Grundet's Long History: 6th Era

We have reached our historical sixth era. It is often called the Age of Forgetting and Tyranny of the West because Western Kingdoms extended their very dark rule over the northern lands. Gods were among us again.

I seem to have forgotten some of my notes. My mind is not working well at this age. Oh, why am I writing this and wasting valuable

Events:

- 0: Having developed the Blank as a gaseous mind weapon, the navy of Western Kingdoms prepares a campaign to claim the regions of Northern Monarchy.
- Vortexianism, the belief in uniting all six elements through the destruction of gods, is also born in the Western Kingdoms. Some priests saw how Light and Darkness had already made Life and Death their servants and forced humans to worship lesser gods, their divine minions, in a never-ending battle of Grundet and all universes. To change all this, humans would have to stand up, claim their position as the Sanctifiers of the Body of Vortex and eventually unite the world. Blank offered a perfect way to execute their plans and quickly spread these thoughts. Vortex is Grundet, True Creator, Parent of Elements, Saviour of Humans from Equivocal Light’s Truths and the Evilness of Ragingly Excruciate Darkness. Not to be confused with the ancient Religion of Vortex which turned into Lightlistening.

- 2: Naval battles taking place at Calm Sea and Warm Waters end quickly when Western Kingdoms reveal their secret weapon: submarine, a vessel traveling below the surface of sea. With favorable winds they spread Blank to force them surrender and are indeed soon warmly welcomed as liberators. My sources suggest that resistance continued for a while as Lightlisteners used greatly amplified light of Halla for their self-defense and were even able to set the gaseous Blank ablaze.

- 21: Southern Kchnosch Empire of Eastern Herooku, where once Thonockesche resided, is suffering of the Storm Wall created by eastern spellcasters. Together with their allies on Golden Islet, they use the Heartsphere to alter the weather conditions but cause the stormy barrier to temporarily weaken and let some ships to sail from Windy Coast to Centre. The diplomats of Windy Coast demand the storms to be quieted, but since they had already provided help to Western Kingdoms with disastrous consequences, their request is rejected. The spellcasters would be willing to provide shelter to some, but Flow decides that since they could be spies, nobody is let out.

- 25: Angered Flow restores the Storm Wall and punishes Golden Islet with a deluge. Yet, the six guardians of Heartsphere keep the city of Laha safe. It seems strange how the lesser god was suddenly so wrathful, perhaps in fear of being overthrown by human intelligence and material world.

- 67: The magnificent sacred palace of Western Tyranny leaders and Vortexian priesthood, Tower of Stefania, is constructed. Even today, its extensively ruined and reconstructed structures serve as the High House of Western Kingdom.

- 79: Western Kingdoms have built a majestic machine which creates a tunnel of tranquility to the Strait of Gudea thus letting part their army to cross the body of water. They reach Eastern Sceptre and use Blank to enslave their enemy until being stopped after several years by relentless spellcaster Nellau who is said to have killed even the brainwashed children marching in the front line. Despite him saving Herooku, he was condemned by the priests of Light and his spirit was sealed into a corb (spiritual core orb) so that it can never be resurrected from the Sea of Spirits.

- 138: Grehts need to feed on spirits, but they have eventually lost this skill due to imprisonment. Hence their keepers ask for spirits from Spiritmasters in the kingdoms of Round Water. Spiritualists however do not respect Grehtkeepers and think that the monsters of Darkness are highly unholy even if on the fringe of dying. Believers of Halla won’t help them either so they abduct six masters from various islands and force them to open a small hole through which Sea of Spirits can leak to our world. This causes disturbances immediately noticed by other spiritualists who then travel there to release the hostages. Natural Grehts also sense the opening and after arriving fight with tamed Grehts. This incident leads to the collapse of Grehtkeeper society.

- 164: The army of Western Tyranny crosses the Strait of Thockia and reaches Eastern Herooku where it quickly captures major cities such as Kathar. They send their new slaves sailing to the southern Ocean of Isles to spread joyful obedience.

- 175: Spellcasters of west and east, both malevolent and benevolent, have no choice but to form an alliance with each other in order to defeat the Tyranny of West and to prevent it from spreading further.

- 199: When western armies march to the Great Lake from east, Eastern Empire Guardians of Golden Islet use the Heartsphere and defend their island with elemental storms which sadly destroy parts of their own island. This drives the soldiers, who are still desperately seeking for new people to subjugate, towards the empires of Sceptre.

- 241: After years of war, Eastern Sceptre falls under the hordes of Western Tyranny. Many historical archives and scriptoriums are burned to make room for a new, more uniform future in the spirit of Vortexianism.

- 260: Besieging Golden Islet continues, but western armies are destroyed by fires created by Guardians. Should the Western Tyranny have acquired the possession of Heartsphere, elemental balance of our universe would have severely been disturbed.

- 283: Internal power struggles lead to the rise of Goldguards in the Eastern Empire as they take over Great Lake islands.

- 317: At Centre, alchemists in their fight against the Blank finally find an antidote which prevents mind manipulation. Blank contained some traces of blood bindings, which somehow made it capable of enslaving minds, but also left a possibility for cutting the spiritual ties. Their thoughtless use of darker magic in the process would much later have dangerous side-effects.

- 326: Cleansing the Sceptre of Blank slaves frees mindless people, but since they’ve been grown through their childhood to only respect the Western Tyranny, many become mad and even commit suicides due to utter emptiness in their cores. This angers the people who demand ”rescuing” to be halted at once. Lightlisteners capture groups of Blank victims and slowly turn them into proper citizens.

- 372: Derelict Mihkana captured by Goldguards who have roamed over the silent lands now controlling central and western Herooku except for the weakened Sceptre. They’ve also managed to acquire the antidote and use it generously when spreading to new lands.

- around 400: Little is known of the power struggles in the Tyranny of West since new leaders always made sure that people considered them justified rulers and historical records remarked their rule as the most magnificent. Blank made it easy for them to capture the throne, but there were always those lucky - and especially sly - ones who managed to retain free thought and plan a new coup. The beginning of fifth century, however, marks a clear turning point in their history when Earthborn, the highest leader of Vortexianism, officially becomes the head of Western Tyranny in year 406. The lack of freedom and creativity had led to stillness and slow deterioration of the society so he finally allows spellcasting and preaches of global agreement to end the everlasting war with an offer to slowly release the Blank devotees.

- 410: Goldguards and Sceptrians have opposite views when considering ending the wars: Goldguards grown in strength have means for becoming new masters of Grundet while Sceptrians wish the world to be freed and their lands returned.

- 449: New leaders of Herooku, Remancah XXIV of Western Sceptre, Aurrelly Adored of Eastern Sceptre and Zadhex ni-Hamar of Goldguards, manage to negotiate a peace treaty with Western Tyranny, and agree to preserve the current borders of empires, but with new regional landlords. Earthborn then allows blood bindings to be weakened and replaced with obedience to the landlords. Most of the western machines of neutralization dangerous to spellcasters are destroyed.

- 465: After freedom and the unrest following it, many smaller regions declare themselves independent inside the borders of old empires too vast to be under one rule. Predecessors of many modern day empires are born after some local battles of land ownership.

- 530: Goldguards secure Golden Islet and its Heartsphere whose chosen Guardians still keep it alive.

- after 550: Anticipation grows and fights for might become more common. Some regard the millennial cycle as a myth while others - mostly religious orders - prepare for a new crisis of elemental spheres.

- 560: The Ahuelnian comet brings the millennial cycle to its climax once again. Spiritualists of Round Waters find a path to ascension and enter a more peaceful world in an event which shakes the spiritual spheres and causes a core wave noticed by the most observant.
- Spellcasters of Centre are betrayed by the Darkest Ones who reclaim spellcasters’ position in the west to serve Onom, the god of diseases and monsters, who now rises from the remains of Blank antidote in bloodlines of the once rescued; weakest people get sick thus unwillingly donating their flesh to Onom whose monsters swim around Grundet collecting the bodies so that their parent can be rebuilt. With help from evil spellcasters, Onom obtains an elemental form and begins pursuing the spiritual world.
- Guardians of Heartsphere use the Tower of Lenesh to summon the bright god of health from skies in their time of need. Lenesh arrives in the form of a godmetallic meteorite and releases its fiery core to burn Onom’s minions. Together with spellcasters of Centre, Lenesh travels to the islands of Twins where lengthy battles take place and lead to banishment of both Onom and Lenesh who later reappear at the night-sky. Darkest Ones drive the remaining spellcasters away and continue residing on the Twins.
- Shards of the godmetallic vessel are collected and sold to various places around Grundet though alchemists and spellcasters yet again fail in modifying the substance into forgeable.

- 574: New tyranny of west is formed by the Darkest Ones who wish to shadow the Light of Halla and harness the lunar magic of Him. They share an ideology similar to that of widespread Vortexianists who make great allies and spies amongst the Lightlisteners.

- around 600: Evil spellcasters and Northern Lightlisteners battle on the coasts of Cold Sea. Openly Vortexianists are persecuted in Lightlisteners’ and Halla-Believers’ regions though Kchnoschians show their support to Vortexianism.

- 628: Goldguards attack heretic and impure Thora, the capital of Kchnosch region Thockuth, but royal family and the inner circles have already moved to the sea castle Qokchurnath.

- 650: A spellcaster suddenly uses water guiding to murder Yuroth XI, the leader of Goldguards’ western regions, who was strongly against the war. The spellcaster is immediately killed by a heroic town guard.

- 651: The Goldguards’ Magic Regulation: Everyone needs a permission from Guardians of Heartsphere for spellcasting, alchemy and the trade of magical items and potions. Unreliable spellcasters and alchemists are expelled from the empire while the Darkest One supporters are even executed.
- Spellcasters of Sceptre and Centre are powerless, and Flow does not answer.

- 653: Rebuilding of Agurnum reaches the finalization of new outer town walls which means that the entire city is protected against attacks from both land and water. Queen Pídou organizes a festival, during which the famous godmetallic Agur’s box is mysteriously stolen from the museum’s deep vaults. It was never found and people have slowly lost their interest.

- 662: War of East in which Thockuth are victorious hence causing the decline of Goldguards might. Western regions, which were against the war from the beginning, are drifting further away from the central government. Many of the spellcaster refugees travelling through the region find shelter at smaller coastal kingdoms.

- 663: Epidemic spreads at Goldguards Great Lake region including Golden Islet as many talented healers were forced to leave and alchemists’ potions aren’t trusted anymore. The secluded Darkest Ones are said to be behind all this.

- 686: Northern Monarchy finally allows full Spiritualism and lets spiritualists work as healers and core-guides after dangerously spreading possession incidents.

- 707: Prince Charles the Charming of Western Kingdom Stefania spreads control in the more and more wealthy region attempting to get rid of the pirates.

- 730: Goldguard leader Hakhryn VII Important dies after eating too much so his son Hakhryn VIII takes his place while his twin brother Hekhron commanding the eastern armies forms the New Eastern Empire.

- 736: Golden Islet falls under the power of Eastern Empire after a long civil war. Most regional rulers acknowledge Hekhron ni-Ehwoba as their rightful emperor and leader of Halla-Believers, Halek, the Ruler from Halla.

- 741: Monarchy of Agurnum makes expeditions to the Land of Rain and begins building new colonies. Windy Coast expresses their claims over the southern regions on the basis of inheritance through royal family lines, but Queen Wenáili shows she has equal rights and happened to be there first.

- 749: Some of the Agurnumian colonies are attacked by sailors who are said to be from Windy Coast. Windy Coast refuses to admit that, but after long meetings the leaders manage to prevent further problems.

- 775: Jewel market on the central islands of Border Chain is shocked as all of the sold alchemic gold turns out to be only false-gold which crumbles into dust. Same happens with silver so some blame alchemists while others believe it were the pirates.

- 782: Northern Monarchy is continues spreading south due to climate getting colder and crops withering on the fields. Khats do not wish their lands to be taken therefore pushing the people back north.

- 790: Diamond mines and secured caravans are raided in Hammerhead Peninsula. Trails lead to the spellcasters of Twins, but unfortunately there are no soldiers willing to travel there.

- 797: After hundreds of years, Flow returns to the almost abandoned Centre and quickly warns of future before disappearing again. Those who were present, could not properly understand what the lesser god whispered with winds.

- 798: Spiritual leakage causes widespread disturbances as members of the Darkest Ones prove they can create godmetal during a full eclipse of Halla.