those who live within it. It has burned before, consumed by catastrophic war four thousand years ago when magic was young, misunderstood, and weaponised by those who should have known better. From those ashes, a fragile peace was built. For three millennia it held, bound together by ancient treaties, mutual fear, and the shared memory of what fire can do to a world.
That peace is ending. The twin pillars of the known world, Kalismor and Kodaisdain, have turned their armies toward each other. Two witches of unknown origin whisper in royal courts. And the Mana Stones, fragments of a power that once broke the world, pulse with renewed urgency.
Every move, every action, changes the fate of the world forever.
Timeline at a Glance
3,000–100 years ago
The Long Rebuilding. Kalismor rises from Tulimsur's ruins with Aethwynd as its capital. Kodaisdain is founded. The Golden Accord is signed.
~100 years ago
Vaelric Everdawn is born under the celestial alignment known as the Everdawn. Prophecies already circle his name.
~79 years ago
King Aldric is assassinated. Vaelric takes the throne at twenty-one. The Crimson Rebellion is crushed. House Mortis is exiled north.
~70 years ago
The Arcane Pact returns controlled magic to Kalismor. Vaelric stops aging. The Everdawn Crown begins to pulse with energies not of this world.
~57 years ago
The Golden Age begins. Prince Kaelen Everdawn is born. Kalismor flourishes. The Golden Accord has never been stronger.
~43 years ago
Prince Kaelen vanishes the eve of his eighteenth birthday. No signs of struggle. No explanation. Vaelric is never the same.
~25 years ago
Vaelric dies or disappears. Kalismor fractures. Pryden Mortis III marches from the north. The Night of Iron. Aethwynd is renamed Kalis. Magic is outlawed.
Present Day
Two witches appear simultaneously at both royal courts. Armies mobilize. The Second Great War is at hand.
Factions of the Known World
The Iron Compact
Pryden's army, built over seventy-five years in the northern wastes.
The Ironbound Guard
Elite protectors of the Palace of Iron in Kalis.
The Inquisition of Iron
Pryden's mage hunters and secret police.
The Whisper of Dawn
Underground resistance loyal to the Everdawn bloodline. Some believe Prince Kaelen still lives.
The Umbral Veil
Vaelric's old spy network. Officially disbanded. Possibly still active.
The Aetherium Cabal
Scattered mages driven underground by Pryden's Purge.
The Legion of the Iron Mantle
Dainar Vorthas's elite defensive army in Kodaisdain.
The Everforge Order
Ancient peacekeeping order of Kodaisdain.
Places of Note
Kalis
Formerly Aethwynd. Capital of Kalismor under Pryden, built atop the ruins of ancient Tulimsur.
The Palace of Iron
Pryden's fortress-palace. Dungeons below, dread above.
The Fields of Red Mercy
Where the Crimson Rebellion ended and House Mortis was first broken.
The Northern Wastes
Where House Mortis spent seventy-five years in exile, quietly building an army.
Celestium
Capital of Kodaisdain under Dainar Vorthas.
The Celestial Archive
Kodaisdain's grand library, where Dainar studies history out of fear, not curiosity.
Tulimsur
The ancient city where the Mana Seed was found. Its ruins lie beneath Kalis.
Courtlyn
The warmage city-state destroyed in the First Great War. Its location is lost to history.
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