1. The Time Before (time undetermined)

• The Gods arrive or are born
• The Gods choose spheres
• The Gods create their own spaces in the planes
• The Gods make Shem
• The Law is made

2. The Age of Dawning (1 to 10,000 Shemmish Revolutions [SR; years])

• The First Races are created
• Werebadgermonkeys begin not existing
• The First Immortals are born
• Gifts are created
• The Races begin to diverge
• Early myths develop
• Early civilizations arise
• The Guardians of Mortality emerge

3. The First War of the Gods (10,000 to 12,000 SR)

• The Guardians of Mortality make war on the Gods
• The Gods make war on each other
• The Gifts first become the centerpiece for whole civilizations
• The Cannon of Destruction is used on Ansulym
• The Guardians of Mortality make a deal with Deserel
• The Law is first Broken
• The Guardians of Mortality use the Sword of Apocalypse to destroy the Orb of All Saints
• Fasune slips into the Dream Realm
• Taggarus slips into the Catacombs
• The Gods are sealed in the planes

4. The First Godless Times (12,000 to 17,000 SR)

• The Guardians of Mortality attempt to create a new nation on Palhur that has no religion
• The Valhonians lose their nation & become the Lost Elves
• Tara'hin & Vesturia arise
• Atmet gains the Sword & Armor of the Gods, forges his own Empire on Palhur & rejects the Guardians of Mortality
• Deserel escapes in secret
• Ansulym slowly begins to recover
• Legendary figures begin to arise amongst the mortals

5. The Age of Legends (17,000 to 20,000 SR)

• Adam Secundus plants a garden on an island where Fasune once was
• Rakesh Aun becomes Emperor of Tara'hin
• Carolia escapes & Chooses her followers
• Avagen escapes & Chooses his followers
• Taggarus returns, unbeknownst to all
• The Second War of the Gods (18,000 to 18,050 SR)
  • The Messiah of Hope arises
  • The Queen of Cats arises
  • The Prophet of Time frees the Gods
  • The Mouth of Chaos arises
  • The First Airship is built
  • Avagen is slain
  • The Lost Hero arises
  • Deserel is slain
  • Quilia rescues the Webweaver
• Zhao comes to Shem, becomes a God
• Celeanna, Wateni, Iero, Fysala, Lua, Oriem, Radalgo, & Zegara are born
• The First Prophetess of Destruction arises
• Greneja becomes a Goddess
• The Orb of Law is made to replace the Orb of All Saints
• Taggarus once more vanishes
• Gerrys is slain
• The Orb of Law is destroyed, the Gods are sealed, the Law-Master arises

6. The Second Godless Age (20,000 to 25,000 SR)

• The First Dark Ages (20,000 to 23,000 SR)
  • Srisia is formed
  • The Second Prophetess of Destruction arises
  • The Law-Master is slain
  • Gerrys is revived
• The Era of Pride (23,000 to 25,000 SR)
  • The Guardians of Mortality once again forge a world without Gods
  • The Guardians of Mortality push civilization to new heights
  • The Guardians of Mortality create a nuclear bomb
  • The Queen of Cats steals the Sword of Swords & releases the Gods

7. The Third War of the Gods (25,000 to 28,000 SR)

• The Guardians of Mortality war with the Gods
• The Gods war with each other
• Taggarus returns again
• The Webweaver kills Greneja
• The Webweaver becomes a God
• Anshe becomes a God
• Xracao forces a peace

8. The Second Dark Ages (28,000 to 30,000 SR)

• The world's civilizations struggle to recover from the devastating war
• The ancient plans for a Space Fuzzler are discovered by a group of engineers
• The Society for Expansion is founded
• The first Space Fuzzler is invented, tested, & launched

9. The Age of Expansion (30,000 to 35,000 SR)

• The moons are explored
• The nearby worlds are explored
• The asterians go to war with the terrestial races
• The other worlds are colonized
• World powers arise on multiple worlds
• The asterians utilize powerful Gifts to limit further expansion into the rest of the universe

10. The Age of Reason (35,000 to 41,000 SR)

• The world begins to turn to reason, logic, & understanding rather than expansion
• Even in dark Srisia, rigid Dhun, & beautiful Ailanea, universities become the centers of society
• The systems of the world begin to be explored
• Mortals begin to explore the planes
• The Shapers begin to appear

11. The Age of Miracles (41,000 to 72,000 SR)

• Mortals begin to perform miracles that surpass those of Legend
• Science, faith, magic, void, politics, & the other systems of the world are understood & controlled by mortals
• Mortals become nigh God-like
• Fasune reappears
• The forces of light & dark, hope & terror, etc. begin to face off once more
• The Messiahs of Love & Life arise
• Certain planes seal off from Shem in fear of the consequences of the power of the Shemmish
• The Gods appeal to Xracao for balance
• Xracao creates the system of Champions to funnel such power out of mortal hands
• The Forgotten Champions arise, make war, & drain the power of the world in the Rending, obliterating themselves in the end

12. The Third Dark Ages (72,000 to 77,000 SR)

• Civilization struggles to recover from the devastation of the Rending
• The faiths of the world become obsessed with gaining Champions
• The evil Gods guide several individuals to the Mountain of Trials, & the first Champions of Terror arise
• The Champions of Terror make war on the world
  • The Messiah of Love is slain
  • The Messiah of Life is slain
• The Champions of Terror seal Carolia in Adam's Garden
  • The First Champion of Famine is slain

13. The First Age of Terror (77,000 to 91,000 SR)

• The Era of Ice begins, then ends when Aresedhel transcends
  • The Second Champion of Famine arises
• The Era of Famine begins, then ends when Jannith transcends
• The Era of Chaos begins, then ends when Diamond trascends
• The Era of Despair begins, then ends when Trenton transcends
  • The Messiah of Light arises & is slain
• The Era of Void begins, then ends when the Antinger transcends
• The Era of Envy begins, then ends when Genfyllid transcends
• The Era of Hatred begins, then ends when Gabriel transcends
• The Spider Era begins, then ends when the Spider Champions transcend
  • The Champion of Chaos is slain
  • The Second Champion of Famine is slain
  • The Runners leave Shem

14. The Age of Destruction (91,000 to 100,000 SR)

• The Runners return
• The Champions of Hope arise
• The Champion of Despair is slain
• The Second Messiah of Hope arises
• The Fourth War of the Gods (96,000 to 100,000 SR)
  • The Three Sides are formed--Good, Evil, & Neutral--centered in Madziar, Srisia, & Merukis
  • Yakhut is slain, the Ruiner replaces him
• The Champion of Destruction transcends
• The Second Messiah of Hope stands before the transcended Champion & prevents preserves the Righteous
• The world ends

15. The Time After (time undetermined)

• The Damned & the Righteous battle
• Xracao calls the winner
• The Damned retreat to the Hells
• The Righteous ascend to the Promised Land
• Second Shem is formed, Ages of Second Shem begin