8000 – 2000 Years Ago
- The House of Silverthorn wanes, driven to near-extinction by the attrition of wars and the low birthrate of the elenanorë.
- Kalithil remain in exile, pursuing his researches, for almost this entire period, showing up at odd intervals to check up on his daughter, Silea.
- Mortal races rebuild. Some, particularly humans, spread farther than before.
- Humans establish kingdoms throughout the western continent of Ardelain.
- Hearthstone and Automarregan are founded by the newly arisen dwarf and gnome peoples.
- In the North of Næthanorë, the offshoot Elenanorë that embraced the Glimmer become the Orinorë. They found the city of Kaenathyr.