Microscope I History
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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)
- A gifted human sorcerer named Tassarion Elaric leads a cultural revolution to emancipate the arcanists. (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)
