Overpowered Wizard

Hannah’s prior research was focused on key points in Central Bramblevale’s history as part of the frontier for the Eternal Garden Kingdom. The information she delved into went back to the previous two eras, the Restart Era, and the Adventure Era, before settling into the Dark Era.

Central Bramblevale became more prominent in the Restart Era when it was first a fortress for invading orcs. The elves had driven them out and reclaimed their ancestral lands and turned back the green tide in the same time period.

Somewhere along the way, during the end of the Restart Era and the start of the Adventure Era, the elves and orcs faced a cataclysm that hadn’t quite wiped them out, but certainly pushed them out before the humans had taken over in the aftermath. After last night, Hannah was certain that a Tier 4 Event had struck, either triggered by a world boss of the Star System or some monstrous regressor going on a rampage.

Hannah was certain the Forgotten Kingdom was involved somehow, although it might not have been made forgotten during that cataclysm. The Forgotten Kingdom might’ve fallen some time during the Adventure Era, centuries before the Dark Era began.

Hannah had an easier time conducting her research thanks to the Star Core having a simple 360-day, 12-months-a-year time tracking subsystem, which helped convince Hannah that Infinita was a very close sibling or cousin of the old universe. The spacetime fabric keeping them separate must be thin, but such thoughts weren’t so pivotal right now until Hannah figured out how to punch through dimensions using runes and enchanting.

Setting aside extreme magic astrophysics, Hannah kept note of key dates where the Hemlock Family had made major donations or grand political moves to influence events around Central Bramblevale. The Lovewar information network went back for many years even if they weren’t as sophisticated as they were today, and that information network kept a close watch on the Hemlocks.

Back in Mid Spring, 1492 of the Dark Era, the Hemlock Family paid for a mercenary force of gnolls to help defend Central Bramblevale from raiding humans from a different kingdom. In Early Autumn, 1377 of the Dark Era, the Hemlock Family backed a coup that deposed the Bramblevale Lord of the time, someone who’d been an aggressive opponent of the secrecy surrounding the library. The king hadn’t involved himself despite the gross loss of a key High Rose figure.

In Late January, 1214 of the Dark Era, the Hemlock Family paid tribute to gnoll tribes to ignore the library while they raided Bramblevale and other frontier town regions. The library remained completely untouched while everything else was demolished.

At that time, the Hemlock Family helped rebuild Bramblevale with low-interest loans and later on sold those loans to the highest bidders, making well over what they’d paid. Now they were rumored to have many times the money than the current royal family’s treasury.