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 ===== The Modern Age =====
-**(10038 SF - Present, Worldwide)**
+**(10069 SF - Present, Worldwide)**
 The [[history:jaern:modernage|Modern Age]] is marked by adventuring being a common profession. Adventurers are often some of the most major movers of historical events. The start of the Modern Age was the creation of Ageron, when a large group of spellcasters worked together to raise a new continent up from a small archipelago.
+Major events of this era include:
+  * Demonic Invasions of Ageron (10080)
+  * Raze of Centralia & Prallian Independence (10079)
+  * Great Jaernian Blizzard (10078-10079)
+  * Ishar Magaroth Attacks the Rhine (10078)
+  * Jaern Switches to the Gold Standard (10077)
+  * Reform of the Tarusian Priesthood (10069 - 10078)
+  * Creation of Ageron (10069)
+===== Cahyalian Contact =====
+**(10068 SF, [[settings:jaern:therhine:centralia|Centralia]])**
+Although freak portals and weird magic was common connecting Jaern and Cahyali, it was not until 10068 that the [[settings:jaern:therhine:centralia:centralia_gow|Centralia Mages' Guild]] opened a stable interplanar portal leading out to [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos]] in Cahyali. Ever since, portals to Cahyali are easy to access via the Alpha Site. Most of these portals land somewhere in Ulos or its allied nations.
+A single, tightly controlled portal also exists leading to Ley'Ork, under supervision of the [[settings:cahyali:leyork:htuc|HTUC.]] Only important political and military leaders tend to travel through this portal.
 ===== Time of Gods and Dragons =====
-**(10038 - 10069, Worldwide)**
+**(10038 - 10069 SF, Worldwide)**
+[[history:jaern:gods_and_dragons|This time in Jaernian history]] is characterized by several major events with their impacts stretching across the world, as well as the presence of adventurers throughout. It began with the Day of Reckoning, when many of the gods' current incarnations were killed, featured events such as the return of [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:dragons|dragons]] to Jaern, and ended with Ageron's creation as well as contact with Cahyali.
-[[history:jaern:gods_and_dragons|This time in Jaernian history]] is characterized by several major events with their impacts stretching across the world, as well as the presence of adventurers throughout. It began with the Day of Reckoning, when many of the gods' current incarnations were killed, featured events such as the return of dragons to Jaern, and ended with Ageron's creation.
+Major events of this era include:
+  * Purge of the Kurago (10061 - 10063)
+  * Return of the Dragons (10057)
+  * Jaernian Refusion & Hegemony Scourge (10054 - 10056)
+  * The Jalera Reign (10049 - 10052)
+  * Great Jaernian Plague (10044 - 10047)
+  * The Age of Reckoning (10038 - 10044)
 ===== Discovery of Terisium =====
 **(9764 SF, [[settings:jaern:lojem|Lojem]])**
-A mage named Jican Trion at the University of Raforge in [[settings:jaern:lojem|Lojem]] discovers applications of the metal [[lore:materials:terisium|terisium]]. The use of this material allows easy and quick creation of magical items by mortal mages for the first time in history. Mages become the primary holders of knowledge in this time, after the collapse of the Tarusian Archives only a few years prior.
+A mage named Jican Trion at the University of Raforge in [[settings:jaern:lojem|Lojem]] discovers applications of the unique, deeply magical material [[lore:materials:terisium|terisium]]. The use of this material allows easy and quick creation of magical items by mortal mages for the first time in history. Mages become the primary holders of knowledge in this time, after the collapse of the Tarusian Archives only a few years prior.
 ===== Resurgence and Collapse of the Archives =====
 **(9645 - 9742 SF, [[settings:jaern:lojem|Lojem]])**
-A man named Justin Gheler receives guidance and the methods of smithing steel from a [[gods:tarus|Tarus]] in disguise and brings the disgraced Tarusian Archives back into the light. The Archives would not last long after Gheler's death, though, as many archivists hoarded knowledge for themselves and refused to share valuable secrets with the public. This would attract significant backlash from the population, countless Tarusian priests were killed, and knowledge would not again fall into the hands of a temple for a century.
+A man named Justin Gheler receives guidance and the methods of smithing steel from a [[gods:tarus|Tarus]] in disguise and brings the disgraced Tarusian Archives back into the light. The Archives would not last long after Gheler's death, though, as many archivists hoarded knowledge for themselves and refused to share valuable secrets with the public. This would attract significant backlash from the population, countless Tarusian priests were killed, and knowledge would not again fall into the hands of a temple for a century. Even after the witch-hunts of record-keepers ended, the Tarusian archives would not undergo reform until as recently as 10070.
+===== Alhikma Caliphate =====
+**(9263 - 9678 SF, [[settings:jaern:alwadiha|Alwadiha]])**
+After the fall of the Veiled Empire, settlers set adrift found themselves on what is modern-day Alwadiha. They conquered and subjugated the local lizard populations, kicking off a period of prosperity and establishing many religious as well as academic orders that still persist to the modern era. However, all of this abundance was built on the backs of the conquered people.
+===== Arrival of the Gnomes=====
+**(8142 SF, [[settings:jaern:lojem|Lojem]])**
+In 8142, a portal mysteriously opened in the Osiris' Necklace archipelago in southern Lojem, bringing great shock to a trading caravan of lizards on their way to Rougtero. It was then that **[[lore:races:humanoids#gnomes|gnomes]]** would arrive on Jaern, reporting a "great cataclysm" in their home plane of the Dreaming involving "terrible shapes" and "rootless flowers". Several more portals would open over the next two years in various parts of Jaern and Cahyali, with groups of gnomes running out and reporting the same general destruction each time.
 ===== First Divine Dark Age =====
-**(8100 - 9645, Worldwide)**
+**(8100 - 9645 SF, Worldwide)**
 After a catastrophic experiment by a Tarusian temple results in the destruction of an entire island, witch hunts ensue en masse against all Tarusians. Archives are burned, Tarus is dubbed the "God of Death Machines," and the practice of record keeping - as well as society's value of knowledge and invention - fades away. People who show too much technical expertise are sometimes accused of being Tarusians and burned at the stake. Little technological nor magical advancement happens during this time.
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 ===== Frozen Era =====
-**(7812 - 8800s, Worldwide)**
+**(7812 - 8800s SF, Worldwide)**
 This time period, the first millennium of habitation on Jaern, is marked by the steady thawing-out of the planet. Even assisted by the gods, it was not a quick process; for the first five hundred years, one could walk across the frozen oceans on foot. Much of the early exploration of Jaern was done over hundreds of miles of snowy icefield.
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 The Kaaren of Destruction lands on [[settings:jaern:geleia|Geleia]], Jaern in 7812 SF.
+===== Heavens' War =====
+**(~5300-7839 SF, [[settings:planes:beneath|The Beneath]] and [[settings:planes:celestial|Celestial Planes]])**
+Although most mortals never heard a single peep of this war, it raged violently for millennia, costing millions if not billions of lives - demon, deific, and mortal alike - and would end with the creation of the [[settings:planes:beneath:silentpact|Silent Pact]], still held to this day between the demons and the gods. The war was officially considered over when the Sovereign, the archdemon Paimon, sold the Beneath into servitude to the nascent [[history:jaern:veiledempire|Veiled Empire]].
+The war still leaves its scars on both planes, as many demons, angels, and gods lived through it and still remember it. Many veterans of the bloody conflict are still alive, seeking revenge or even a new war entirely. Although this war happened on planes with a connection to many material worlds, [[settings:cahyali|Cahyali]] saw little of it; they did not have much contact with the Beneath during this time.
 ===== Elvesbane Strikes =====