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Descension - World History

  • Period: 1 CE to

    The Ziht Calendar

    The Calendar of the Witnesses. Otherwise known as the compiled record of the world's major cultural timelines, "Ziht" translates to "Unity," taken in honor of the singular conclusive attempt of uniting the world. This historical calendar and world record exists courtesy of an organization known as The Truth-Seekers.
  • The Revelation of Humanity

    (2016) For the first time, humanity turns its eyes to the rest of the world. Their era of isolation comes to an end.
  • Nuclear World War III

    (2035) Humanity declares war on the world, calling for the unleashing of their nuclear arsenals globally in an attempt to wipe the surface clean of their decided enemies. Unfortunately, they only succeed largely in killing themselves off, reducing a population of nearly eight billion to a mere few hundred million over the course of two decades. Four decades are spent attempting recovery.
  • The Birth of USAHIN

    (2249) Humanity establishes its first world-recognized colony in the Sands during the Era of Migration. Though hardly bigger than a city in most other countries, their contributions to global society have secured their acknowledgement.
  • The First Conflict - New Usahin

    The First Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Second Conflict - New Usahin

    The Second Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Third Conflict - New Usahin

    The Third Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Fifth District, Elunthrad

    As discussions for expanding the country's borders drew out amidst concerns for loss of life against the creatures that roam the Sands, the idea of creating an underground district had been revisited again and again. With geographical overpopulation becoming a potential problem within a century due to a booming tourism economy, public approval for the project made it permissible, resulting in the development of Elunthrad; later renamed to Lithrund following the Fifth Conflict.
  • The Fourth Conflict - New Usahin

    The Fourth Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Fifth Conflict - New Usahin

    The Fifth Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Sixth Conflict - New Usahin

    The Sixth Conflict - New Usahin Introduction of a partial Military Government.
  • The Seventh Conflict - New Usahin

    The Seventh Conflict - New Usahin
  • The Advent of Dust

    First announced prototype revealed to the public.
  • Project MARONORA

    A massive undertaking proposed and built by HARMONY Industries, the development of the Xran'eran towers and the "District In The Sky" itself begins at the entrance to District Lithrund, bordered by Risan, Ikama, and Hugr. The two towers, Ada'maron and Eve'nora, were built as both transportation systems for the five involved districts and massive structural supports for Xran'era, all of which heavily utilized proto-Dust for a wide number of purposes at the time.
  • The Eighth Conflict - New Usahin

    The Eighth Conflict - New Usahin.
  • Dice, the Most Popular Pizza Franchise

    Well known for their erratic slicing of their pies into six, then cutting a perfect square into the center to match their logo, Dice started expansion into a chain of restaurants within five years of their first shop opening in Risan.
  • The Prologue: Part 1

    Maehriel Farkasova, Cinder Lawrence, and Mortica Aldaron meet one another for the first time, finding themselves wrapped up in a sequence of seemingly unrelated, tragic events in Artan City.
  • The Fall of Lithrund

    The terrorizing attack on civilians in Ikama and Risan near the Ada'maron and Eve'nora Towers quickly result in the partial destruction, evacuation, and partial quarantining of the underground district, Lithrund.
  • The Prologue: Part 2

    Cinder Lawrence, Jazmine Kimimoto, Maehriel Farkasova, Uriel Aurendalus, and Nita Hallinger are victims of a series of related events, affected individually and across hundreds of miles.
  • Present Day: The Message

    Day one of the Main Story, several individuals receive a mysterious text and audio file simultaneously, all from the same unknown source. They are asked to listen to the provided recording. This is the final voice of a dead Truth Seeker