Edicts 0–2500Period · Cycle I
The Primordial Awakening & World-Canvas
The Genesis Council’s awakening marked the beginning of recorded time, and the opening 2,500 Edicts established the world’s matter, continents, oceans, and magical substrate.
The Living Archive
Timeline
Ten thousand Edicts. One continuing history.
Trace the ages that shaped Arqenuvam, from the awakening of the world to Cycle II · Edict 3601.
The Chronology
Seven Ages of Recorded History
Cycle ICycle I · Edicts 0–10000
The Cycle of Origin
The earliest known span of Arqenuvam’s history, when the world and its first peoples emerged.
- Edicts 0–2500Major Period · Cycle I
- Edicts 5001–8000Event · Cycle IEdicts 5001–8000Event · Cycle I
Sowing Mortal Sentience
Across Cycle I, Edicts 5001–8000, sentient peoples and Elemental Spirits emerged, establishing the living world that would later build Arqenuvam’s civilisations.
- Edict 0Event · Cycle IIEdict 0Event · Cycle II
The Great Silence & the Second Cycle
At the close of the First Cycle, the Genesis Council withdrew from direct involvement and Cycle II began under the Great Silence, leaving mortal peoples to shape the age that followed.
Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 0–1200
Early Second Cycle
The opening centuries of Cycle II, when permanent cities rose and celestial divisions hardened.
- Edicts 101–300Major Event · Cycle IIEdicts 101–300Event · Cycle II
Founding of Veridia, the First City
Between Cycle II, Edicts 101–300, Veridia emerged on the Veridian Shore as Arqenuvam’s first great city, with early Aeterna influence becoming embedded in mortal civilisation.
- Edicts 301–1200Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 301–1200Period · Cycle II
The Verdant Order & Xylos Crisis
The Verdant Accord formalised Aeterna-backed hierarchy; Xylos’s dissent, escalating repression, Lyra’s death during his attempted arrest, and his catastrophic Terraforming Edict then sundered part of Veridia before the Aeterna killed him.
Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 1201–1600
First Celestial War
The first world-shaping celestial conflict, from the crisis around Veridia to the poisoned legacy left on the western coast.
- Edicts 1201–1450Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 1201–1450Period · Cycle II
The First Celestial War
The Khaotari declaration of war opened the conflict from Edict 1201 onward; full-scale hostilities ran through Edict 1450, devastating the mortal world before a costly Aeterna victory ended open fighting.
- Edicts 1451–1600Major Event · Cycle IIEdicts 1451–1600Event · Cycle II
The Curse of the Veridian Shore
After open hostilities ended, the Khaotari placed a Plague Curse over the already-sundered Veridian Shore, completing its long-term transformation into the toxic, miasma-ridden Sunken Coast.
Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 1601–3200
Between the Celestial Wars
An age of resettlement, new institutions, and changing celestial power between the two great wars.
- Edicts 1601–2000Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 1601–2000Period · Cycle II
Founding of Concordia & Post-War Resettlement
Across Edicts 1601–2000, survivors gathered at the strategic river delta and founded Concordia, governed by the Council of Four Voices and protected by major Chronicler works.
- Edicts 2001–2500Event · Cycle IIEdicts 2001–2500Event · Cycle II
The Aeterna Schism
Between Edicts 2001–2500, moderate Aeterna led by Solara broke with increasingly interventionist hardliners, deepening the ideological divide that would later enable Valitra’s rise.
- Around Edict 2200Game Setting · Cycle II
The Shattering of Arqenuvam: Farfound
A cooperative fantasy village-building experience set around Cycle II, Edict 2200 during Arqenuvam's long interwar age.
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- Edicts 2601–2800Event · Cycle IIEdicts 2601–2800Event · Cycle II
Forging of the Crystalforged Legion
Between Edicts 2601–2800, Valitra forged the Crystalforged Legion through world-shaping magic, creating an obedient force that marked a major escalation in Aeterna coercion.
- Edicts 3101–3105Event · Cycle IIEdicts 3101–3105Event · Cycle II
Concordia Falls to Aeterna Rule
In Edicts 3101–3105, Valitra personally descended on Concordia; resistance collapsed, Council governance was replaced by Aeterna military rule, and the Chroniclers were driven into exile.
- Around Edict 3150Event · Cycle IIAround Edict 3150Event · Cycle II
Founding of Arcanum
Around Edict 3150, oppression under the post-3101 regime drove a Magician exodus; exiled Chroniclers guided the refugees to establish Arcanum on the storm-ravaged Sunken Coast.
Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 3201–3350
Second Celestial War
The later catastrophe that drew the wider world into conflict and brought the old Concordian order to an end.
- Edicts 3201–3350Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 3201–3350Period · Cycle II
The Second Celestial War
The wider Second Celestial War began with the Tier V rupture and Valitra’s fall from Edict 3201 onward, expanded into continent-wide total war in 3330, reached its decisive climax in 3347, and formally closed after cleanup in 3350.
- Edicts 3330–3347Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 3330–3347Period · Cycle II
War of All Species
From Edict 3330, the wider conflict became a full continental war across multiple fronts, drawing mortal peoples and their cities directly into the Second Celestial War until the decisive 3347 climax.
- Edict 3347Major Event · Cycle IIEdict 3347Event · Cycle II
The Final Fall of Concordia
Already hollowed by internal division, Concordia was breached and sacked in Edict 3347, ending the City of Harmony and leaving the ruined delta that would later become Havenstone.
Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 3351–3500
The Silent Years
An age of reconstruction in which survivors rebuilt cities, institutions, and shared life after the war.
- Edicts 3355–3500Major Period · Cycle IIEdicts 3355–3500Period · Cycle II
Havenstone Rebuilds in the Silent Years
From around Edict 3355, survivors founded Havenstone on Concordia’s ruined river delta and a multispecies reconstruction transformed the new city; the New Council of Four was established in Edict 3380.
- Edict 3400Game Setting · Cycle II
The Shattering of Arqenuvam: Silent Years
A peaceful fantasy life-sim set in Cycle II, Edict 3400 within Arqenuvam's post-war Silent Years chronology.
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Cycle IICycle II · Edicts 3501–3601
Current Era
The chronology reaches the age of the published stories and the present-day world explored across Arqenuvam.
- Edict 3601Major Event · Cycle IIEdict 3601Event · Cycle II
The Current Era Begins
The published story era begins in Aetheria at Cycle II, Edict 3601, marking the present boundary of this chronology.
The Present Record
Current Era · Cycle II · Edict 3601
The chronology reaches the present. The surviving history connects directly to the published stories and active world of Arqenuvam.
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The Realm
World Archive
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The Powers
Lore Archive
Understand the powers, cultures, magical tiers, and conflicts behind the record.
The People
Characters
Meet the people and celestials whose choices and sacrifices shaped the history.
The Stories
Published Works
Experience the history through the official novels, volumes, and companion chronicles.