Disclaimer:
This list is not a full timeline of events of the server. For a more comprehensive list please visit the official PirateCraft Timeline.
This list serves as a rough 'main story' rather than actual timeline. As such dates are not included, and some events may have been optimized within the list to produce a more comprehensive story.
Events included must have had an impact on the majority of the server, and a lasting effect.
Dawn of Civilization
An era of small-scale settlement construction by free folk.
- Humans, Elves, and a small population of other races populate the world
- First settlements created, among which is Port Hope
- Individual pirate groups begin to form and pillage new settlements
- First Golden Age of Piracy stars
- Majority of global population are pirates or common folk living in small settlements
Birth of Nations
An era of progress which separated pirates and free folk from emerging nations.
· Many settlements turn into towns and later city states · Kingdom of Cornola is created after ethnically Elven cities are united under Reptaria · More kingdoms are created, to combat growing numbers of pirates and hostile groups · Polynesian Empire is founded after several large cities unite · A few more empires are created but do not last long · Majority of global population now lives within a kingdom or empire for first time · Kingdom of Cornola expands and becomes the Elven Empire · Several empires now make fighting pirates their main goal, and the war on piracy starts · End of First Golden Age of Piracy
Rise of Empires
An era marked by the emergence of several empires and begin of large scale trading networks.
Renaissance Era
An era of policy changes by large empires, resulting in growth and development, and creation of new emerging empires.
First Verussian War
An era of increasing tensions between many empires, resulting in large scale conflict. Main article: First Verussian War
Inter-war Period
An era of temporary peace and emergence of new superpowers, and pirate crews, resulting in an arms race. Main article: Cold War
Second Verussian War
An era of war resulting from increased tensions between the leading two superpowers. Main article: Second Verussian War
Progressive Era
An era marked by a period of sustained peace between empires, and the resurgence of pirates.
Isolation Era
An era of decreasing cooperation between empires, and increase in wars.
Fall of Empires
An era marked by the transfer of power from crumbling empires to emerging pirate and free-folk crews.
Age of Piracy
An era of large-scale conflicts between pirate crews, and the lesser importance of empires in global affairs.
Forsaken Era
An era of intense conflict between most major pirate crews, and the dissolution and lack of empires.
Second Renaissance Era
An era of reconstruction and reform for empires, marked by a period of large-scale peace, resurgence of empires, and fall in number of pirates.