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All years in this article use A.R., or Argivian Reckoning , and sets year 0 as the year in which Urza and Mishra were born. THE THRAN EMPIRE (-5000 A.R.) The Thran were a race of technologically advanced humans, whose empire stretched across the entire continent five thousand years before the birth of Urza and Mishra . It was ultimately destroyed by Yawgmoth , ruler of Phyrexia . Its capital, Halcyon, would become the location for the Caves of Koilos. THE BROTHER'S WAR (0-64 A.R.) Argive was the most northernly of the three coastal kingdoms, and homeland of Urza and Mishra. The Thran Empire left many dangerous magic artefacts, which were searched for by the Argivian archaeologists and restored by the Argivian blacksmiths and mages. Argive was ruled by a monarchy until the outbreak of war, where Urza was all but given the powers of the king. After the war, the country eventually crumbled with the rest of the world. Argoth was a large island off the coast of Southern Yotia, present in the time of the Thran, Homeland to the Elves of Terisiare and descendants of the survivors of the Thran Civil War. It was covered in dense sentient forest and was brimming with resources. Its capital was '''Citanul''', a forest-city, where the island was ruled by Titania, Avatar of Gaea , the Spirit of Nature on Dominaria. The island was completely obliterated in the last battle of The Brother's War, when Urza activated the Golgothian Sylex . '''Yumok''' was probably located on Argoth as well. The Fallaji Empire was a great alliance of several different tribes of desert Nomads , united under the ''Suuwardi'' tribe. It would later be ruled by Mishra. Its main cities included '''Tomakul''' and '''Zegon''', and its natural territory stretched across The Great Desert in the center of Terisiare, but also had a significant portion of conquered lands at one point or another in the war. Nearly all the Fallaji were killed in the Last Battle, and a few hundred years later, all have been wiped out. The Ivory Tower was a place of learning in the western rift of Terisiare. The meeting of the Council of Mages at the Ivory Tower marks the first step toward understanding the interrelated forces of Mana. Ironically if it were not for the conflict between Urza and Mishra, this first step might never have been taken. As the first members the Archmandrite invited the Abbot of Gix, Hurkyl of Lat-Nam, a delegate from the Yumok nation (Chayum-Icha of the Ingatl tribe) and !kathwar chief of the Malpiri clan, representing the Sardian people. Later members were recruited from the wizards of Lat-Nam (blue), the Argivians (white), the Argothians and Citanul Druids (green), the Brotherhood of Gix (black) and assorted ununited warmages (red). Kher Ridges Mountains in the '''Western Desert''' of Argive, infested by Rocs. A center of the forgotten Thran empire. Here was located the Cave of Koilos. ''Kher'' means ''big mountain'' in the Goblin tongue. '''Kher Keep''' was a Kobold Stronghold in the Ridges, where Rohgagh once reigned. Koilos was once Halcyon, the beautiful capital of the Thran Empire. By the time of the Brothers, there was little more than a few crumbling buildings and a network of caves, containing the last technological remnants of the Thran. The most important thing here was a portal that would lead to Phyrexia , sealed and undisturbed for five thousand years, until Urza and Mishra inadvertantly broke the seal. During the War, it was the headquarters of Gix , a powerful Phyrexian Demon, who manipulated both sides in the war for Phyrexia's best interests. ''Koilos'' is the old Argivian word for ''secret''. Korlis was one of the three coastal kingdoms. It was ruled by a merchant council, and was heavily involved in trade. The River Kor flows through it. It had a location known as Korlinda, which was the location of an aborted peace conference between Argive, Korlis, Yotia and the Fallaji, two years before the beginning of the Brother's War. After the war, it eventually crumbled with the rest of the world. The College of Lat-Nam was situated on a small island, off the west Terisian coast. At the time of the Brothers, it was a collection of scholars from all over Terisiare and Dominaria. Its co-founders, Hurkyll and Drafned, would help to establish the Third Way, and became one of the first people on Terisiare for centuries to tap into magic. It would survive the war, and would go on to become the training grounds for many of the world's mages for three thousand years. The Monastery of Gix was located in the far north of Terisiare, and home to a religious order who worshipped a machine god named Gix. In response to a dream, they travelled to Koilos and activated the portal to Phyrexia. By coincidence or design, they encountered a Phyrexian Demon whose name was Gix. They were his agents among both Urza and Mishra, manipulating both sides. After the war, the monastery was abandoned, and the Order of Gix travelled to Phyrexia. Sardia is a mountainous country, notorious for its large and powerful Colossi . The Archmandrite of the Ivory Tower invited !kathwar chief of the Malpiri clan, representing the Sardian people, to join the Council of Mages (Comics). Sardinth. Peacefull region on Terisiare threatened by Urza and Mishra's War. Sarinth (sic) was also the location of a famous battle where a handfull of pikemen held of a trio of Craw Wurms. Terisia City was one of the largest and most ancient cities on Terisiare by the time of the Brothers, having had millennia of peace. It was also the headquarters of the Third Way, a group of scholars dedicated to defending themselves from both Brothers, rather than ally with either. Although it declared neutrality, Mishra's forces laid siege to the city for months. Although it was a peaceful city, its defenses were formidable, and the city only fell when the Gixian monks betrayed them. It was taken by both sides several times since, but its ultimate fate is not known. It can be assumed that it was eventually destroyed. Ronom Glacier was the site where Feldon found his first cane Tomakul. Site of a Battle Yotia was the most southern of the coastal kingdoms, and the one suffering the brunt of Fallaji raiding parties before the outbreak of the war. It was a Monarchy , whose leader took the title of Warlord (or Warlady). It is the homeland of Tawnos, Apprentice to Urza, and Kayla bin-Kroog, daughter of the Warlord and wife of Urza. After the death of the Warlord at Korlinda, Kayla became the Warlady, and saw Mishra's forces completely destroy Yotia's capital '''Kroog'''. Yotia would remain under Fallaji occupation for ten years, before being liberated by Argive and Korlis. By this time, Yotia had been scarred almost beyond repair by the Fallaji plundering and Mishra's Scorched Earth policy. The Yotians would continue to fight on Urza's side until the end of the war. After the war, it eventually crumbled with the rest of the world. THE DARK (64-450 A.R.) In the period after the Brothers' war Terisiare's survivors were bitterly opposed to magic. Tiny, insular villages dotted a wasted, goblin-infested landscape. Fanatical priests controlled a few powerful city-states. Preachers and witch-hunters hunted the countryside for the few remaining wizards. Giva Province was a northern region of Terisiare, and was once Argive. It was the home of Jodah , who would eventually become one of the most important figures of the coming Ice Age. Giva was eventually completely locked in Ice. Alsoor was a city that was destroyed by diabolic machines Coreaill was the site of a famous, contested tower The Flarg was a region infested by goblins Pitdown was the location of the Battle where Lord Ursnell died Scarwood: a wooded region plagued by Bandits, Goblins, Hags, and Scavenger Folk The City of Shadows was on '''Lat-Nam''', and a descendant of the College founded before the Brothers' War. It was a secretive training grounds for mages, in a time where mages were hunted down and killed by the puritanical Church of Tal. The Conclave of Mages was an impressive Citadel, build on the site of the Monastery of Gix. It was an alternate to the City of Shadows, being much less structured. It was destroyed by a combination of a surprise attack by the Church of Tal, and Lord Ith being freed, afterwhich most of its denizens travelled to the City of Shadows. Thorn: Tividar of Thorn and his Knightly Order, aided by Ith and the Council of Mages, temporarily restored civilisation to Terisiare, by throwing back the Lacjsi's Goblin Invasions with their Crusade. This ended the Dark age THE ICE AGE (450-2954 A.R.) The Adarkar Wastes were snow-covered Tundra 's neighbouring the great Glacier , where only unicorns and lonely sentinels could survive. Jarkeld and his troops perished in the Adarkar Wastes long ago. The Northern Wastes were reigned by Lim-Dûl. in the Western Wastes Disa fought a hoar shade. Balduvia was less of a country and more of a vast region, west of Kjeldor and the Karplusan Mountains. It was populated by tribal barbarians who hunted the large beasts that were strewn across the frozen wasteland. With the end of the Ice Age, most of these beasts died out, but the land was capable of being farmed. Balduvia eventually united with Kjeldor to form New Argive, as both countries laid on the territories that formed Argive three thousand years prior. The Karplusan Mountains lie between Kjeldor and Balduvia. Home to the Aesthir. Darien's Roost, was the first Kjeldoran outpost allowed in the Karplusan Mountains, built during the peacemaking between Balduvia and Kjeldor. Fyndhorn was a densely forested area in the south of Terisiare. Most of its elven denizens worshipped the Planeswalker Freyalise. Fyndhorn was flooded when the Ice Age ended, and most of the survivors travelled to what is now Yavimaya. Johtull is a region known for its terrible wurms. Kelsinko was a city in the Fyndhorn forest, near the southern coast of Terisiare, situated in what was once Yotia. It was lost to the floods. Storgard was the last fallen empire of Terisiare. It was ruled by five clans: ruby, emerald, onyx, pearl and sapphire. The last king before the destruction by the gletchers of Lim-Dûl and Tevesh Szat was Miko. The last Ruby Mage was Freyalise. The last Emerald Mage was Oriel Kjeldos. The Emerald and Pearl clans left the doomed city. Their descendants founded Kjeldor. Kjeldor was a country in the North of Terisiare, east of Balduvia and the Karplusan Mountains. It was much more ordered and civilized than Balduvia, with a rich military history. Its three principal cities were Kjeld, Krov and Soldev. Kjeldor eventually united with Balduvia to form New Argive, as both countries laid on the territories that formed Argive three thousand years prior. Krov was built on the ruines of the Isle of Lat-Nam. It was said to lie beyond a great Ice Wall. It was home to the School of the Unseen. Infested by the Plague twenty years after the Ice Age. Destroyed by Soldevian warbeasts, and lost to the flooding at the end of the Ice Age. Soldev was build on the ruins of Storgard. While Arcum Dagson tried to put the artifact-creatures he found in the nearby cavern of Koilos to good use, the Soldevi Adnates (clerics) resurrected the warbeasts which later destroyed Soldev and Krov. Kjeld was the royal city. It was a great port located on the southeastern shore of Terisiare. Mikkel was a little village in Kjeldor Tresserhorn was the seat of evil power in Terisiare. It was surrounded by the '''Lake of the Dead'''. The citadel was built on the site of the Conclave and Monastery of Gix, and used to be headquarters to Lim-Dûl . Twenty years after the Ice Age by Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn. The site was eventually destroyed by flooding and avalanches. The Frost March was a region infested by the undead The Unseen School was the descendant of the City of Shadows, and the College of Lat-Nam. It was the largest congregation of magic and artifice in Dominaria at the time. It was destroyed by Phyrexian Steam Beasts summoned by Lim-Dûl . The survivors of the attack spread across the continent, and Lat-Nam's long history of scholarship came to an end. Tor: location known for its Giants THE MODERN ERA (2954-4205 A.R.) Due to the strip-mines, the glaciers and the post-Ice Age floodings modern-Day Terisiare is divided in six distinct land-masses and islands, known as the Terisian Isles. Most notable of these is New Argive. The isles are controlled by Benalia . New Argive, also known as Argivia, is the country formed when Kjeldor and Balduvia united in the dying years of the Ice Age. It is one of the focal points for non-magical study on Dominaria. Hanna, navigator of the 'Weatherlight', studied at the Argivian University. Treva,''the Renewer'' is the primeval Dragon of New Argive. Koilos has become accessible again, after being buried by ice. It is located on a stormy island near New Argive. Threehundred years after the Ice Age eastern Terisiare is occupied by the Sheoltun Empire. The occupation ended with the rebellion of Epityr. This uprising was the straw that broke the empire's back, and the already fading Sheoltun soon lost all control of eastern Terisiare. Sheoltun's place was in the next couple of hundred years taken over by Benalia . Epityr is a mountain-town in eastern Terisiare, famous for its Temple of herself will appear with all her angels to defeat the enemies of those under her care. The famous ''Tablet of Epityr'' was a considered to be the work of Urza , but was later revealed to be forgery. Rundveldt. Region known for its Goblins. The notorious tribes of the Rundveldt Goblins have mastered the use of the Rock Sleds, Siege Equipment, and even developed an effective social structure. Because it's a documented fact among Argivian scholars, that the further one gets from the site of the Brother's War the more feral, beast-like and generally stupid the local goblins tend to become, Rundveldt probably lies on Terisiare, near New Argive. Tamingazin lies in the far west. It is the site of the '''Institute of Arcane Study''', the most recent wizard school after the destruction of Krov / Lat-Nam |
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