Timeline

The following is a timeline of folk evolution on Terra, starting at the First Awakening and ending in the current year, of the Montiac Era. The pre-Montiac Awakening Era describes the period prior to the formation of the Lepus Montiac Empire. During this time, historians outside of Calast were rare. Because of this present-day Montiac historians have estimated the order of much of the roughly 700-year Awakening Era, and year markers are not used.

Most species were released from multiple Habitats during multiple Awakenings. For simplicity, only a species first release is listed

Awakening Era

 * Nearly twenty five thousand years after Humanity leaves Terra, The First Awakening begins: Mainly occurring in Calast, upwards of 150 Habitats open. Lepus, Canisians, Nibayr, and Scrofans are released in the thousands. A small number of Habitats opened outside Calast primarily in Orientum and Meridian. Habitats in Orientum released the Leucans and Capran, while the latter Habitats released the Chasa and Nilotici in North Meridian
 * Second Awakening begins: Habitats in the far north of Calast, Orientum, and Nix open, releasing the Ursidae and Corvans. All three Habitats on the Agorix isles also open, releasing the Anur and the Pardali. The final Habitats in Calast open, releasing the Petra and Chamael
 * Aboriginal folk begin forming preliterate communities
 * Third Awakening begins: Habitats in Meridian release the Araxi, Leo, and Rek-Thalar. All Habitats in Aquam open, releasing the Rufians, Horridans, and Lutea
 * Fourth Awakening begins: The remaining Habitats in Meridian open, releasing the Marib, Grolea, Lemu, Pan, and Suricats
 * Aboriginal communities begin primitive repairs on the remaining Human architecture, soon using them as shelter
 * The Cherub Eliakim begins attacking ancient Leo in Calor.
 * A number of aboriginal communities begin turning into full city-states and clans
 * Fifth Awakening begins: All Habitats on Viridi open, releasing the Onca and Iguan. Habitats in Southeast Orientum also open, releasing the Komoden and the Hylobates
 * First written account of the Lyrac; Written by a Leucan nomad in Central Orientum
 * Eliakim is destroyed by Chasan nomads
 * Sailing becomes common across Terra
 * Lepus clans and city-states begin clashing
 * Sixth and final Awakening begins: The Latra and Chelydra are released on Nix, while the Fuscan are released on the Solis Islands
 * Habitat 000, carrying ten-thousand Humans, fails to open due sustained damage from local Leo

ME 0

 * The Lepus city-state of Montiacos defeats the Atronius clan, taking their territory and beginning the Montiac Era

ME 13

 * Arruns Montiaco is born

ME 29

 * King Aulus Montiaco dies. His son, Arruns, takes the throne

ME 33

 * Under King Arruns, Montiacos begins expanding across the Domunian Peninsula

ME 42

 * Decimus Montiaco, son of Arruns, is born

ME 48

 * Isara becomes the final state on the Domunian Peninsula besides Montiacos
 * King Arruns dies and is succeeded by his son Decimus. King Decimus halts the invasion of Isara, ending the Domunian Wars, and focuses on strengthening Montiacos internally

ME 53

 * The Montiac Military is greatly reduced in size
 * The Iguan begin raids on isolated Onca communities

ME 57

 * Appius Salvian is born

ME 67

 * Nonus Montiaco, son of Decimus, is born

ME 73

 * Ursidae in Northern Calast begin uniting into clans

ME 75

 * King Decimus dies, succeeded by Nonus
 * The Pardali are largely hunted to extinction by the Anur as the frogfolk rapidly spread across the Agorix isles, with only a few thousand escaping to Meridian

ME 77

 * King Nonus begins the invasion of Isara
 * A weak Montiac Military suffers heavy defeats to Isara; conscription is enacted and civilian resources are diverted to the military

ME 78

 * With little progress being made against Isara, Montiac citizens begin riots
 * Montiac General Appius Salvian revolts against King Nonus; Montiac Civil War begins

ME 80

 * Isara surrenders to Montiacos, though the latter only takes a small amount of land along their shared border

ME 81

 * The city of Montiacos is taken by General Salvians forces; end of Montiac Civil War, King Nonus is exiled
 * Montiacos becomes the Montiac Empire; General Salvian becomes its first Emperor

ME 83

 * Isara folds into the Montiac Empire
 * After years of Iguan raids, Oncan communities begin forming various united tribes

ME 88

 * Last known sighting of the Chamael
 * The Ursidae Clan Grimsey begins conquering much of the Northern Calastn Ursa Islands, crushing other Ursidae clans

ME 93

 * The First Emergence occurs in East Orientum. Then waring Leucan Tribes cease their fighting and unite against the Lyrac Swarms

ME 95

 * The Capran migrate to the island of Simao

ME 99

 * Emperor Salvian dies; The Empire has its first election

ME 105

 * The united Leucan Tribes defeat the First Lyrac Brood
 * Various Leucan Tribes unite under the Teilei Dynasty

ME 107

 * Clan Grimsey halts its expansion. Only a handful of Ursidae clans continue to exist on the Ursa Islands.

ME 112

 * Clan Grimsey begins subjecting Canisian tribes in Eastern Ursa

ME 119

 * The Empire begins a large-scale effort of colonizing mainland Calast
 * Some Petran tribes in southeastern Calast Migrate into Calor

ME 123

 * The Empire establishes the city of Ilderda, the first Montiac city outside the Domunian Peninsula


 * The Empire encounters Petrans in southeastern Calast. Integration begins

ME 127

 * First major stage of Montiac expansion complete

ME 139

 * The Empire encounters the Scrofan kingdoms on the Porta Peninsula; start of the Portan Wars
 * Grimsey begins expanding into Northeastern Calast

ME 140

 * The first Nibayr are integrated into the Empire

ME 141

 * Canisians fleeing from Grimsey form the nation of Canisia on the shores of Sinus Album

ME 163

 * The Petran nation of Tithos is formed
 * Anurians begin setting up outposts on the shores of Norther Viridi
 * Ursidae on the Milia Islands breakaway from Grimsey, becoming the Free Clan of Tosen

ME 165

 * End of the Porta Wars; the Scrofan kingdoms of Olkuz and Gronum are integrated into the Empire, other kingdoms remain independent

ME 174

 * The Empire begins settling west of the Salvian River, absorbing hundreds of Nibayr tribes over the next decade

ME 180

 * Montiac explorers set foot on Meridian for the first time

ME 182

 * The Montiac city of Carcaso is established in Northern Meridian, the Empires first city outside Calast

ME 189

 * Second major stage of Montiac expansion complete

ME 197

 * Anurian traders begin capturing and selling Onca on Viridi's north coast

ME 209

 * Manius Agorix and much of his crew are slaughtered by a Nilotici tribe. Deeper Montiac exploration into Meridian put on hold
 * Carcaso is renamed Agorix

ME 217

 * The Anurian Vuvos Nabosqo crosses the Oceanum Magnam, making first contact with the Empire
 * Montiac cartographers begin pushing for an expedition to Nix and Viridi
 * With permission from the Empire, Nabosqo establishes a small colony on Calast

ME 222

 * Vel Agorix leads a Montiac expedition to Nix
 * The Empire begins colonizing the Milia Islands

ME 223

 * Final message from Agorix, received from one of the expeditions scouting ships. Agorix, his crew, and his ship are never seen or heard from again
 * The Empire halts further exploration of Nix and Viridi

ME 227

 * Oncan slaves belonging to Nabosqo are sent to Avueni

ME 231

 * Much of the Eastern Calastn coast inhabited by Clan Grimsey by this time
 * Anurian traders begin setting up outposts across Western Meridian

ME 245

 * The Rek-Thalarri 'megacity' of Rosia is founded as more scavengers settle on the north shore of Lake Qarsi

ME 261

 * Third major stage of Montiac expansion complete

ME 263

 * Chasan nomads encounter the Seraph Hosanna, who teaches them about Humanity.

ME 264

 * With help from Hosanna, Tanyth Shanorin founds the Shanorin Dynasty in Northern Meridian
 * Precursorism is adopted in the Shanorin Dynasty

ME 270

 * Word of the Shanorin Dynasty spreads as it continues expanding along the Flumine River, attracting Leo and the few remaining Pardali

ME 273

 * The Undergrowth of the Solis Islands begins rapid growth

ME 276

 * Majority of the Solis Islands covered by the Undergrowth
 * The Empire releases the province of Gronumium, creating a client state

ME 277

 * The Empire resumes further exploration and colonization of Northern Meridian and Calor
 * Diplomatic relations open between the Shanorin Dynasty and The Empire

ME 282

 * By this time, large numbers of non-Chasa species had been incorporated into the Shanorin Dynasty

ME 287

 * Tanyth Shanorin dies. He is succeeded by his brother, Tarron

ME 297

 * A handful of other species had settled in Rosia by this time, cementing it as the de facto cultural center of Meridian
 * The Petran nation of Sitai is formed, effectively blocking Montiac expansion into Calor

ME 306

 * Abdiel and his brother Vaeril are born

ME 322

 * The Grolean Ecaon Shem is born

ME 326

 * Tarron Shanorin dies. He is succeeded by his son Vaeril
 * Angered at not being chosen for the throne, Abdiel self exiles to Orientum

ME 328

 * Abdiel begins studying Radka on the island of Simao

ME 329

 * The Empire encounters Clan Grimsey as they expand into Central Calast; start of the Northern War
 * Other Ursidae Clans align themselves with the Empire

ME 332

 * Finlayson, Grimsey's de facto capital, is sacked; end of the Northern War

ME 338

 * Using Radka Abdiel murders his Capran mentors, as well as much of the Capran population living around Tovin

ME 339

 * Returning to the Shanorin Dynasty, Abdiel kills his brother and usurps his throne
 * Abdiel adopts radical Precursorism in the Dynasty
 * non-feline species living in the Dynasty, as well as government officials not loyal to Abdiel, are slaughtered; start of the Shanorin Purge
 * Leo and Pardali in Shanor begin smuggling other species out of the city

ME 340

 * Mass killings of Leo and Pardali begin
 * Montiac naturalist Proclus Chlodulf submits a report to the Empire's High Council, warning of a growing number of Lyrac hives. It is ignored

M3 342

 * Firmosia is formed by refugees fleeing the Dynasty

ME 347

 * The Second Emergence begins in Calast, Meridian, and Calor
 * Within weeks, an unprepared Empire is overrun by the Lyrac