I was just wondering : for how long did the Dwarves exist on Cyradon ?
According to the timeline p19, the Cyrads appeared circa 11000 AE, followed by the Elves c15500 AE. Humans (descendant of the not-yet-extinct Cyrads), Gryphons, Gryx and Aoifar did appear about 21250 AE.
BTW, that seems to disqualify the Gryphons as the eldest race.
Besides, the Nagah and thus, after some evolution, the Nagazi, have been created during the First Age, making them even older than the Mithrans. Or are the Nagazi considered, as a race, to have separated from the Nagah stock only after their discovey of Evefalim or something like that, making them relative newcomers ?
Two races are, as far as I can tell, (deliberately ?) left without clear indication.
First, the dwarves, though some details may make them contemporaries of the Mithrans (same Gods...). In the timeline, when the Cyrads begin creating the Royal Roads (c 18735 AE), many of the portals are located in Dwarven outpost. So the Dwarves are already around and thriving back then (outposts indicates that larger settlements exist at that time).
Second, the Gnomes. Their legends make them spirits who have witnessed the coming of the Dragons themselves and the reign of the Mithrans, but their first appearance in the timeline is in 27000 AE... Are they so unobtrusive as to never have been seen before ? Or are their claims true ?
Is there anyone willing to explain some things to me ? Or is there some secrets around, not to be revealed until a future Gazeteer ?