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Elendraile Era
Cycle 20,501–30,000. Military settlements become cities, institutions outgrow their founders, and Syntharian civilization enters its first great flowering of architecture, scholarship, art, public works, and recorded memory.
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The first golden age
Planned streets, bridges, plazas, gardens, academies, workshops, literature, music, philosophy, engineering, medicine, and formal education transform a victorious army into a civilization.
Knowledge begins to narrow
Ancient Eldic and the deepest use of Resonantia gradually concentrate among a small specialist lineage. The age is prosperous, but much of its stability depends upon knowledge and leadership that may not remain forever.
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