Dusk Period

920 BP (920 years before Praevoricor)

Great Xalterrian War
917-359 BP (359 years before Praevoricor)

Also known as the Bloodbaths of Xalterra, the Great Xalterrian War consisted of the lengthy and casualty-heavy warfare between Giants and Dragons following the Inner Draconic Conflict.

Giants targeted all dragons, regardless of subrace, which forced chromatic and metallic dragons to ally. Issirleth served as one of the most respected leader in these conflicts.

Age of the Warm-bloods
With draconic forces weakened and the second imprisonment of the Primordials, nearly every civilization of Caeru had suffered catastrophic dismemberment. Many fell degenerated and fell into barbarism while few joined together to rebuild.

The introduction of elves into the Prime Material Plane from the Feywild during this gap in humanoid progress enabled their settlements to thrive while the Love Image of Kindred: Dormundt created various sentient mammalian humanoid races.

Dwarves
Believed to have been sculpted from the core of Caeru by the Fortitude Image of the Forge:  Osdoon , dwarves carved thriving kingdoms underground while chaos reigned on the surface.

Gnomes
The Air Image of Crystal:  Ptio'sa  brought her resting gems to the surface, exposing them to air and allowing them to inhale their first breath. Her gems took form of small humanoids, the first gnomes. Primitive settlements of the human ancestors and kobolds rounded many gnomes and enslaved them, while others scattered and integrated into other societies.

Fabrication of the Weave
358 BP (358 years before Praevoricor)

The force of dragon fleets proved to be unstoppable with the conclusion of the Great Xalterrian War. As a desperate effort to provide a chance at freedom against dragon oppression, the Overarching Deities each drained some of their individual power to create the Weave; a raw, divine web of magic accessible by mortals.

The Shadow Weave also came into existence as a supernatural creational balance.