Ancient Era
1 FA
Arlathan is founded some three thousand years before the arrival of humans on the continent. The date is so far removed from recorded history that it is difficult to pinpoint in Chantry years.
-4600 Ancient
The elves are believed to first make contact with the dwarves.
-3100 Ancient
Records claim humanity arrives in Thedas around this date. This is disputed by scholars, who ask where humanity came from and why they left.
-2850 Ancient
Elves are said to first notice the quickening, ending their immortality and frightening them into withdrawal from human contact. This is thought by many to be mere legend.
-2800 Ancient
The Old Gods are said to begin whispering to humanity from the Black City. They teach the Dreamers of the Neromenian tribes magic. Power shifts, and these Dreamers become both priests and kings among their people.
-2415 Ancient
The Alamarri tribes cross the Frostback Mountains and settle in the lands that will eventually become Ferelden. Alamarri legend says they were fleeing a “shadow goddess,” but scholars believe they were escaping a natural disaster.
-1815 Ancient
The Alamarri living near Lake Calenhad break away, becoming the Avvar. The two groups war with each other for centuries.
-1610 Ancient
The entire Kingdom of Barindur vanishes under unknown circumstances.
-1595 Ancient
Thalsian, also known as the First Priest of Dumat, is the first known person to wield blood magic. He claims to learn the art after personally communicating with Dumat, an Old God.
-1415 Ancient
The Chasind people break off from the Alamarri and settle in the Korcari Wilds.
-1207 Ancient
The kingdoms of Neromenian and Tevinter unite after Darinius, High King of Neromenian, takes control of the Tevinter throne.
-1200 Ancient
Dwarven gladiatorial contests known as Provings become popular among the nobles of the Imperium. A Grand Proving arena is constructed in Minrathous.
-1200 Ancient
Tevinter allies itself with the dwarves.
-1195 Ancient
Darinius unites Tevinter and Qarinus, forming the mighty Tevinter Imperium. He declares himself the first Archon.
-1170 Ancient
King Endrin Stonehammer moves the dwarven capital from Kal-Sharok to the growing thaig of Orzammar.
-1170 Ancient
Endrin Stonehammer oversees the construction of the legendary Stonehammer Hall in Orzammar.
-1170 Ancient
The Orzammar Proving Grounds are expanded to encompass Grand Provings, previously held in Kal-Sharok. The best warriors of these Provings become the first of Orzammar’s Paragons. Stonehammer buids a hall to house huge statues in their honor.
-1160 Ancient
Taxes drained by Orzammar from Kal-Sharok’s trade profits begin to grow burdensome.
-1131 Ancient
Endrin Stonehammer is made a Paragon.
-981 Ancient
Tensions between Tevinter and the elves turn to open war. The Imperium besieges Arlathan.
-975 Ancient
The years-long siege of Arlathan ends when Tevinter is said to sink the city into the ground using blood magic. Surviving elves are enslaved.
-895 Ancient
The Tevinter Imperium expands rapidly, bolstered by its new elven slave class. The Imperium takes over nearly all of northern Thedas and begins pushing across the Waking Sea.
-880 Ancient
Tevinter settles the island of Estwatch, fortifying its bay and establishing a port for warship repair.
-760 Ancient
Archon Almadrius takes the throne in Tevinter
-715 Ancient
The Imperium stages several campaigns to subjugate the Alamarri in Ferelden. After many near misses, they succeed in holding the area for a time and construct the Imperial Highway across the mountains to Ostagar.
-695 Ancient
Western Tevinter splits away forming the Anderfels.
-692 Ancient
Almadrius is assassinated, and his apprentice Tidarion inherits the throne. Civil war breaks out in the Imperium.
-640 Ancient
Tidarion dies without an heir. As the war continues, magisters vie for power.
-620 Ancient
The Imperium establishes Emerius—later renamed Kirkwall—as a settlement for slaves, largely to mine the jet stone used for construction of the great temples of Minrathous.
-620 Ancient
The civil war in Tevinter ends with Archon Parthenius claiming the throne.
-535 Ancient
After generations of independence, the Anderfels are retaken by the thriving Imperium.
-410 Ancient
A group of kossith is believed to land in the south Korcari Wilds, establishing a colony. There are likely killed off in the First Blight, giving rise to the first appearance of ogres on the continent.
-395 Ancient
In secret, a group of the most powerful Tevinter magisters open a gate into the Golden City, entering it physically. They are cast violently back into the physical world twisted and corrupted—the first darkspawn.
-395 Ancient
The First Blight begins.
-380 Ancient
The darkspawn multiply and attack en masse, concentrating at first on the underground Deep Roads used by the dwarves. As the dwarven thaigs fall, the darkspawn use the Deep Roads to reach the edges of the Imperium. They surface and chaos ensues.
-355 Ancient
The Blight has yet to reach the Alamarri. They are instead caught up in a war with the Avvar. In the Battle of Red Falls, Alamarri warrior Luthias Dwarfson fights Morrighan’nan, Avvar warrior queen. Both die in the battle. The Order of Ash Warriors is founded in Dwarfson’s honor.
-305 Ancient
The Grey Wardens are founded at Weisshaupt.
-255 Ancient
Paragon Caridin creates the first golem in an effort to better fight the darkspawn scourge.
-248 Ancient
Caridin vanishes, taking the secret of the golems’ construction with him. The secret stays buried for ages.
-203 Ancient
Coordinating a massive army from across Thedas, the Grey Wardens defeat the Archdemon Dumat at the Battle of the Silent Plains, ending the First Blight.
-203 Ancient
The prophet Andraste is born in Ferelden. The exact year of her birth is hotly contested by scholars.
-195 Ancient
Slowly, the last of the darkspawn are cut down and forced underground. For the dwarves, the Blight continues; for the surface world, the battle is over.
-195 Ancient
As the Deep Roads close, communication lines falter between the surviving dwarven kingdoms. Each thaig elects its own king while maintaining allegiance to a high king in Orzammar.
-191 Ancient
Intelligent darkspawn capable of advanced thought and speech are discovered. The Warden Sashamiri captures Corypheus, who is said to be the greatest of these darkspawn.
-187 Ancient
Andraste marries Maferath, an Alamarri chieftain.
-186 Ancient
Andraste preaches of a new creator, whom she calls the Maker. The more she says, the more her following grows. Maferath uses her teachings to unite the Alamarri clans under his authority.
-184 Ancient
The Imperium’s influence recedes in southern Thedas as Minrathous rebuilds.
-184 Ancient
The Chasind claims the fortress of Ostagar.
-181 Ancient
Years spent studying Corypheus in captivity teach the Wardens little, as his influence penetrates the minds of even the most powerful mages. The Wardens seal him away deep in the Vimmark Mountains, concealing his existence.
-180 Ancient
Maferath’s barbarian horde pushes north and begins an outright assault on the Imperium. Andraste’s word spreads among oppressed Tevinter subjects and incites slave uprisings. Southern Tevinter begins to properly collapse.
-180 Ancient
Tevinter abandons the island of Estwatch to focus on mainland troubles. The island remains largely uninhabited for ages.
-171 Ancient
The Battle of Valarian Fields is fought between the Alamarri and the Tevinter Imperium. Maferath is victorious.
-171 Ancient
At the Battle of Valarian Fields, the elven slave Shartan takes Maferath’s side and leads other elves in the fight against their Tevinter oppressors. He later converts and is made a disciple, only to have his writings suppressed following the Exalted March of the Dales.
-171 Ancient
Andraste and the Maker are given credit for Maferath’s military victories. Maferath’s jealousy overwhelms him. Wanting to bring an end to hostilities and tighten his grip on conquered territories, he makes a pact with the Archon Hessarian of Tevinter.
-170 Ancient
Andraste is betrayed by her husband at the city-state of Nevarra, one of their strongholds. She is brought to Minrathous and executed by the Imperium.
-170 Ancient
Havard, loyal disciple to Andraste, collects her ashes and carries them back to Ferelden.
-165 Ancient
The armies of Maferath and Andraste disperse. Maferath claims much of southern Thedas in the name of the Alamarri, taking Ferelden for himself while dividing what will become Orlais, the nation of Nevarra, and several Marcher cities between his sons.
-165 Ancient
For their service in battle against the Imperium, Maferath gives the elves a new homeland in the Dales. The Long Walk begins as a massive influx of elves settle the region.
-160 Ancient
Archon Hessarian converts to the Cult of the Maker and reveals Maferath’s treachery.
-160 Ancient
The Alamarri abandon Maferath, and southern Thedas collapses into anarchy.
-160 Ancient
Hessarian converts the Imperium to Andrastianism, beginning the Transfiguration.
-155 Ancient
The Ciriane in present-day Orlais unite in a moment known as the Grand Unification.
-135 Ancient
The Alamarri in Ferelden fall into a long series of internal wars as various warlords attempt to replace Maferath.
-135 Ancient
Andraste’s ashes disappear, revealed ages later to have been stored away at the Temple of Sacred Ashes in Haven.
-130 Ancient
Andraste’s disciples create the Chant of Light, collecting her teachings into hymns.
-125 Ancient
The Chant’s popularity spreads.
-125 Ancient
Hessarian dies in his sleep. Many in the eastern and southern provinces push for secession, fearing his successor, Orentius, will restore the Old Gods and their clergy.
-120 Ancient
Rebellions stir in the east as Rivain attempts to split off from the Imperium. Many city-states in the Free Marches come to Rivain’s aid.
-100 Ancient
The Inquisition is founded around this time. The loose association of Andrastian hard-liners hunt heretics and mages in the name of the Maker.
-53 Ancient
The Imperium abandons the east after the disastrous Battle of Temerin.
-44 Ancient
The Kingdom of Rivain is founded.
-30 Ancient
The city-state of Antiva expands to become a nation.
-25 Ancient
Emerius, one of the last strongholds of the Imperium, falls in a slave rebellion. It is renamed Kirkwall.
-15 Ancient
The dwarves of Orzammar seal the last of the Deep Roads, cutting off Kal-Sharok, which is believed lost.
-11 Ancient
The Cult of the Maker spreads in the south. One of the Andraste’s most fervent followers is the young king of Orlais, Kordillus Drakon.
-3 Ancient
Kordillus Drakon unites the tribes of the Heartlands and is crowned emperor of the new nation of Orlais.
-3 Ancient
Drakon formalizes the Cult of the Maker, creating the Chantry.
Divine Age
1:1 Divine
Divine Justinia I is named the first Divine of the new Chantry
1:5 Divine
The Old God Zazikel awakens. The Second Blight begins in the Anderfels.
1:5 Divine
Emperor Drakon calls on mages to use their magic against the Blight. The mages prove themselves to be effective allies in battle.
1:5 Divine
The Imperium abandons the Anderfels in a bid to defend itself against surfacing darkspawn.
1:16 Divine
Emperor Drakon wins a hard-fought victory against the darkspawn at the Battle of Cumberland, saving numerous cities.
1:20 Divine
The Chantry and the Inquisition sign the Nevarran Accord. Senior members of the Inquisition form the Seekers of Truth.
1:20 Divine
The Circle of Magi is created as part of the Nevarran Accord. Mages are now formally permitted to practice magic under the close watch of the Chantry.
1:20 Divine
With the creation of the Circle, the Templar Order is formed to police magic use.
1:25 Divine
Elves in the Dales do nothing as darkspawn nearly destroy the nearby Orlesian city of Montsimmard.
1:31 Divine
The darkspawn horde fails to overrun the Tevinter capital, Minrathous.
1:33 Divine
Drakon brings his army to relieve the embattled Grey Wardens in Weisshaupt.
1:33 Divine
The Wardens convert to the Chantry.
1:33 Divine
The Chantry and Wardens together save the badly weakened Anderfels from destruction.
1:33 Divine
The Anderfels convert to the Chantry and become part of the Orlesian Empire.
1:40 Divine
The Alamarri warrior Hafter unites the tribes in Ferelden against the darkspawn.
1:45 Divine
Emperor Drakon dies of old age in Val Chevin.
1:45 Divine
Drakon is succeeded by his son Kordillus II.
1:45 Divine
The teachings of Andraste are popularized in Antiva.
1:50 Divine
Hafter defeats combined Chasind and Avvar forces to hold the Ferelden Valley. Hafter is named the valley’s first teyrn.
1:65 Divine
The Anderfels once again declare their independence, this time from the Orlesian Empire.
1:95 Divine
The last battle of the Second Blight is fought at Starkhaven.
1:95 Divine
Astyth the Grey is made a Paragon after sacrificing her life for the king. The Silent Sisters are formed in her memory.
1:99 Divine
Divine Hortensia I names the Glory Age, predicting a grand rebirth of the world after the devastation of the Blight.
Glory Age
2:5 Glory
Border skirmishes break out between the Dales and Orlais.
2:9 Glory
Elven forces capture the Orlesian town of Red Crossing. The atrocities they are said to commit enrage humans across Thedas.
2:10 Glory
The elves capture Montsimmard, a major strategic settlement for Orlais, then march on Val Royeaux.
2:10 Glory
Divine Renata I calls for a holy war against the elves. This becomes known as the Exalted March of the Dales.
2:10 Glory
In Ferelden, Hafter’s grandson Teyrn Caedmon declares himself king. A civil war begins in opposition.
2:15 Glory
Starkhaven’s King Fyruss, backed by Tevinter allies, attempts to conquer the Free Marches and found his own empire.
2:18 Glory
Caedmon is killed at the Battle of Valmorn Hills. The fight for power over the region begins. This period is known as the War of Crowns.
2:20 Glory
Despite considerable elven victories, Orlais takes the elven capital of Halamshiral.
2:20 Glory
The Dales fall. Elven settlements are uprooted.
2:20 Glory
Divine Renata I orders the establishment of the first alienages. Many elves instead become nomads.
2:30 Glory
The Winter Palace, by far the most prominent structure in Halamshiral, becomes a regular seasonal retreat for the empress and selected Orlesian nobility.
2:33 Glory
Antivan cities unite under a common banner to defend themselves against Fyruss’s advance.
2:45 Glory
Fyruss is betrayed by his Tevinter allies. The Imperium annexes Starkhaven.
2:46 Glory
Caspar Pentaghast of Hunter Fell seizes control of the city-state Nevarra.
2:80 Glory
The Chantry reclaims Starkhaven from Tevinter in another Exalted March, the second in less than an age.
2:83 Glory
Divine Galatea grants the Right of Annulment to all grand clerics of the Chantry, allowing them to purge Circles of Magi ruled irredeemable.
2:99 Glory
The Grand Cathedral in Val Royeaux is completed, its two towers visible from miles around. The Towers Age is named.
2:99 Glory
Archon Vespasian is assassinated the same day Val Royeaux announces the completion of the Grand Cathedral.
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