History

For thousands of years, the Island World has been inhabiated by strange cultures, some ruling in glory for a brief time, then fading away into nothing or surviving on a few scattered islands. This section provides the history of the island world from it's first inhabitants right up until the modern age of the First, Second and Third Marine War.

Prehistory The first Humans establish themselves in the Island World and grow into a flourishing culture which spreads across the entire island world. However, their hunter-gather way of life disrupts the precarious balance of life in the Island World and many animals become extinct.

The Old Isalia Civilization Eventually, on a large northern island, a sophiscated civilization develops, founded on the principles of worshipping animals and respecting the natrual world. However, although they reduce and maintain their population at a low level, they still are little more than hunter-gathers. Only late in the civilization's life do they develop farming and by then, their civilization is in decline.

The Middle Isalia Civilization After a dark age of 500 years, the Isalia civilization grows again into a major force in the Island World. With the development of farming, the civilization is able to grow into a developed and highly advanced for the time civilization.

The New Isalia Civilization The most advanced civilization so far in the Island World, the New Isalian Kingdom grows from a few scattered survivors of the wars that destroyed the Middle Kingdom and with the development of boats, conquers a few nearby islands. However, a new force arrives in the Island World and brings this ancient, but brilliant civilization crashing down.

The Aztec-Iriqouis Domination The Isalians are unable to compete with the technologically advanced Aztecs and Iriqouis, who grow from a few ships into the two largest empires the Island World would see in the BL (Before Landfall) years. The two civilizations are by the late 9th century BL, are incredibly advanced and have taken up nearly all the space in the Island World.

To be coutinued...