Questling Universe Timeline
The Questling Universe appears to be a world interwoven with our own, as a quiet layer of reality stitched between intention and imagination. Quests, it seems, are not mere goals, but stories waiting to be written. Whenever a human creates with purpose a Quest stirs into being.
I do not know if this Universe exists “out there” or if it lives within each of us, but the line between the two seems very thin. I believe that every person carries their own constellations of Quests, forming and fading through eras of growth.
What follows is not a definitive history, but my attempt to trace the echoes of Questkind from their first whispered instincts of survival to the moment they found a doorway into our world.
— Ellie Questling, A Fledgling Archivist of the Rift
The Unnamed Era of Survival [Time Records Unavailable ]
Unnamed Era of Survival
The Unnamed Era of Survival was a time of instincts, where Quests only appeared as necessities to exist.
The deepest Lorekeepers admit that the end of the Unnamed Era of Survival and the origin of the first Primeval QuestLanguage is a blank page. The exact timeline is still surrounded by myth and mystery to this day.
The Unnamed Era of Primeval QuestLanguage ca. -200 million years B.Q.
The Unnamed Era of Primeval QuestLanguage
Quests were not named but only felt like a simple, rhythmic calling that moved life forward. The daily tasks and primal chores combined were the first sentences of the Quest-speech, unconsciously composed throughout the daily lives of people.
Some believe that this form of Unnamed Primeval QuestLanguage combined with a longing for storytelling, formed the basis of the emergence of QuestLanguage.
Primeval Early Campfire QuestLanguage ca. – 50 million years B.Q.
Primeval Early Campfire QuestLanguage – 50 million years B.Q.
This era stands for Quests being told in the form of stories around a campfire or gossip at the marketplace. They created myth and legend or gave the mundane a sense of meaning, giving early humans a language to reflect about life and their experiences by living it through stories.
The Era of Quests on Scrolls & Stone ca. ?? years B.Q.
The Era of Quests on Scrolls & Stone
This Era is often called “The Birth of the Timeless Legends and Myths”. The invention of QuestLanguage and QuestScripture made it possible for stories that were once a fleeting sound vibration caught by the wind to turn into the legends and myths they represent today.
Digital Convergence -67? years B.Q.
Digital Convergence
When the digital realm emerged, Quests found their way into the realm in the form of RPG, video game achievements, gamification,…
Their existence, powerful yet separated from the physical world through a digital barrier, started slowly manifesting in the form of ideas.
Several Digital Pioneers began exploring ways to gamify life, resulting in a chaotic landscape of disconnected Quest Systems.
This Era is also called “The Fragmented Era of Innovation and Gamification” with the Quest taking on many forms and purposes.
Questling Emergence 0 years B.Q.
Questling Emergence
The Emergence was not a gradual event, but a collision of the chaos of life and the vast knowledge of Quest Systems tangling together and creating a glitch like rift in reality.
Through this tear spilled a fractal pocket dimension called questling.quest, a universe where Quests gained form, finally able to fully transcend the mind and anchor themselves in reality.
Era Unknown – The Dawn of Collective Questing
Era Unknown – The Dawn of Collective Questing
[Details classified. Research ongoing.]