Encyclopaedia Elysia | History / Ninth Millennium Timeline

8,000 – 8,999 XA 6,940 – 7,939 ZT • 1,000 BC – 999 AD
8,509 XA 7,449 ZT 509 AD	Xanth attempts to resurrect Namiko Akakios's Lifemate, Isolde. Instead, she creates the first Vampire.
	Isolde spreads chaos and bloodshed along with the BloodLust Virus across Elysia, creating the Vampire Scourge and starting the first of the Scourge Wars. Namiko is forced to destroy his lifemate and flees Elysia in grief.

8,510 XA 7,450 ZT 510 AD	Conor Flyn infects a wolf with the BloodLust Virus as it gives birth, creating the first Hind and Therians.
	The Hind sweeps a bloody path across the continent but is destroyed by Xanth, who then wipes all knowledge of the beast and its attack from memory.

8,511 XA 7,451 ZT 511 AD	Silas is founded near the shores of Lake Bethesda by Nymph survivors of the first of the Scourge Wars.

8,650 XA 7,701 ZT 650 AD	Nymphs grant Therians sanctuary in the Fae Forest.
	The Anyeli Civil War recommences after nearly 100 years of ceasefire.

8,750–9,750 XA 7,501–8,501 ZT 562–1562 AD	Rowan Caverns are dug out and gradually extended.

8,562 XA 7,501 ZT 562 AD	The first shadowkin, Spiridon Constantinides, is born of Leentje Garis and Makar Constantinides.

8,814 XA 7,874 ZT 814 AD	Espur founded.

8,977 XA 7,917 ZT 977 AD	Dimitri Koraceb replaces Namiko as Xanth's Aide. He plots world domination behind her back.

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