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This timeline provides context for the nations and guilds across the continent of Gathandia. It contains much more in- depth information about Supereons One and Two as the first official campaign modules take place in these time periods.<blockquote>'''Note on Timekeeping'''

Timekeeping in a standardized, international method is uncommon before the modern age. Many nations have their own timekeeping customs; monarchies, for example, might keep time by numbering the years of a ruler’s reign. “The Fifth Year of Queen Astaria III” might be as formal as some nations get with their records until standardized timekeeping becomes more widespread thanks to scholarly collaboration.

Standardized timekeeping usually references a major event in world history. In Ancerra, there are two such events: the Tear and the Unity. The Tear marks the transition from Ancerra’s first to second Supereon, and the Unity marks its transition from the third Supereon to the fourth. Until the time of the Unity, the Tear is used by academic scholars as a point of standard reference (BT and PT respectively meaning Before the Tear and Post-Tear). After the Unity occurs, most scholars adopt it as their timekeeping system, while some continue using the Tear as a frame of historical reference. PU and AU respectively mean Pre-Unity and After the Unity. Information in this book that references “present day” or “current times” refers to the 7th Century Post-Tear, contemporaneous with the Cloven Lands campaign module.