HISTORY

The page describes three major eras in Chult's history: Era of The Erased, the Era of Sameer and Aarti (EAA), the Era of Leeli (EL), and the Era of Mahapatra (EM).

EAA was marked by the short reign of the dragons Sameer and Aarti, while EL was dominated by their daughter, Leeli, who brought temporary peace and prosperity.

In EM, Leeli's son, Mahapatra, lived in isolation until the kingdom of Chult was transformed into an oppressive empire, until Ronen Arcturus and Veritas overthrew the empire and established a kingdom (later a consulate), ruling together until the current year, [YEAR: EM-648].

Era of the Erased (The Black Jungle)

Chult used to be a peninsula inhabited solely by various species of reptillians and reptillian animals. While the exact year is unknown, it it widely agreed upon that humans first set foot on the peninsula about 2000 years ago. They came from the north via ship, as the Eastern Jungles were impenetrable.

Older human history books describe the reptillians found back then as savages, and the ones who struck first. However, most scholars of our current era agree that this was part of the erasure that took place back then.

No reptillian-written works, whether on stone or paper, exist from this era. However, human-written works have been well-preserved. It is widely believed that an active effort of erasure existed back in those times, forever silencing the locals that have been enslaved.

Local deities were forcibly replaced by Faerunian gods, however they never really appealed to the locals, due to stark differences in culture and modes of worship. This lead to even more severe punishments and the impossibility of climbing out of slavery.

The Era of Sameer and Aarti (EAA)

Few historical records have survived from the Era of Sameer and Aarti. Sameer and Aarti were two ancient dragons that arrived in Chult and settled in the westernmost mountain chain. Due to their presence, the mountain chain gained the name of “Dragon Mountains”. The inhabitants of Chult suddenly felt their strong auras, especially the reptilian population, which immediately began seeking aid from the two dragons, as the reptilian population was oppressed by the humanoids.

While humans base their hierarchies on age, reptilians base their hierarchies through size. Sameer and Aarti were the very first dragons to ever land on Chultan soil, and it is believed that they were ancient, therefore their size was colossal. Most historians theorize that, because of these factors, the reptilians immediately saw them as gods, not knowing what a dragon is.

Their reign lasted only 10 years, from EAA-0 to EAA-9, having been defeated by the humanoids. But before leaving Dragon Mountains to go to war, Aarti laid an egg. This egg stood still for 90 years, untouched and unmoved, yet life was still in it, to the amazement of the reptilians that witnessed it. After 90 years, in EAA-99, the egg hatched and thus Leeli was born, and her era began, EAA-99 becoming EL-0.