Microscope I History

Part of a series on Microscope Session I

Palette Foci and Legacies History

What follows is the history of Arcis as established in Microscope, and should not be edited except to fix formatting or improve clarity.

Civilizations Established (Light)

• Stabilization of magic foments the rise of civilizations (Light)
• Tifereon authors the Inaer, a prophetic tome cataloging a far future cataclysm he claimed “echoed back” to his time. (Dark)
• Thri-kreen worship of Solstea grants the moon divine consciousness (Dark)
• Ysara Neldrin ascends as first mage queen. (Light)
• Ilithel, goddess of motherhood and compassion, is first to grant humans healing magic. (Light)
• Dwarves construct deep roads connecting their kingdoms. (Light)
• The elven explorer Halpeccia Goldraven is the first air breather to discover their aquatic neighbors. (Dark)
• The giants awaken. (Light)
• Elves learn the magic and architecture of monolithic structures from giants. (Light)

The Fairy War (Dark)

• Oshira (giant fey) attack the city of Rymnelle when a sacred grove is threatened. (Dark)
• The aid of the Thri-kreen turns the battle at Rymnelle. (Light)

The Magical Inquisition (Dark)

• A deadly explosion at the mine of Dulway’n motivates dwarven king Azak to ban magic. (Dark)
• Ysara Neldrin forms the clandestine organization The Orphic Veil on Belmea. (Light)
• Elven arcane monolithic spires repel and dominate Magical Inquisition war efforts. (Dark)
• The last victims of Caster’s Ailment are locked away in a deep underground vault. (Light)
• Arin’silath opens the Arcane Gladiatorial Arena. (Dark)
• The Orphic Veil uncovers long vacant Duergar Ruins on Belmea. (Light)
• Why did Ysara Neldrin dedicate her life to the pursuit of power? | Belmea | Duergar Ruins show a glimpse of a future war that she dedicates her life to stopping. (Light)
• A gifted human sorcerer named Tassarion Elaric leads a cultural revolution to emancipate the arcanists. (Light)
• How did Tassarion Elaric escape the Arcane Gladiatorial Arena? | The druid Ael’yeth Naialine infiltrates the arena as a combatant. | A bloodbath creates opportunity for many arcane casters to escape. (Dark)
• How did Ael’yeth Naialine create a plan that pushed back the border expansion of Arin’silath and contributed to the freeing of captive mages? | Ael’yeth called a council of ents from the local forest. | The ent attack created an opening for the mages to be freed. (Light)
• Queen Jaraka, daughter of Azak and a loyal worshiper of Dharthane, god of knowledge and engineering, officially ends the Magical Inquisition. (Light)
• The Orphic Veil manifests Serelune, goddess of peace, to aid in healing the post-inquisition world. (Light)
• Ysara Neldrin is granted knowledge from Katharsidan, the god of death, to achieve undeath. She creates the Black Reach to uphold her end of the bargain. (Dark)