The first eon. Little is known about this time period. It spans from the first stirrings of the cosmos through the formation of Alaria as a planar stack.
The Cyclone of Possibilities: 4–1.3 billion years ago
During this time, nearly nothing is known. A primordial soup of the cosmos was swirling around, eventually culminating with the rise of Azus. Azus and Melera were the first gods, each with differing mindsets.
Azus held that everything was to be described — things had rules, and there was perfect balance: for creation, there would come destruction. Melera viewed the world as an instrument, to be played; beauty could be created from nothing, with no cost.
Together they created Ezz — an energy embodying both of their beliefs. Azus, however, realized that his law and order was impossible, forever tainted by the randomness within the Ezz. He created Planar Stacks — little bubbles protected from the Ezz — and imprisoned Melera in a cage of specificity. He then set about creating the world alone, using his magic, "Deoric" magic, to organize everything into categories and boxes.
Although Melera remains locked away to this day, she creates her music from her prison, and it resonates across the universe.
The Contraction: 1,300–23.5 million years ago
Azus began manipulating the cosmos, building planar stacks everywhere using an ancient ancestor of the Deoric language. Over the course of over a billion years, he tightened and sorted the universe, bringing everything closer together and into neater arrangements.
Alaria was one of the last planar stacks to form, created approximately 23.5 million years ago. It opened without any psyic energy, containing only three planes: the material realm, the Astral Plane, and Malstaris.