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| From this point onwards, every subsequent loop repeats and is identical to the third loop, closing the cycle and making sure that, no matter what happens, Eo at least has somewhat of a future to look forward to. | | From this point onwards, every subsequent loop repeats and is identical to the third loop, closing the cycle and making sure that, no matter what happens, Eo at least has somewhat of a future to look forward to. |
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| This is the official canon timeline of the SpellForce series with most important events in chronological order.
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| |45.000 b.c.
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| |The first dragons appear in [[Godeland]] and the first Shapers on [[Xu]]
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| |40.000 b.c.
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| |At the height of their empire, the Shapers begin enslaving other races due to the influence of the [[Archfire]]. The Dragons rise up and defeat them, forcing the survivors to go into hiding. Soon thereafter, the first, primitive [[races]] appear. Their lives are meager and humble as the [[dragons]] still ruled over [[Eo]]
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| |~1000 b.c.
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| |[[Dwarves (Race)|Dwarves]] from the [[Grimwarg Mountains]] meet [[Humans (Race)|humans]] who keep themselves alive in the icy caves of the [[Windwall Mountains|Windwall]]. They taught the young [[races|race]] about the [[Eo|world]], the [[gods]]. The [[Age of Swords]] begins.
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| |~ 965 b.c.
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| |[[Janus Malacay]] is born in the marshes of [[Muire]]. Soon after, the first dragon killers will begin hunting the giant lizards.
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| |~940 b.c.
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| |The [[Hybernian Empire]] is founded by the god-emperor [[Chlerus the Blessed One]]. The [[dragons]] are pushed back to [[Godeland]]. As a result, humans take possession of the plains. At the same time, the other races notice the new balance of power caused by this.
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| |~850 b.c.
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| |[[Zarach]] creates the Orcs, Trolls, Dark Elves and Fial Darg in the Black Jungle on Xu. Him and Nor get banished from Eo for defying the rules of Aonir.
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| |~750 b.c.
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| |The [[War of the Six Races]] as a result of the Dark Races wanting to free their renegade gods.
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| |~720 b.c.
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| |Disintegration of the [[Hybernian Empire]] into the kingdoms of [[Highmark]], [[Nortander]] and [[Empyria]]. The [[Elves (Race)|elves]] of [[Finon Mir]] lock their borders for foreigners.
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| |~600 b.c.
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| |The [[War of the Six Races]] ends with the intervention of the [[Gods|guardian gods]] and the fall of the [[Fial Darg (Race)|Fial Darg]] on [[the Godwall]]. [[The Black Legion]] is defeated.
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| |518 b.c.
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| |The [[Mage Wars]] end and [[the Circle]] is established in unison by all races in order to keep the misuse of magic in check.
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| |~50 b.c.
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| |Because of internal difficulties and disagreements the mages of [[the Circle]] disband. Each mage continued his researches on his own.
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| |The [[Convocation]] is triggered by the former [[The Circle|circle mages]] while [[Eye of Aonir|Aonir's Eye]] being clouded by the [[Dark Roamer]]. The [[Primal Elements]] shattered Eo to pieces and killed most of the mages.
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| |8 a.c.
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| |[[Rohen Tahir]] summons the [[Phoenix Bearer]] and sets her free. Because of the [[Dark One|Dark One's]] plans, the [[Battle of Fiara]] turned the remains [[Nortander]] into a battlefield once more.
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| |[[Cenwen]] gets abducted from the [[Frostweaver Rift]] by a [[Fial Darg (BoW)|Fial Darg]]. The [[Aryn Crisis]] caused a major crisis due to Aryn awakening from his slumber. It could be resolved in time by the [[Shadow Warrior]] and his allies.
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| |~14 a.c.
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| |[[Hokan Ashir]] lures the god of wisdom, [[Ereon]], into the [[Bone Temple]] inside the [[Black Jungle]]. With the help of the [[Life Essence]] he then begins reviving his former rivals of [[the Circle]] as loyal slaves.
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| |15 a.c.
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| |[[The Phoenix]] is being released from the [[Phoenix Stone]] by both the [[Phoenix Bearer]] and the [[Shadow Warrior]]. The Circle is gone for good.
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| |15 - 18 a.c.
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| |[[The Messenger (Rune Warrior)|The Messenger]] helped [[Toth Lar]] to resurrect his father [[Nazshar]] from the dead. Upon learning about his crimes by [[Nightsong]], he supported her in killing him again. However the [[shadows]] had already made contact with the [[Dark Elves (Race)|dark elves]].
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| |~19 a.c.
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| |With the [[Shadows|shadows]] being interwoven with the [[Dark Elves (Race)|dark elf race]] by [[Sorvina]] and her son [[Toth Lar]], [[The Pact (SF2)|the Pact]] was forged. The [[Dracon]] [[Craig Un'Shallach]] was killed in combat with the shadows, and his daughter [[Nightsong]] was forced to flee to [[the Iron Fields]].
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| |The [[archfire]] infused [[portals]] made by [[Rohen]] begin to loose their power. The [[Shaikan (Race)|Shaikan]] were making contact with the elder [[Dragons|dragons]] of [[The Refuge]]. [[King Ulf]] was tempted by [[Riddengard]] to give in to the [[Blessed Ones]] and their [[archfire]] power. A [[The Shaper|Shaper]] rose back to power and attempted to take over the kingdom of [[Highmark]] before being confronted and defeated by the [[Shaper Conqueress]].
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| '''<u>Author's Note</u>: '''
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| *The dates are presented in years and are roughly estimated.
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| *The terms b.c. and a.c. are telling whether it happened <u>'''b'''</u>efore or <u>'''a'''</u>fter the [[Convocation|<u>'''C'''</u>onvocation]].
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| ==Unofficial Fan Video==
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| [[Category:History]]
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Rohen's Time Loop is a series of events orchestrated by the Rohen Tahir to ensure the survival of Eo after the Convocation.
Description
Due to the presence of two different Rohens in it, the time loop is somewhat difficult to explain linearly. For the sake of simplicity, we first have to realise that there are at least three different instances of the event unfolding, with the events we see during the events of SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, likely being the third.
Important to note, that this loop in SpellForce seemingly does not create new timelines, but instead acts as a linear timeline that forms a cycle during which the events perpetually repeat in the exact same way. Imagine this as a line with a circle in the middle of it. There are events before and after the circle that happen normally, while the events inside the circle happen over and over again, not influencing what comes after as they are always identical. In a way, we might think of it as the loop not being there at all anymore, and the events of the Third Loop (as described below) being the defacto definitive way of the events playing out.
While talking about the event, some characters will be named with numbers. These are referring to the loop they belong to. For example, Rohen#1 is from the first loop, while Rohen#3 would be from the 3rd one.
I will try to keep the explanation here concise and to the point, but if you're interested in a more detailed description with more reasoning, please take a look at the video below:
Events
First Loop
The First loop starts after the Convocation and proceeds in roughly this order:
- Rohen#1 survives the convocation and proceeds to collect the Godstones, setting in motion his plan to create a Time Portal.
- He collects the Godstones (or finds a different power source) and travels back, hoping to decide the Convocation for himself.
- He doesn't succeed, but now, two Rohens are alive in the timeline, Rohen#1 (the one who travelled back), and Rohen#2.
Second Loop
- Ereon#2 visits Rohen#1, gives him the Book of the Convocation and makes him change his mind on the outcome of the Convocation. Rohen#1 now also realises that going back through time didn't enable him to decide the Convocation for himself.
- Rohen#1 proceeds to create the portals to reconnect Eo, while Rohen#2 goes with his original plan of collecting the Godstones, as well as getting rid of Rohen#1
- Rohen#1 likely summons the Phoenix Bearer, though these aren't the events we see during the Order of Dawn.
- Rohen#2 kills Rohen#1 via the casket trap, much like in the story we play
- Rohen#2 acquires the Phoenix Stone, Book of the Convocation and completes his time portal
- Rohen#2 travels back through time
Third Loop
These are the events of SpellForce: The Order of DawnItalic text
- Rohen#2 reads the Book of the Convocation and realises that it's a ruse
- Rohen#2 confront Rohen#3 and a fight insues. (Intro of SpellForce: The Order of Dawn)
- The Book of the Convocation likely gets destroyed in the process, prompting Ereon#3 to seek out Rohen#2 and give him the same book, but from his Timeline.
- Rohen#2 realises that there isn't anything he can do to stop the convocation, so he decides to keep the loop going to make sure Eo has a future.
- Rohen#2 proceeds to create the portals to reconnect Eo, while Rohen#3 goes with his original plan of collecting the Godstones, as well as getting rid of Rohen#2
- Rohen#2 summons the Phoenix Bearer
- Rohen#3 kills Rohen#2 via the chest trap. Rohen#2 recognises this trap as he had used it himself in the past, but gets caught in it willingly to keep the loop going.
- Rohen#3 acquires the Phoenix Stone, Book of the Convocation and completes his time portal.
- Rohen#3 travels back through time
From this point onwards, every subsequent loop repeats and is identical to the third loop, closing the cycle and making sure that, no matter what happens, Eo at least has somewhat of a future to look forward to.
