Dawn of a World

Playing a game called Dawn of Worlds, i and a number of other players created a very nice fantasy world that i have now taken upon myself to flesh out and expand. what follows is the basic history of the 'world.'
-3000 years ago- the world was created
~1500 yrs ago- a dimentional vortex opens, sending an Alien god-like being crashlanding into the the North, who's horrible influences create the Northern Wastes, which quickly begin to spread. the Alien-God himself is trapped within a vast pillar of solid corruption, later called the Doomspire.
-1000 yrs- the first race-a group of primitive elf-orcs called the Valkyrie- appear and take up residence in the Borialis Forests of the north, while to the east, the Northern Wastes continue to expand and become unnaturally cold (to mortals).
-500 yrs- the Dragons appear on a large island to the southeast, led by the Dragon God Neriscaryn. under his leadership, the Dragons quickly become masters of magic, Neriscaryn harnessing the powerfull dweomer of their island home. Meanwhile, the Dwarves appear to the north, and become the world's foremost fighters under their great chief Tyr. Further north, the Valkyrie, often concidered the world's best hunters, found the city of Thrakos, but are slowly corrupted by the Alien influences of their imprisoned God neighbor.
-400 yrs- the Dwarves found the city of Midgard, and become great smiths of the plentiful metals of their mountainous homelands. to the northeast, a race of evil, blood-crazed daemon peole called the Ravanys appear in the Northern Wastes. nearby, the corrupted Valkyrie begin delving deeper into the mountains between them and the Doomspire, slowly evolving to adapt, becoming the Deep Valkyrie.
-300 yrs- a massive volcano erupts to the south, while the Ravanys found a Temple-City surrounding the dread Doomspire, and a mighty fortress in the mountains, while it's neighbor Thrakos is expanded, it's walls built higher to become the world's greatest fortress. southward, an offshoot of Dwarves follow the actions of the Deep Valkyrie and become corrupted.
-200 yrs- the Valkyrie overlord Morgon works hard to eliminate corruption, but not before thier Deep Dwarven neighbors suffer the same disfiguring corruption of the Deep Valkyrie, but become zombie-like and blood-crazed. the rest of the Dwarven nation build a northern front against the Ravanys, called Dehrgamith. the Dragons, drawn by the eruption of the massive volcano-seeing it as an omen- migrate to the mainland, and build a Dragon-City in the tall peaks surrounding the mountains of fire. the earliest Human records begin here.
-100 yrs- a race of Elves appear in the great woods to the west, while the Valkyrie continue their struggle with internal corruption.
Recent Events
- 5 yrs- an offshoot of barbaric elves, known as the Leather Elves, take up residence in the large swamps to the far west. the Valkyrie create an Order dedicated to the erradication of Corruption, hoping to eliminate any traces of the Doomspire's Taint from the world, and this Order founds the inquisition-espionage-laced city of Illios. the Demonic Overlord Xandrak emerges from the Ravanys people, gathering a massive following. the Humans found their first major city, Dargor, by the eastern coast, renown for it's influential Carpenter's Guild.
- 4 yrs- the Leviathan emerges from the ocean to destroy Dargor. however. the stalwart Humans, led predominantly by the Carpenter's Guild, begin reconstruction of Dargor, while making an alliance with their Elven neighbors. Another human city is founded closeby their new allies' woodland home. the Leather Elves become great leatherworkers, and to the north, the Deep Valkyrie are purified by the Valkyrie Order.
- 3 yrs- a year of devestation. the re-built Dargor is destroyed once again by the Leviathan, much to the dismay of the entire Human race, sparking a civil war. the Northern Wastes are struck by a large meteor, creating a sprawling crater. a Ravanys expidition is quickly dispatched to examine the site. a small cult of Doomspire Chaos Cultists spreads among humans and gains power and followers at an alarming rate, causing the Valkyrie Order to continue thier crusade southward and found the city of Setmet. the Ravanys move south as well, sacking the Dwarven city of Dehrgamith, while their expidition to the crater expands until a city is formed on it's rim.
-2 yrs- the valkyrie make friendly relations with the Dragons, who until now had been rather withdrawn from the world of mortals, culminating in the creation of a Dragon Knight order of Valkyrie, who marshall a great army in Thrakos in preparation for a push eastward, and this order builds a great fortress called Moonspire, located high in the mountains like the Dragon City in the south. all the while, theor Ravanys enemies continue their examination of the mereor crater and discover a source of magical crystals and gems. the Dwarves mass an army and march on Dehrgamith, but are beaten back.
-1 yr- the Elves become great seafarers and found an order dedicated to the eradication of seamonsters- particularly the Leviathan. they build the great port-city of Delmortia. through the demented efforts of the cultist movement, a breed of half-Ravanys are born. the Ravanys put to great use the discovery of the meteor crystals and becoe the greatst Warlocks. shortly thereafter, they put these skills to the test as they move to Midgard adn sucessfully take this city as well. the Dwarven nation is shatterd, and it's people scattered as refugees, recieving lots of support from thier Valkyrie allies. the Valkyrie continue to train thier military to become teh greatist warriors of the world, and build the port city Cordain, forming an alliance with the Leather Elves.