Year System

There are three major eras in Arcadian history. The first is Ante (Before) War (AW), the second is Intra (During) War (IW), and the current is Post War (PW).

Ante War
This era is marked largely by high interference of deities in mortal lives and how common dragons were. This occured around 1300 years ago.

During this time many aasimar and tieflings were born and elves lived across all of Arcadia.

These years do count backwards, similar to BCE years in our world.

Intra War (IW)
This era is marked by the war between gods and dragons. This spanned around 100 years.

This time is when dragonborn came into existence and elves retreated from the West.

At the end of this era the chromatic dragons, who had sided with the gods, retreated and the chromatic dragons were banished to the ethereal plane.

Post War (PW)
During this era the gods have retreated a great deal from human affairs (relatively, they still meddle so much). Tieflings and aasimar are considered rare.

From time to time dragons will make their way back into the material plane, but they are incredibly rare.

Elves in this time are almost regarded as mythical. It is believed they are long dead and their only remnants are half-elves (a name for anyone with elf blood who is not a full elf). Often half elves are fully a race of their own similarly to dragonborn or halflings.

This era contains more of the expansion of races as well as more mortal-based invention than previous eras.