A BRIEF HISTORY
Seratin’s history is a story of departures, changing lands and knowledge that does not always survive intact.
The First People, also known as the Ahlaku, settled across Seratin long before Ahnee’s era. They built Gates around existing wounds in the Veil. In 501 BT, two makers created the Black Instrument to hold open the Great Gate. The Exodus began a year later, as people left Seratin. Kor remained to guard the Gate.
Ahnee’s public foundational era began in 0 AA. Her guidance and the Opening of the Registers became a historical anchor; she died in 37 AA. Kingdoms developed, trading and learning across the lands. Damage to the Great Roads in 280 AA weakened old connections. In 510 AA, Korrath, Ardath and Tharalen fought the War of Three Crowns.
The Great Cold began in 830 AA. Five years later, refugees from Vaerashan established permanent settlements in the tunnels of Morvae. The cold continued through centuries of failed harvests, migrations, advancing ice and fractures in the land. Satharan separated in 2180 AA. The final AA year was 2309.
The Reform opened a new era. As conditions changed, communities moved and new journeys became possible. Bale Kor visited Morvae in 45 AR; his later travels brought his family through Kharos and Ruthal. The Great Withdrawal followed in 365 AR.
During the Great Forgetting of 475–525 AR, knowledge of other continents faded unevenly. Written accounts survived, yet many readers came to regard them as mythology. In 935 AR, the stories of Teraven begin within a world whose maps and histories cannot be taken at face value.
AN ILLUSTRATED STORYBOOK · 40 PAGES
A children’s retelling of Seratin’s ages, from the First People to the Great Cold and beyond. Turn the pages of the illustrated flip book, chapter by chapter.
Open the storybook ↗THE CHRONICLE
BT: Before Time · AA: After Ahnee · AR: After the Reform.
Approximate dates retain “c.”; uncertain placements are identified.
The brief history includes broad world events. Selected plot outcomes and deeper explanations below are hidden until revealed.
c. 1,000–800 BT
The First People, also called the Ahlaku, establish settlements across Seratin.
501 BT
The handleless Instrument is created to hold open the Gate for the coming Exodus.
500 BT
The First People begin departing from Seratin through the Gate.
500 BT–0 AA
A period of great evolution for the Serans, according to current understanding.
0 AA
The Opening of the Registers and Ahnee’s public foundational era. This is not her birth year.
c. 1–300 AA
Kingdoms form; trade, culture and learning spread.
37 AA
Ahnee, the First Matriarch, dies.
200 AA
The southern Satharan hub is permanently closed as an active Gate. Other Gates are not universally disabled.
Historical explanation or story outcome hidden.
208 AA
The main events of Keepers take place eight years after Gates.
280 AA
The stabilization network suffers further damage.
510 AA
Korrath, Ardath and Tharalen clash. A hard-won armistice follows.
c. 600–800 AA
Recovery and growth bring alliances and increasing tensions.
830 AA
The long Great Cold begins. Its maximum comes much later.
835 AA
Refugees from Vaerashan establish permanent communities in Urraketh-carved tunnels.
1 AR
A new era begins. The calendar boundary remains 0 AR = 2310 AA.
c. 20–60 AR
Receding waters make Kharos increasingly habitable; migration proceeds south.
45 AR
Bale visits the underground communities of Morvae.
59–78 AR
Bale journeys across Seratin and returns to Vaelreach in 78 AR.
Historical explanation or story outcome hidden.
365 AR
A massive movement reshapes the peoples and realms of Seratin.
c. 365 AR
The event is established; its date and association with the Great Withdrawal remain provisional.
475–525 AR
Veil leakage causes people to forget the other continents without recognizing the loss. Records survive but are often neglected or treated as mythology. Continued damage by the original First People beyond the Veil is the cause.
Historical explanation or story outcome hidden.
c. 700–900 AR
Exploration increases as old powers stir and new threats emerge.
914 AR
Jun Kormun leads the legendary hunt.
935 AR
The events of Teraven open a new chapter in the lives of its people.
Mid-900s AR
The broad chronological placement of Keven. More precise working dates remain distinct from this overview.