Everhold
Timeline
Your world’s history — major events grouped by era. Click any event to see it on the map or connections view.
The Great Drowning
The sentient sea awakens and consumes the Deep Empire in a single tide cycle. Ninety percent of the population perishes.
The First Ascension
Survivors chain the first boats and platforms to the spires of drowned buildings, creating the first floating citadels.
Formation of the Tide Council
Citadel leaders agree to share resources and establish governance. The three Anchor citadels claim permanent seats.
The Veilborn Emergence
The first Veilborn appear at the surface, revealing that a population survived by descending into the deep. They bring salvaged relics and knowledge.
The Memory Market Accord
The Red Choir legalizes memory-backed debt instruments, creating a new financial system based on preserved testimony and knowledge.
Discovery of the Drowned Codex
A Veilborn diving team recovers a sealed tome from the upper ruins — the Deep Empire's final administrative records, written in pressure-script.
Aurelian Maps the Silent Current
Aurelian Vale discovers a hidden navigational route that opens access to the lower rings — and to the approaches of the drowned capital.
The Whispering Accord
The Tide Council, Red Choir, and Veilborn elders meet in secret to discuss the Tide Crown. No agreement is reached. Each faction begins independent operations to find it.
Orin's First Communion
Sixteen-year-old Orin Tidecaller communicates with the sentient sea in a way never before recorded. The sea responds by surfacing an object from the drowned capital — the first fragment of the Tide Crown.
