Timeline

The First Age: The Age of Gods
Only the wisest of the wise even know that the first age existed. The most ancient gods remember hearing of it dimly in the past, and a few odd records and artifacts remain. In fact, most mortals are convinced the world began with the dawn of the third age. As such, next to nothing is known about this era.

What is known, or believed to be known, is quite brief. The first gods, whatever they called themselves, arose during this era and, it is assumed, created the universe and all within it. Those same gods were also wiped out, or perhaps simply left, during this age, leaving ruins and artifacts behind them. Surviving artifacts from the first age are impossibly rare and, while some are useless, often have incredible powers such as erasing countries from the world or bestowing godhood to their user.

The Second Age
The second age is marked by the advent of the Firstborn Races. Initially peaceful these races, or perhaps groups of races built their civilization up on the ruins of the first age, eventually reaching incredible heights. At some point these races began to war with one another, falling into several camps. They fought furiously for untold years, using all manner of horrifying weapons.

As the conflict worsened forbidden powers began to come into use. Biological experimentation and powerful magics created a variety of beings known as the younger races to serve as foot soldiers, aides and even servants. Several 'failed' projects survived int he dark corners of the world, eventually rising up again as the second age drew to a close. Other similar projects created all sorts of living super-weapons, many of which survived hidden or sleeping into the third age.

More significantly, the second age destroyed much of the world.The seas were turned to blood, the earth became glass and the air poison. The ancient races took to living in floating cities far above the ruined crust, using domes to filter the horrible air. And yet the conflict grew only worse. Though both the Dragons and (other) knew that they would wipe each other out rather than winning, neither side trusted the other enough to declare a cease-fire or hold to a peace.

It was in this situation that the first god ascended. A member of the younger races who made a habit of investigating forgotten ruins of the early moments of the age and scrounging what relics she could, happened upon one of the mightiest remnants of the first age. Obtaining the power to declare herself and a small band of allies as gods, she began to venture to stop the war, establishing the gods as a third faction.

Eventually peace was obtained, not by eliminating the dragons, (other), or gods, but by incorporating both the mightiest dragons and the wisest (other) into the ranks of the gods, and subordinating them to the laws of heaven. In effect the gods were trusted to maintain the cease-fire, and both sides where quietly sure that they could easily overpower the few unaligned gods. The first supreme ruler passed judgement, pulling her divine court away from the world and into the heavenly realm, where continued conflict could do no further harm to the badly taxed world.

The Dawn Era
The ascension of the ancient races brought an end to the second age. As the laws of heaven were written, the ancient races withdrew from the world and gods began the process of rebuilding the shattered remains. The behemoths of the second age were sought out and slain, and their corpses used to remake the land. The gods shaped the continents and bestowed lands and kingdoms to their favored younger races. The younger races took up stewardship of the land and ruled in the name of the gods.

It was in this time that mortals first appeared. (Need reason why/how mortals came to be). Though short of lifespan and easily killed, the mortal's populations boomed.

At the closing of this era, the ancient races gradually began to dim. Many of their oldest and wisest ascended to godhood in turn, as the ancient races passed beyond, or died in heavenly battle. Others fought each other and died, while others yet were simply unsuited the restored environment of the world and took to their own planes.

This era is the earliest remembered by mortals, and even the wisest of scholars often assume it to be the dawn of the world. Marked by the reign of the first supreme ruler, this era was one of growth and peace. However, that first god, known for her judgement and compassion, was never the strongest or mightiest of the gods and eventuallly stepped down under unknown circumstances.

In the aftermath the immortal king of the Sage Monkeys made his move not just making a claim on divinity but head god. Suffice his "I can punch you really hard" strategy had many other adherents. At the end of this impromptu tournament or more accurately mob brawl much of Heaven and earth were devestated(While not to the extremes that lead to the end of the Second age it was definately apocalyptic for most). When the dust settled none of the would be champions held the throne, Yuen had seen to that.

The Manate Era
It feels good to have 3 eras, so let's have a second supreme god and have this era marked by his/her style? Perhaps a generation of conflict or war between mortals and younger races?

The Transpose Era
As the third supreme ruler ascended to her thrown a new era began. Marked by her eccentricity the transpose era has seen incredible growth in the field of adventuring and change. Socities rise and fall, fragmenting quickly, and magic which transforms has been noted to be far more powerful, and more common. Magic flows across the worlds, not with the strength of the second age, but in small ways that make it more ubiquitous than ever before.