TIMELINE

✧ GENESIS ERA ✧

A very long time ago, the universe was shrouded in darkness and perpetually cold. There were nothing but mountainous planes that existed across space. That was until the first stars appeared, and these stars would scatter across the vast void. Warmth from the stars eventually brought upon the first glowing lights with colour. These glowing, colourful lights would soon be known as Flares. Within the darkness, a Stone and a Crystal lied dormant beneath the mountains with no bearers to belong to. But as Flares emerged, new life awakened, burgeoned with sentience and the will to create. They would soon become the first wielders of magic in the form of two goddesses.

EARLY GENESIS ERA

> The Soul Crystal & The Stone of Creation

The first lives were immortal as they were born from pure magic. Warmth from the stars were a life force and colours of the Flares were what gave the goddesses their form. They were known as Auster and Boreas. As the stone and the crystal were wielded by the goddesses, they too were infused with the essence of power. Auster wielded the Soul Crystal, whilst Boreas wielded the Stone of Creation.

The Stone of Creation, encrusted with hints of emerald green, it led to the creation of life. Light from the stars no longer roamed aimlessly in the skies, as the stone allowed the creation of souls and vessels through extracting the stars' raw power. Though, the stone could grant creation just as much as it could grant destruction. The Soul Crystal glistened with bright, amethyst purple, granting control over all souls and vessels alike. Malevolence and misfortune shall never exist, for as long as the wielder calls for peace. It was what kept things in order as chaos was believed to lead to one's downfall.

Together, the goddesses ruled the land of Cloud Cliffs, a floating island above the sky as life blossomed for millennia with no end in sight. It was home to all immortal beings, as all creations under the stone brought upon eternal life. The crystal guided them with gentle tranquility, in which all that was ill-natured will never plague their minds.

> The Shatter of the Soul Crystal

It was one fateful night. Underneath millenia of peace and order, Boreas hid a tinge of envy that grew in the dark. If she were to create all beings, she too shall have power over them. The crystal was something she had yearned to obtain over time, and yet, she stopped herself, she knew Auster took pride in ruling over, and Boreas too was fond that they ruled side by side. It was a bond unbreakable. Written in the stars, from the birthplace they both shared. But even the stars shifted its trajectory as her heart grew cold, in which the coldness would grow into a ruthless confrontation.

As the fight ensued, the Soul Crystal shatters, and it shattered the minds of all beings too. All immortals under the goddesses' rule no longer abided by the crystal. As they gained consciousness, chaos wandered, with awareness that no longer default to peace and order. Cloud Cliffs struggled to exist as one as virtues and vices opposed, distance grew amongst citizens as they pursued differing visions. With power drained from the shattered crystal, Boreas too lost her power and fades along with it, as her existence was binded to the crystal that once gave her purpose, one she could no longer serve.

Boreas, with remorse, broke the Stone of Creation in half as Cloud Cliffs shatters into two: Cloud Island and Corrupted Cliffs, with each land granted half a stone to wield. Since then, immortal lineage was only possible through blood relation and never through creation from the stone, as half of a stone only had half of its power. The shattered Soul Crystal was hidden far far away from the eyes of many, never to be seen again, as danger will be brought upon all if it were to fall into the wrong hands: legends foretold that it could only be mended with souls, a grand feat that even the goddess herself couldn't bear to act upon knowing the lives of innocents that would be sacrificed, let alone for a fault that was of her own doing. As the Stone breaks in half, Boreas loses her last breath and perishes the way Auster did. The two return to the skies in the form of Flares, only overseeing the lands as faint glowing lights upon the coldest winter nights.

MID GENESIS ERA

> Cloud Island and Corrupted Cliffs

The two lands existed side by side, eventually becoming kingdoms that abided by their own ruling from their own devine bloodlines. Cloud Island floated above, Corrupted Cliffs sank below, it was a way for the virtuous to be separated from the vices whilst they coexisted, with mingling amongst the two being strictly forbidden. Though as much as they differed, all immortal beings shared one ideal when it came to magic: there were those that were better at it than others. Magic is something all immortals are born with, an intrinsic, shared trait from birth as a manifestation of raw power that originated since their creation. Although both the Stone and the Crystal were no longer whole, immortals continue to possess magic through inheritance.

Yet, not all beings were as good at magic as other beings, for some, it came naturally like instinct, for others, not so much. And thus, Tokens were created by the divine bloodlines that held power over the stones: it was, in a way to keep order in an otherwise unorderly society. Those that were better at magic were respected and were looked up upon. Magic was a skill to be refined and honed just as much as it was a symbol of status, as Tokens glowed as much as it's owner allowed them to with their magic, and no other was allowed to tamper with a Token's ownership. With that, magic became something that defined one's livelihood, especially for beings that couldn't wield magic as well as others, many of which were shunned, deemed as beings that no one shall ever strive to become.

One in particular, she went by Elouise. Born from a lineage of powerful magic users, she was deemed a runt that could do no right. It is generally expected for a child to master a simple light spell by the time they enroll into the magic academy, and yet, no amount of training seemed to lead her away from her fate. On a day where all hope seemed lost as she hid away, a young lad came to aid her. He went by Lucerne, and bright he was, a prodigy that devoted all his time to learning magic itself. Though, his over enthusiasm came across as rather peculiar amidst many that were simply there to chase the glory. It didn't took long for the two to bond, over a shared feeling of seclusion that none other could sense. Magic, in some ways, was rather cruel, an unfair gamble and a wretched birthright, one that carved a dark path beyond for any that deviated from the norm, and the two knew the very well that this was a destiny they had to bear.

> War of Cloud Island and Corrupted Cliffs

> Remerging of Cloud Cliffs

LATE GENESIS ERA

> Creation of Naru

> Era of Guardians

> Fall of the Guardians

> The Artifact of Immortality

> The Stolen Soul Crystal

✧ MEDIEVAL ERA ✧

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EARLY MEDIEVAL ERA
> The Tale of Three Kingdoms
> Rise of the Eclipsis Bloodline
> The Dreamway Elixir
> The Curse of Dravianisis

MID MEDIEVAL ERA
> Outbreak of New Species
> Swan Feather
> Overthrowal of Eclipsis Empire
> Polaris Bloodline of Corondale
> Lunaris Bloodline of Selenburgh

LATE MEDIEVAL ERA
> The Fall of Mariposa
> The Fall of Corondale
> The Magic Contract

✧ WAR ERA ✧

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✧ MODERN ERA ✧

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✧ FUTURE ERA ✧

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