Ages of the World

A loose timeline of the World's End, leaving plenty of room for the table to fill in specifics. Dates are vague on purpose — "centuries ago," "a few decades," "recent memory."

Centuries ago, over a span of decades.

• The Stone Lords' servants rebel, unleash The Things Below, and sink Dulenn — creating Blackwater Lake
• The Northernmost is overrun by horrors from the Dread River
• Rebels hunt down the surviving Stone Lords
• Teirstered falls and becomes Three Coven Lake
• Refugees begin streaming to Stormcatcher's tower
• The Howling Curse nearly collapses The Rime Lords' civilization
• Volcanic eruptions destroy Moratia Rubra; The Forge Lords' society collapses
• More refugees arrive at Stormcatcher's tower
• Surviving Rime Lords sacrifice themselves to contain the Howling Curse
• Stormcatcher's tower falls

Centuries ago, over a span of generations.

• First barrows built to honor freedom fighters
• Emanations of The Things Below roam freely, worshipped and appeased
• Warlords and sorcerer-kings vie for power, building more elaborate barrows
• Battles over Three Coven Lake, the Ruins at Road's End, etc.
• Refugees, enslavement, human sacrifice — all-around bad times
• Subjects of the Barrow Builders overthrow, abandon, or imprison their tyrannical rulers
• Certain bands of Barrow Builders flee into The Labyrinth

Starting a few centuries ago.

• The power of The Things Below ebbs (reasons unclear)
• Barrow Builder culture gives rise to The Hillfolk
• Marshedge founded
• Stonetop founded
• The region stabilizes; trade routes are established
• Gordin's Delve settled, the Foundry established

The last decade or so.

• Brennan and the Claws start raiding
• Earthquakes become more common
• The Forest Folk disappear
• Brennan is hired as Marshedge's marshal
• Crinwin, nailadd, and other creatures grow in numbers