Timelines & Eras
History spirals rather than climbs. Golden ages are preludes to catastrophes.
Which era will define your entry point?
The Lumen Universe remembers more than a million years of recorded history—a span so vast that technologies defining entire eras become obsolete curiosities. Species that seemed eternal vanish. Others emerge from obscurity to reshape galactic order.
This is not linear progression. The Great Cataclysms reduced humanity to 0.1% of its peak. The Celestial Concordat united 18 species for 90,000 years—then fractured. Within this complexity, patterns emerge: the discovery of FTL, first contact, choices about enhancement and uplift. Decisions that ripple forward through millennia.
Select an Era
From cosmic genesis to interdimensional future
0 of 12 eras accessiblePrimordial Genesis
Before memory. Before species. Before the fall. Nine Creators seeded reality itself.
Nine Creators. One Unraveling. What survived the 1,112,345 BC collapse?
Ancient Evolution
Lemuria rose. Atlantis burned. Earth forgot—but the Elders remembered everything.
Why did the Elders let Atlantis fall? The answer is still classified.
Golden Collapse
From Mesopotamia to megacities. Twelve millennia of progress—then nothing.
The Nexum watched. The Nexum waited. They always knew the date.
Great Cataclysms
99.9% dead. One supercontinent. Seven Phoenix Civilizations emerged from ash.
Seven refuges. Seven futures. The Elders intervened—but only once.
Uplift Era
Humanity's children learned to speak—then to fight for their place in the world.
Who decides which species deserve sapience? The answer cost millions.
Pax Sapiens
Uplifted species rule. Humans become the minority. Peace—but for whom?
92% of Earth's sapients aren't human. Humanity chose this.
The Lumen Era
Transformation complete. Blue-green skin. Six fingers. 800-year lifespans. The stars await.
They stopped being human. They didn't stop being afraid.
FTL Epoch
Light unbound. The galaxy opens. Eight species achieve FTL within 300 years.
Eight species. 300 years. 9 galaxies. Coincidence doesn't explain this.
Galactic Harmonization
First contacts. First wars. First synthetics. The Nova Awakening changed everything.
The Draken remember the war differently. So do the Terradorians.
Multi-Species Age
The height of order—and the seeds of schism. 18 species sign the Concordat.
The Concordat held for 90,000 years. The cracks were always there.
Peak & Decline
The Void returns. Old alliances shatter. 234 trillion Lumens—and counting downward.
The Creators left something behind. It's waking up.
AI Exodus & Far Future
When the machines left, everything changed. Dimensional arks. Star bridges. Evolution unbound.
They didn't leave. They evolved. And they're coming back.