A guide to the ages

The crystal sphere of Galoth was shaped by 5 distinct resets that shaped the spheres history into 5 ages

1st age, The age of Chains
lasted roughly 50,000 years

Notable events: The aboleth are the first sentient creatures forming from the dust of an ancient evil entity who merely passed through the sphere. Giants and the dragons soon follow after. Eventually the gods make contact leading to the first reset.

2nd age, The age of Gods
lasted about 5,000 years

Notable events: Civilization is ravaged and everyone has to start from the beginning. it takes a few thousand years to reach a bronze age. The yuan ti have a head start thhanks to divine intervention and forge the first empire since the aboleth. The elves are the last humanoid species to be born

3rd age, The age of Heroes
ended after 3000 years

Notable Events: Ratican the grey becomes the first lich on Veren and causes great suffering before being destroyed. The word eater proves to be too powerful to be contained and leads to a reset.

4th age, The age of Memory
lasted 1342 years

The draining of Dexahuatta shapes the continent. The school of seven bells rises and falls. The burning lady tries and fails to make an alternate universe to escape the reemerging word eater. The outer planes are severed from the material plane. A world wide war breaks out over who deserves to practice magic

5th age, The age of Solace
Marked the end of the reset's effectiveness, The world was free to make mistakes and learn from its misdeeds. It was the age that never ended.

Technology advances to mimic present day earth. Worldwide peace is enforced with the unfortunate side effect of corporate greed and conformity. Hundreds of years later, spelljammers make contact with other crystal spheres. And so history churned till the end of time