Primeval Era

The Primeval Era is the unspecified and unrecorded era of an ancient time. During this extremely vast time period is when the world is thought to have been born into existence. Of course no one can know that for certain.

Historians place various other events during the primeval era; events like the first continental shifts, the emergence of various living species from which many species now are descended from, the rising of the Aboleths, the first primitive humanoid communities, the coming of dragons, the founding of the first more advanced humanoid communities along with the discovery of harnessing magic as wizards, the first kingdoms, the rise and fall of the Great Lenavi Civilization, the coming of the Primordials and the reshaping of the world, the Divine Rain and apotheosis of various deities.

What little knowledge exists about these eras comes from untold years of studying and researching, and from the few texts unearthed from the excavated sites of the Great Lenavi Civilization.

Periods
The Primeval Era is split into three major periods by historians.

Primitive Period
The Primitive Period is the period which events like the first continental shifts, the first emergence of prehistoric living species, the rise of the Aboleths and the forming of the first primitive humanoid communities are attributed in.

Shining Period
The Shining Period is the period which events like the coming of dragons, the founding of the first more advanced humanoid communities and the discovery of harnessing magic, the creation of the first kingdoms, the rise of the Great Lenavi Civilization and the conception of the name  Aldmeer  for the planet are attributed in.

Reshaping Period
The Reshaping Period is the period which events like the coming of the Primordials, the Divine Rain and apotheosis of some deities, and the shaping of the continents as they were before the Scarring are attributed in. The Reshaping Period supposedly ended after the Divine Rain was concluded.

Of these three, the Primitive Period surpasses the other two by far in terms of years it supposedly contains. The Reshaping Period is the shortest of the three.

Defining facts unknown to historians
What the historians don’t know is that the coming of Calaseid who actually started the Divine Rain was during the end of the Primitive Period and the beginning of the Shining Period and not during the Reshaping Period. Also unknown is that she was the first primordial to arrive in Aldmeer and that she ascended to godhood after the Divine Rain ended along with Annalyon, Vakan, Dangad and Gideus; she was not already a god. They also don’t know that the first deities were formed during the Shining Period from the accumulated belief of humanoids and instead, like everyone, believe that the gods existed for as long as Aldmeer existed. No one but the deities themselves know that fact.