The Timeline
From the first sung note to the long silence, trace the ages of the world.
Creation & Cosmic Origins
The First Singer speaks reality into being. Light, matter, and time are woven from silence. The original melody resonates through the void, and a world begins to take shape.
Songs from this era
The Fall & Scorching
The harmony fractures. A catastrophic sundering tears through creation, scorching the world and casting entire peoples into exile. The first shadows are born from broken light.
Songs from this era
The Wandering
The Kinsfolk — sung into being after the Scorching — wander the scarred earth, drawn ever deeper into the dark. Tribes form, scatter, and reform. The old songs are remembered imperfectly, carried as fragments by those who still dare to sing.
The Keepers
The Keepers: Highborn diminished by the Scorching, scattered along the wandering road. Each has a way they live, a truth they teach, and a cost they demand. The gift is always real; so is the price.
Farshadow & Settlement
Civilizations take root. The settlement of Farshadow becomes a beacon, but the boundary between light and shadow grows dangerously thin. The Keepers' vigilance is tested.
Songs from this era
The Night-Sun Event
A black cloud creeps along the Worldline to the Crossing and strikes it with soundless dark lightning. From the wounded ground — the very heart of Farshadow — the Archfiend rises, and the dark grows within the town the watch faithfully guards. A lone watchman answers with fire, and the blaze that drives it back becomes the Nightsun. That night the dark proves real, and fire becomes Farshadow's living shield.
Songs from this era
Vigilance
In the aftermath, a fragile peace. The Keepers maintain their watch, but their numbers dwindle. The songs that once rang clear now carry undertones of weariness and doubt.
The Decline
The long fading. Old songs weaken, young Keepers are fewer, and the darkness presses closer with each passing Interval. The world holds its breath, waiting for what comes next.
The story continues...