Eras

The history of this timeline, from the perspective of magic, is divided into three eras. A brief description of these eras is included below. The eras are largely defined by the level of the median person’s understanding of magic and spellcasting. In most cases they will be referred to by their ordinal names (e.g. “First”) but may be referred to by their alternate names in some instances.

First (Pre-Mythikos) Era
In this era, encompassing all of Earth’s history before 1977, magic is largely absent from the public consciousness. Paranatural happenings were usually attributed to divine or otherwise spiritual interference, and later dismissed as superstition altogether. Spellcasters were frequently ostracized or persecuted, and thus avoided the public eye as much as possible.

Second (Mythikos or Transitional) Era
This era is defined as the events from 1977, when Daniel Ramirez first took the name Mythikos, to 2022. Mythikos’ personal crusade had a twofold effect in that his overly dramatic punishments of perceived wrongs drew far more attention than they would otherwise have, and in his variably subtle encouragement to magically adept people who would otherwise never have known of or pursued magic (such as Rich Williams). The end result was that magic use slowly was perceived less as a fantasy and more as a dark secret, as more and more people directly experienced it.

After Mythikos’ redemption around the turn of the century, he focused on trying to reverse the damage he had done previously, and on equipping more people to effectively utilize the secrets of magic for good. By the end of this era, rumors of the existence of real-life sorcerers were spread worldwide.

Third Era
Following the climactic conflict of the mid-2020s, it became common knowledge that magic and magic users truly existed. This era is marked by a great public interest in magic coupled with a lack of understanding.