The following is a timeline of the Anthem setting.
The Time of the Shapers[]
- According to myth, the Shapers use the Anthem of Creation to shape the world. However, they mysteriously disappear on the third day, leaving their devices behind.[1]
The Age of Chaos[]
- Shapers relic continue to channel the Anthem's energies, creating creatures called the Anzu. It is argued that the Anzu were created by the Shapers for a specific purpose or were the result of a Cataclysm. Some even believe humanity was created by a Cataclysm as well but no one knows for certain.
The Rule of the Urgoth[]
- The Age of Chaos ended with the rise of the Urgoth, who established dominance over the continent of Mirrus and enslaved humanity, using them to handle ember-based tech.
The Legion of Dawn[]
- The Human Resistance worked secretly worked with ember over generations as they plotted to free humanity from the rule of the Urgoth.
- Eventually, these inventor-scientists, who later became known as Arcanists, created the first Javelins.
- 500 years before the present day,[2] the Legion of Dawn overthrow the Urgoth and guides humanity through this trying time, constructing a series of fortified settlements to keep them safe from the perils of their world.[3]
- The Freelancers form, having splintered off from the Legion.[4]
Recent History[]
207 LV[]
- Skystone Lock was built.
297 LV[]
- Destruction of the Sanctuary at Dunar.
380 LV[]
- Arcanist Phredies Par came to Fort Tarsis to build Honor Valley Dam
384 LV[]
- Honor Valley Dam was built.
389 LV[]
- Galen Blewet is killed.[5]
392 LV[]
- Skystone Lock has been captured by outlaws.
413 LV[]
423 LV[]
437 LV[]
- Faye Navine is born.[6]
444 LV[]
- Owen Corley is born.[6]
464 LV[]
- Skystone Lock has been captured by Scars.
466 LV[]
- First attempt to shut down the Cenotaph, this is also the introduction mission.