Mentack
Lore Archive

The age when humanity tried to wield raw magic directly — and paid for every attempt (-1200 to -710 KM).

Around -710 KM, humanity learned to guide raw magic through symbols instead of wrestling it barehanded.

In 0 KM the first true card was made from Syleth paper — the year the calendar itself begins.

The age when card production matured and the elementless Ancient Cards spread through the world (0–214 KM).

The century of seven great disasters that gave birth to the elements (318–421 KM).

In 214 KM the Card Masters of different regions united to set standards and limits on the craft.

In 318 KM the earth of Kharuun split open — the first catastrophe, and the birth of Magma.

In 327 KM Elyndra's singing crystals turned lethal — the catastrophe that created Sound.

In 341 KM a fragment of a parallel reality fell on Virex — the unexplained catastrophe that created Cyber.

In 356 KM the sky over Auralis cracked — weeks of unnatural storm, and the birth of the Storm element.

The twelve-year war in Veran whose dead could not pass on — and whose peace was guided by the dead themselves (370–382 KM).

In 397 KM Salmora hung between day and night for days — the catastrophe that created Eclipse.

In 421 KM a criminal was sent through a Void Gate for the first time — the seventh entry in the catastrophe records, and the only man-made one.

The long wars fought with element cards (384–431 KM) that hardened card law and built the Asterion Pact.

In 638 KM a lynch mob cast a falsely accused child into the Void — the scandal that changed the law forever.

After 640 KM, mixed settlements where lineages live together grew into the backbone of civic peace.

In 690 KM the world's powers acted together to seal a dangerous Void passage.