The History of the World

Overview
In the beginning, there was but one god. Szyzon, the Storyteller, the maker of the world and all that resides within it. From his works, we exist. The following is a brief timeline of events, containing common knowledge available in historical documents, and should be considered a compilation of historical texts. The formative years of the world are speculative, and true documentation began with the advent of civilization.

Timeline
Year 0: The Beginning, when the world is penned into being.

Year 9630: Birth of Saint Brightheart.

Year 9654: Humanity's tribes unite into Countries; formation of the Auslands, Praia, Rangal.

Year 9660: Death of Saint Brightheart, at the hands of the Infernal One's invasion.

Year 9768: Formation of the Imperium, dissolution of Rangal, beginning of the Old World Unification Wars.

Year 9770: The nascent Imperium sends settlers to the New World, a landmass discovered across the sea to the West. Communication with the settlers is quickly lost.

Year 9773: The New World's city states begin to unite into countries; The New Auslands and New Chevlais go to war.

Year 9774: The Dwarves of the Chasm disappear.

Year 9791: The Old World falls under dominion of the Imperium.

Year 9792: Contact between the Old World and New World is reestablished. The Council of the Damned is formed between leaders of New World countries, marking the end of their wars.

Year 9797: The Grey Pox, a diseased believed extinct, breaks out in the White City, the capital of the Imperium. Casualties number over one hundred thousand individuals.