Editing History (section)

===The Mage Age===
Circa 6000 years ago.

The Alfaen elves discover dragon cocoons that were never hatched, and use them to build their Live-Ships - making them the masters of the oceans.   They manage to hatch a dragon from its cocoon, and realise that the presence of live dragons in the realms is tied to magic.  The dragon is kept trapped and drugged, and the elves start to regain their magical might.  The connection to their origin - the Fey Realm - was re-established, and a number of other Fey came through, including Gnomes who were brought through to act as servants to the Elves.  The Gnomes however proved to have their own fey magic, and slowly spread elsewhere in the Realms, establishing an unusual position within the various human societies as magical advisors.

Circa 5000 years ago.

Humans (and shortly afterwards a few other races) started to figure out how to use magic for themselves - and quickly numerous magocracies started to rise, overtaking the basic feudal systems that were prevalent in most places.  The power of the mage seemed to grow exponentially.

Circa 4000 years ago.

A human mage adventurer from the southern lands discovers another dragon breeding ground - and to escape a storm, made a hole in cocoon and fell asleep inside, half merging with the unformed dragon there.  When he awoke, he discovered he had gained some dragon-like attributes, including the ability to do magic in an almost innate way - unlike the complex arcane recipes that the traditional mage might need to memorise.

Circa 2000 years ago.

A human mage is born who goes on to become the most powerful mage in the world - Hedron the 1st - he unifies the various kingdoms and magocracies on the peninsular of Pacedon, and founded the empire of Pacedonia.  He recruits 7 other archmages (MageLords) to run the seven schools of magic and a great period of prosperity spreads across the Empire.

Circa 1800 years ago.

The rival empire of Al'Shekeim arises on the southern peninsula, lead by a group of powerful sorcerers - descendants of the adventurer who had unknowingly slept in that dragon cocoon.

Circa 1500 years ago.

Epic magic abounds, and various wonders of the world are created - including pyramids in Al'Shekeim, the floating city of Skylon, the giant bridge to Maztrika and many others.

Circa 1300 years ago.

Hedron VII is killed by his own Magelords.  Pacedonia fractures as the Magelords squabble amongst themselves - Al'Shekeim takes the opportunity to wage war, and the two great nations unleash magic on an epic scale - culminating in when an unknown necromancer creates a new type of powerful undead - one that has the ability to create more of itself - Vampires!