= History =

[[Arthea]]'s history dates back fourteen hundred years, to the ruins of a desperate culture, where near destruction of the world was wrought by wielders of powerful arcane magic.  Very little has survived from that time, few records still exist, and hardly any of the powerful magic items used to break the backbone of the world have been kept safe.  Songs and tales from the free peoples are all that can be used to take a glimpse into the past of the world.

In the years since then, society has rebuilt itself.  At first all struggled, but eventually the free races rebuilt their civilisations, re-established their Kingdoms and have been fighting with each other ever since.  They have managed this despite the attempts of some of their leaders to bring about another cataclysm, and despite invasions from inside the lands and outside.

 * [[The Great Disaster]]
 * [[The Post Disaster Years]]
 * [[Chronological History]]
  * [[Chronology Part 1]], Post Disaster to Corgart's Calendar
  * [[Chronology Part 2]], 848 to the End of the First Millenium
  * [[Chronology Part 3]], 1000 until the end of the Antaurus Empire
  * [[Chronology Part 4]], End of the Antaurus Empire to the Fall of Caldonacia
  * [[Chronology Part 5]], The Fall of Caldonacia to Unification
  * [[Chronology Part 6]], Unification to the present
 * [[Kings and Queens]]

There are other stories that have no formal basis in the history books, but which may be partially true.

 * Legends and Fireside Tales
  * [[March Wender and the Bugbears]]
  * [[Hulton Stoneleigh and Dorly Gram]]
  * [[Anoston Farm and the Invasion of Caldonacia]]
  * [[Fulton McGranite the Dwarf Hero]]
  * [[The Crown of Tholain]]

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