Rise and Fall Lore ProjectDocumentation
25.9.2022
The Rise and Fall of Humankind is a massive project supported by the Publishing project. The goal is to outline the entire history of humanity in two printed 300-page books which will be available in the digital store. A less fancy version, but with all the information, will also be available to the community for free.
Once Fall of Humankind is printed, the final edited version, rather than the docs drafts, will be available in the digital library.
To the workProject History
Our loremaster Ginlic kicked the project off by going through a number of histories and overviews and setting the basic structure. Since that day in August 2020, we've worked hard to get the work as far as possible and completed the first draft in May 2021, which the Pantheon finished editing in July. The final draft was completed a month later.
Currently, we're waiting on the printing to complete, which should be only a few weeks away.
We started work on Fall of Humankind in October, and have written most of the first chapter, which focuses on the Orc Wars.
Progress
We are currently writing Fall of Humankind, and have started with revising the first draft.
To-Do
| What | Who | When |
| [RoH] Print | Printing service | 2022 |
| [FoH] Write the first draft | Pantheon | December 2022 |
Basic Structure
The initial plan was to make the whole thing a single thick history textbook as a cool thing to have on the shelf and a quick reference for those who work on Many Isles lore. But it quickly turned out that instead, it would have to be two thick books.
The Rise of Humankind outlines the history from the origin of humankind over to the easy split: the Orc Wars, which upturned all civilized societies.
1, Dawn of Humankind. The early thousands of years of humanity, including the time of Luche's colonial administration. It ends in the west around the rise of the Cuprien Empire in 920 b. OW, and even more approximately around the rise of the Ochebana Empire in the east by 620.
2, The West. Western history, including the Cuprien Empire's interprovincial haggling, feudal Weluche, and the powerful Archea after 322.
3, The East. A blurry start, including some Mruggenrykz and early Balebian Kingdoms, then going into the massive Ochebana Empire's tumultuous society and the Denisite naval power. Also some stuff about dealing with savage powers, which the west didn't do.
The Fall of Humankind, meanwhile, will show the time from the Orc Wars to (spoiler!) the State of Humanity and the race's extinction at the hands of the Holy Dwarven Empire.
4, Orc Wars. Eastern incorporation into the remaining western states, early warfare, then politics with the Trensandor goblinoids and the war's great turnaround.
5, Human Age. The rebirth of human states, and the period of human domination over the material plane. A special focus is placed on the
6. The rise of the Holy Dwarven Empire, the slow-burn collapse of all human states, eventually the final struggles of the State of Humanity and the dwarf-provoked end of the world, Maitreya.
Sources
The Many Isles is an open community, and even though the print version will be sold on the digital store, we share the drafts openly.