The Vigiles Amicae is a roleplaying guild in Everquest 2, on the Freeport and Antonia Bayle Servers.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Ages and Eras

Age of Shattered Lands


Earth date: 

11/8/2004


Estimated Norrath dates:
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4211
to
Busheldown in the Year of the Rathe, 4215

The adventure in Everquest 2 Begins, 500 years after the Shattering of 3711, and the great Rending of the 3600s, more or less. Records have been destroyed along with continents, and Norrath is still reeeling from the cataclysmic effects of the explosion of Luclin and the retreat of the gods. The seas are just beginning to be navigable - but at great peril!



Bloodline Era


Earth date: 

3/21/2005


Estimated Norrath date:
Deadening of Xegony, 4212

In the Age of the Shattered Lands, an ancient secret was uncovered in the treacherous northern crags of Nektulos...



Splitpaw Era


Earth date: 

6/28/2005


Estimated Norrath date:
Deadening of Fenin Ro, 4213

In the Age of the Shattered lands, the savage gnolls of the Steppes grow bold, abducting unwary travellers in broad daylight and within reach of the trade roads. Left unchecked, chaos may retake all that has been won from that crater-pocked land...



Age of Flame


Earth date: 

9/13/2005


Estimated Norrath dates:
Lastleaf in the Year of the Rathe, 4215
to
Scorchedsky in the Year of Xegony, 4217

"Even the boldest sailor cannot hope to return from the uncharted, drake-infested seas - but far beyond any reliable map lies a vast desert, rich in ancient magic. It was once thought lost, or mere legend, but dark-skinned strangers too beautiful to be human and too bold to be elves, have begun to appear in the rival cities. They bring with them an enchanted carpet, a magic unknown to Concordium or Academy, and lure heros to ride with them to gold and glory - and the preservation of their people from the tyranny of the powerful..."



Age of Sky


Earth date: 

2/21/2006


Estimated Norrath dates:
Warmstill in the Year of Xegony, 4217
to
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4220

War has erupted between the greatest powers of the civilized world: Qeynos and Freeport have cast aside the centuries-old uneasy truce, recruiting vast armies and prestigious mercenaries to wrest power from their ancient rival. In the shadow of this savegery, a rogue band of scholars has begun rebuilding the ruined arcane spires...



Dynastic Era


Earth date: 

6/14/2006


Estimated Norrath date:
Lastleaf of Fenin Ro, 4218

The Far Seas Trading Company has made a profitable discovery: the exotic island of Mara, unknown even in legend. The people have an ethereal - almost elven - beauty, cultivate highly refined arts, a unique martial discipline unmatched in the world... and a deep mistrust of outsiders. 



Age of Faydwer


Earth date: 

11/14/2006


Estimated Norrath dates:
Oceansfull in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4220
to
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4224

The mists that have guarded the northeastern seas have begun to lift, and the drakes that have guarded the mists have been thinned. The first ships have begun to land in the lost homeland of Fay and Elf, but centuries have passed and the land has changed, birthing new dangers among the bones of the old-! The City of Kelethin has survived, hidden deep in the forests, but in Faydwer, the Great Wars never ended...



New Nerian Era

Earth date:
5/23/2007

Estimated Norrath Date:
Warmstill of Fenin Ro, 4222

The Lost City of the dark elves has opened its outer gates... or has it?



Age of Kunark


Earth date: 

11/13/2007


Estimated Norrath dates:
Oceansfull in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4224
to
Oceansfull in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4228

Discovery knows no frontier it will not face: across the open seas which have swallowed so many hapless explorers, a few brave souls have gone beyond the map - and returned to tell of it! They say it is the birthplace of dragons, this enormous, wild new land, with a thriving city built around an active volcano. Dare you board ship for it?



Age of Shadow


Earth date: 

11/18/2008


Estimated Norrath Dates:
Scorchedsky in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4228
to
Oceansfull in the Year of Xegony, 4233

Gnomeric stubbornness knows no restraint: The airship which crashed into the sands so long ago has been rebuilt! The walls of storm and reef which turn back or destroy any mundane ship are as nothing to the resurrected Skystrider... but the land of Ykesha and its creatures have been changed and warped by the incursion of a dreadfully familiar kind of darkness...



Age of Sentinels


Earth date: 

2/16/2010


Estimated Norrath Dates:
Scorchedsky in the Year of Xegony, 4233
to
Scorchedsky in the Year of Xegony, 4237

The unceasing efforts of scholar-mages have expanded the reach of the great spires, and rediscoverd the fabled land of Odus. Wrenched from its roots and tangled with a deep and wild magic, the fate of Norrath itself is now bound with Odus, for the Overlord has vanished and the City of Freeport is at war with itself as the Barons vie for Power...



Age of Velious

Earth date:
2/22/2011

Estimated Norrath Dates:
Warmstill in the Year of Xegony, 4237
to
Weeping in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4240

The twin Swords of Destiny, Soulfire and the Qeynos Claymore, have been drained of their powers. A new island has been discovered among the iceflows of the Frostfang sea, cradling a shrine built by a mourning god. Pilgrims of the Marr twins are setting out from every city to settle the harsh yet beautiful island, and win glory from its shores. The prophecy known as Age's End begins to unfold in the legendary continent of Velious, at the very edge of the world, and it is here where the war for Norrath will arise. For there to be any chance to save Norrath, the Swords of Destiny must be restored...



Age of Discovery


Earth date: 

11/7/2011


Estimated Norrath Dates:
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4240
to
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4244

From the frozen Thurgadin docks in far velious, bold explorers have found treacherous new lands beyond world's end. The tracks of divine wars are still fresh here, and dragons rule with wild magic. It is here that the New Combine Empire will be reborn, a glorious alliance of all races and faiths for the preservation of Norrath - if they can ever get anything done...



Rebuilding of Freeport


Earth date: 

12/6/2011


Estimated Norrath date:
Busheldown of Triumvirate, 4220

The Overlord has returned to Freeport, and the Citadel has been rebuilt! With might and grace, the Overlord has ordered the rebuilding of his city in a new and more glorious image, sweeping away the squalor and filth which had been breeding at the edges of his City, uniting the Citizens in Strength as the most powerful faction in the New Combine...



Rebuilding of Qeynos


Earth date: 

7/24/2012


Estimated Norrath date:
Stargazing of Rathe, 4223

The Queen has returned to her place, welcomed by her beloved people... but the Council of Ten that ruled in her absence is loathe to reliquish their power. The Queen has ordered the City rebuilt, and the overcrowded outlying precincts demolished for new and better buildings - but the Restoration hasn't quite gone as planned...



Age of Ethernere


Earth date: 

11/13/2012


Estimated Norrath Dates:
Oceansfull in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4244
to
Blossoming in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4248

Magic is acting strangely, and birthrates are falling. Mystics and Mages suspect souls are not returning from Ethernere as they ought to... Many are questioning the widom of chronomagic and necromancy as the drain is felt across the world - but without such arts no hero could hope save the mortals of their world, or right the imbalance in Ethernere itself. They may yet find the answer lies not in fortunes and portents, but deep in Norrath's past.



Age of Veeshan


Earth date: 

11/12/2013


Estimated Norrath Dates:
Oceansfull in the Year of the Triumvirate, 4248
to
???

After rediscovering Yelinak, now the steward of Vesspyr Isles alongside other fallen and familiar dragons, heros learn of the time/space powers behind the Tear of Veeshan stolen by prismatic dragon Kerafyrm the Awakened. With Kerafyrm's fearsome power looming over Norrath, heros are called upon to shine light into the darkness brought on by the Awakened's draconic army, and set the stage for a new Age to begin!

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