Timeline
Years are written in Common Time (years relative to the Earth's death).
| Year | |
|---|---|
| ??? | The Great Creator makes the first lifeform, marking the start of the Old World. |
| -10,000,000 | Earliest sign of life- a wisp with no physical body and the faintest traces of neural responses. It is unknown if it was once sentient. |
| -1,000,000 | River Watchers are created and stationed at various points along the Aortic River to find and lifeforms that flow from the ground. |
| -900,000 | Earliest evidence of civilization- the Artrium, uncovered by the source of the Aortic River. |
| -800,000 | First organisms capable of reproduction created in the Radial Iteration. Earth no longer has to hand craft every creature. |
| -10,000 | Start of the Draconic Iteration. |
| -2,500 | Taiyue is established |
| -2,000 | Start of the Humanoid Iteration. |
| -1 | The death of the Great Creator is prophesized. A slow period of decline begins, as the Earth becomes increasingly unable to support life. |
| 0 | The Creator dies. Holy Vessels are created from its dissipating power, marking the start of the Common Era. |
| 031 | The Aetesian Empire is formally established. |
| 800 | The prophecy is issued, predicting the emergence of a new Holy Vessel. |