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	With the advance of the great glacial ice sheet across Eurasia, a spatial rupture occurred in the region of the eastern Kodar range, opening what came to be known as the '''Kodar Gate''': an [[Gate (planar doorway)\|Astral Gate]] linking [[Outer Earth]] to the [[Prime Material (inner plane)\|Prime Material Plane]]. Through this rift, over a span of generations, waves of non-human peoples — primarily of '''[[Orcish (race)\|orcish]]''' and '''[[Goblinish (race)\|goblinish]]''' descent — crossed into the world and spread rapidly across the vast Asian continent.		With the advance of the great glacial ice sheet across Eurasia, a spatial rupture occurred in the region of the eastern Kodar range, opening what came to be known as the '''Kodar Gate''': an [[Gate (planar doorway)\|Astral Gate]] linking [[Outer Earth]] to the [[Prime Material (inner plane)\|Prime Material Plane]]. Through this rift, over a span of generations, waves of non-human peoples — primarily of '''[[Orcish (race)\|orcish]]''' and '''[[Goblinish (race)\|goblinish]]''' descent — crossed into the world and spread rapidly across the vast Asian continent.

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	Emerging as hundreds of distinct tribes, these peoples established a sweeping network of non-human cultures that extended from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific. Many of these early societies developed into complex, highly organised groups with systems of leadership, oral tradition and ritual warfare. Though primitive in appearance, their cohesion and numbers would one day pose existential threats to human civilisation in later ages. Their spiritual life centred around totemism and the worship of powerful animal spirits, which guided their tribal identities and encoded moral and social law.		Emerging as hundreds of distinct tribes, these peoples established a sweeping network of non-human cultures that extended from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific. Many of these early societies developed into complex, highly organised groups with systems of leadership, oral tradition and ritual warfare. Though primitive in appearance, their cohesion and numbers would one day pose existential threats to human civilisation in later ages. Their spiritual life centred around totemism and the worship of powerful animal spirits, which guided their tribal identities and encoded moral and social law.

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	The first elves in the game world were of extra-planar origin, hailing from the [[Land of Silvanie]] on [[Outer Earth]], a vast flat disc drifting through the [[Astral Plane\|Astral Sea]]. Though they too were hunter-gatherers, legend holds that four great '''[[Grey Elf\|grey elves]]''' led a single tribe — known as the Anduin People — from Silvanie to Earth around 35,000 years ago.		The first elves in the game world were of extra-planar origin, hailing from the [[Land of Silvanie]] on [[Outer Earth]], a vast flat disc drifting through the [[Astral Plane\|Astral Sea]]. Though they too were hunter-gatherers, legend holds that four great '''[[Grey Elf\|grey elves]]''' led a single tribe — known as the Anduin People — from Silvanie to Earth around 35,000 years ago.

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 The '''Palaeolithic Period''' spans from roughly 200,000 years ago to 12,000 <small>BC</small>. It is divided into two broad epochs: the Lower Palaeolithic, covering the stretch from 200,000 to approximately 40,000 years ago; and the Upper Palaeolithic, beginning thereafter and continuing until the dawn of agriculture and early civilisation. Throughout the Lower period, the only known sentient species inhabiting the Earth of the game world were members of the '''[[Human Race & Physiology|human race]]''', who dwelt primarily in the regions of East Africa. It was not until the late stages of this era that the first primeval '''[[Elf Race & Physiology|elves]]''' appeared, their earliest traces emerging in the eastern expanse of the Anduin region, deep in the Siberian frontier, sometime between 50,000 and 45,000 <small>BC</small>.
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 == Kodar Gate Cultures ==
-With the glacial ice sheet's cocooning of the Eurasian continent, a rift in natural space occurred that opened the '''Kodar Gate,''' an [[Gate (Astral doorway)|Astral Gate]] between Outer Earth and the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|Prime Material Plane]].  For generations until the gate closed, some thousands of years later, various humanoid peoples — [[Orcish (race)|orcish]] and [[Goblinish (race)|goblinish]] — spread outwards into the Asian continent.
+With the glacial ice sheet's cocooning of the Eurasian continent, a rift in natural space occurred that opened the '''Kodar Gate,''' an [[Gate (planar doorway)|Astral Gate]] between Outer Earth and the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|Prime Material Plane]].  For generations until the gate closed, some thousands of years later, various humanoid peoples — [[Orcish (race)|orcish]] and [[Goblinish (race)|goblinish]] — spread outwards into the Asian continent.
 Consisting of hundreds of tribes, these formed a string of non-human cultures stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.  Many formed complex social structures that would later threaten to destroy human lands much nearer to the modern day.  Their belief systems depended largely upon totemism and animal worship.

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-The first elves in the game world were of extra-planar origin, originally from the [[Land of Silvanie]] in [[Outer Earth]], a great flat disc adrift in the [[Astral Sea]].  While also hunter-gatherers, legend tells that four great [[Grey Elf|grey elves]] led one tribe from thence to Earth, known as the Anduin People, some 35,000 years ago.
+The first elves in the game world were of extra-planar origin, originally from the [[Land of Silvanie]] in [[Outer Earth]], a great flat disc adrift in the [[Astral Plane|Astral Sea]].  While also hunter-gatherers, legend tells that four great [[Grey Elf|grey elves]] led one tribe from thence to Earth, known as the Anduin People, some 35,000 years ago.
 They were refugees from Silvanie who had been harried by [[Drow Elf|drow elves]], who wouldn't appear in the world until after the Palaeolithic had passed.  Under the Anduin, elvish civilisation thrived.  Human-elf relations were friendly and various tools and technology would be shared back and forth.  The spread of archery is attributed to the elves, while it's said that human [[Shamanism|shamanism]] contributed much to the grey elvish discovery of magic.

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 == Human Culture ==
-:: ''Main Article'': [[Humans in the Palaeolithic Period]]
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 Humans as we know them began to appear in Africa at the start of the Lower Palaeolithic, though proto-humanoid cultures had spread into what is now China, Sumatra and Java, and around the Mediterranean.  Anatomically modern humans exhibited more advanced cognitive abilities, complex tool making and art.  Between 70 and 60 thousand <small>BC</small>, advanced humans began migrating out of Africa and populating other parts of the world; at that time, they were primarily [[Hunting (technology)|hunter-gatherers]], relying on [[Fishing (technology)|fishing]], stone tools and creating cave art.
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 == Elven Culture ==
-:: ''Main Article'': [[Ancient Beringia]]
+: ''Main Article'': [[Ancient Beringia]]
 The first elves in the game world were of extra-planar origin, originally from the [[Land of Silvanie]] in [[Outer Earth]], a great flat disc adrift in the [[Astral Sea]].  While also hunter-gatherers, legend tells that four great [[Grey Elf|grey elves]] would lead one tribe from thence to Earth known as the Anduin People.  They were refugees from Silvanie who had been harried by [[Drow Elf|drow elves]], who wouldn't appear in the world until after the Palaeolithic had passed.  Under the Anduin, elvish civilisation thrived.  Human-elf relations were friendly and various tools and technology would be shared back and forth.  The spread of archery is attributed to the elves, while it's said that human [[Shamanism|shamanism]] contributed much to the grey elvish discovery of magic.
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 == Svirfneblin Culture ==
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 These subterranean peoples began to occupy deep caves in the earth in the early Upper Palaeolithic, hardly venturing to the surface even once a generation.  They learned to mine and smelt base metals, skills that would be passed on to [[Gnome Race & Physiology|gnomes]], a biological offshoot of svirfneblin at a much later time.  Worshipping a bear god, the svirf were monotheistic in nature; through communication with elemental creatures, however, as the Palaeolithic closed they would develop some rudimentary magical abilities.
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 == Dwarven Culture ==
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 According to dwarven myth, the Kodar Gate would ultimately be closed by Ymir, three millennia after his arrival into the game world (c.17,500 <small>BC</small>).  During his travels, he established giantish clans in many parts of the world.  By— by which time he had seen all and was determined to sacrifice himself in order to bring a new people forth.  He determined that by closing the gate, he would gain the enmity of three brothers, lesser gods named [[Odin (god)|Odin]], Vili and Ve.  These three slaughtered Ymir, whose blood caused an immense flood that warmed the land and ended the Ice Age.  From the melting of the ice there appeared a great lake in central Asia.