Perfect Chronicles/Early History

The Early History of Perfect World as it was recorded in the Perfect Chronicles.

Years 1 - 999
Year 1, Day 1: The Day of Apocalypse The gods open a gateway and send their chosen races to the newly-created Perfect World.

Year 1, Day 2 Exhausted by the efforts of creation, the gods retreat from Perfect World.

Year 1 Devastated by the disaster that ended the old world, the new people of Perfect World vow to repopulate and rebuild in peace.

Year 221 The Gateway of All Wonders is discovered on a highland in the Midlands.

Year 225 The Elders of Perfect World meet for the first time to discuss the creation of a great city to watch over and protect the Gateway of All Worlds.

Year 231 The City of a Thousand Streams is completed, with the Worldspire to safeguard the Gateway.

Year 334 The Untamed and Winged Elves of the Midlands go to war over their desire for energy crystals.

Year 361 - 394 As war ravages Perfect World, the gods create the Valley of Souls in the south. Radiance is sent to Perfect World to guide the souls of the departed. The virtuous souls are granted celestial powers, while the wicked souls are sealed away with the Wraiths.

Year 417 The gods spot the Wavewalker tribe living in the southern marshes, and relocate them to the far end of the continent, on the other side of the Sea of Reality.

Year 467 The Wavewalkers establish themselves on the Barrier Islands, and rename themselves the Tideborn.

Year 578 A rumor spreads that anyone who can kill a Divine Child will gain power to rival that of the gods.

Year 579 The secret order of Divine Furies is founded.

Year 687 A bloody slaughter in Unicorn Forest sends shockwaves through all of Perfect World, leading to hatred between the Humans and the Winged Elves.

Year 688 The Isle of the Celestial Warriors is created in opposition to the Divine Furies.

Year 855 The First Millennium War breaks out between the Humans and Winged Elves.

Year 860 The Humans find a powerful ally claiming to be from the Primal World, who turns the tide of the war.

Year 863 The Winged Elves gain an advantage by adopting a new tactic, known as the "Wall of Winged Warriors".

Year 872 Human Meditators appeal to both Humans and Winged Elves to cease their bloodshed and make peace, but are exiled for speaking out. After traveling for many years, they arrive in the southern desert.

Year 875 Fire dragons swoop down upon the exiles as they make their way across the desert, laying waste to the people. The Meditators eventually find a way to placate the dragons' fury, leading first to respect and then ultimately to friendship. The people name themselves the Fire Dragon Clan and, with the blessing of the great dragons, they build a new village nestled deep in the desert.

Year 889 A dark meteor flashes across the sky. Its light washes over Radiance, creating a twisted, evil split personality: Dark Radiance. Dark Radiance begins twisting the wicked souls into Wraiths and sending them into Perfect World. Realizing the nature of this terrible threat, Radiance trains the virtuous spirits to battle the Wraiths and grants them a third eye to focus their powers. These spirits are known as the Earthguard.

Year 949 A young man ascends to become the new master of the Divine Furies. The following year he marries a Winged Elf Princess, whose father sends him a gift: a scroll describing the land of the Divine Child, known as the Realm of Garrow.

Year 959 The Divine Furies set out from the Tai Chi Shore with the strongest fleet Perfect World had ever seen. At the same time, the Isle of the Celestial Warriors sends its own fleet to intercept them.

Year 960 The Divine Furies are attacked by monsters from the ocean depths and nearly annihilated. The survivors are rescued by the Celestial Warriors' fleet. The Celestial Warriors' Ships finally finish crossing the Endless Sea. After enduring a great storm, the crew sees the Realm of Garrow appearing from the clouds. Exhausted from centuries of warfare, the Humans and Winged Elves declare a temporary ceasefire.

Year 962 The First Millennium War officially ends.

Year 966 The Emperor of the Winged Elves dies. Prince Darlan ascends to the throne.

Year 967 The Human Emperor Jing dies. Emperor Xuan ascends the throne at the age of 25 and begins his reign of tyranny.

Year 973 Tsang is born. He will later become Emperor of the Twilight Empire and dedicate his life to an endless campaign of conquest.

Year 981 The people of the Realm of Garrow discover that the flow of time is different than in Perfect World; for every day that passes within the Realm of Garrow, three days pass in Perfect World. They also find a place called the Celestial Vale, where another Divine Child dwells. These two Divine Children would give birth to two offspring every five hundred of the Realm of Garrow's years.

Years 1000 - 1999
Year 1000 A new Human civilization begins expanding in the west. While some call it the Sunset Country, it later comes to be known as the Twilight Empire. Its founder, Emperor Tsang, possesses a Golden Mask that grants him incredible power.

Year 1017 The Tideborn go to war with the other inhabitants of the Barrier Islands, the Nightspikes. The war ends with the utter defeat of the Nightspikes, and the Tideborn begin construction of a settlement that comes to be known as the City of Raging Tides.

Year 1018 The Divine Child, Cangyan, challenges the Celestial Warriors settling the Realm of Garrow. After they prove their worth, he allows them to stay.

Year 1019 An exotic-looking ship sails into Angler's Village. Its passengers claim to be the Aquaskia people, traveling from the Eastern Isles.

Year 1020 The Human Emperor Xuan dies and is succeeded by Emperor Ren. He invites Uchie, the Empress of the Eastern Isles, to visit Etherblade City. Uchie sends her daughter, Jane, as an envoy.

Year 1023 The Tideborn finish construction of the City of Raging Tides.

Year 1038 Emperor Tsang of the Twilight Empire dies. Three days later his successor, Prince Pohan, dies as well, sparking a succession crisis.

Year 1040 The Twilight Empire's succession crisis ends when Prime Minister Tsu places the 10-year-old Prince Minwen on the throne. In truth, Prime Minister Tsu controls the entire empire.

Year 1043 The Twilight Empire loses its war with the Winged Elves. Prime Minister Tsu begins work on an evil ritual.

Year 1044 Prime Minister Tsu completes her spell, unleashing an army of Wraiths and abominations upon Perfect World. The creatures completely overrun the Twilight Empire, completely obliterating any trace of it from Perfect World.

Year 1115 Empress Uchi dies. Her daughter, Jane, succeeds her.

Year 1153 Jane marries a Human Wizard named Pon Jay. Six years later she gives birth to a daughter, Mayen.

Year 1161 Jetan, leader of the Fire Dragon Clan, is invited by Empress Jane to visit the Eastern Isles.

Year 1162, Spring An Untamed expedition vanishes in the southern desert. Their corpses are later found in the desert, leading the rest of the Untamed to blame the Fire Dragon Clan for their deaths. The Untamed attack the Fire Dragon Clan's village, sparking a war between them.

Year 1162, Autumn As the Fire Dragon Clan and the Untamed fight their final battle, a mysterious man summons a powerful sandstorm that whisks the Fire Dragon Clan away to a cavern deep within a volcano. Filled with sorrow for their fallen people, they start a new life underground.

Year 1175 Members of the Fire Dragon Clan see a vision of an isolated Land of Fire in the Southern Reaches, and they begin an exodus to their new homeland.

Year 1177 Empress Jane passes the throne to her daughter Mayen, then commits suicide. Despite ruling the Eastern Isles at only 18, Mayen exhibits a great talent for statecraft. Within 50 years the Eastern Isles are at the peak of prosperity.

Year 1291 Empress Mayen establishes a new capital, known as the City of Peace. She comes to be regarded as the Dark Empress.

Year 1320 Then Humans of the Midlands start construction of a new capital city to honor the Yellow Emperor.

Year 1322 The Second Millennium War breaks out between the Humans and the Winged Elves.

Year 1324 The Elves lay siege to the city of Heaven's Tear. The two races continue to fight over the Great Lakes for decades.

Year 1342 In the Northern Wastes, the Frostborn defeat the Snowlanders in the Battle of the Frozen Lake.

Year 1345 The Frostborn warrior Eldros builds Glacier City and crowns himself the Frost Emperor.

Year 1346 Eldros leads his people in a series of conquests, expanding his empire to cover a large territory.

Year 1366 The Frost Emperor invades the Western Steppes. The Thirty-Six Warlords unite against the invasion, but are badly outmatched until two heroes emerge to turn the tide of the war. One is a young soldier named Alexander, and the other an old man named Usher Lantos.

Year 1368 Victorious, the Thirty-Six Warlords declare Alexander their leader.

Year 1369 A magnificent city called Neverfall is erected on the Plains of Light. Alexander is crowned the Light Emperor.

Year 1370 The city honoring the Yellow Emperor is completed. It is given the name Archosaur.

Year 1371 The Humans launch a counter-offensive to take back Heaven's Tear. Eventually, they push the Winged Elves all the way back to their forests. Yin Siga, leader of the Fire Dragon Clan, defeats the native Flamewalkers of the Southern Reaches. The Flamewalkers flee across the sea, eventually founding a new village near the Fire Dragon Clan's desert ruins.

Year 1374 The Flamewalkers raid the remote Human settlements in the south, until they are crushed by the armies of Archosaur. The whole of the Midlands is awed by Archosaur's power.

Year 1380 Yin Siga finishes uniting the Land of Fire and builds a new city, Durna, near the volcano. Yin Siga takes on the title of Flame Emperor.

Year 1406 The Wraiths launch a sudden attack against the Tideborn, surrounding the City of Raging Tides. The Elders perform a forbidden ritual called the Dimensional Cataclysm to obliterate the Wraiths. However, the ritual also pushes the Barrier Islands further into the ocean, separated from the Midlands by the Forbidden Sea.

Year 1535 With the Wraiths having suffered such a devastating loss against the Tideborn, Dark Radiance's insanity became more pronounced. Radiance begins to have trouble controlling himself.

Year 1539 Radiance builds Tellus City, infusing its walls with the power to repel the Wraiths and protect the Earthguard.

Year 1676 The Second Millennium War reaches its peak. When the Humans are nearly annihilated at the Battle of the Soaring Ridge, they begin to realize the significance of the power of flight.

Year 1677 The Humans find a young man named Tiger Won, a refugee from the Primal World. Five years later, empowered by energy crystals, the first artificial Aerogear takes flight. Eight years later, when the elves again approach Heaven's Tear, they are driven back by a flying Human army.

Year 1688 The Untamed find a way to ride the giant hawks native to their land, gaining the ability of flight for themselves.

Year 1692 Aerogear becomes common in the Midlands, and Perfect World enters the Age of Flight.

Year 1701 A rumor spreads about an unknown land of fortune across the Sea of Reality, where great warriors train in a magnificent temple. Many adventurers set sail from Dreamweaver Port to find this land, enabling it to grow into a major city.

Year 1999 The capitals of the Frost, Fire, Light, and Dark Empires mysteriously vanish. A mysterious power isolates the Midlands from the rest of Perfect World.