Scholars and historians use the First Era to refer to the period of time before any form of life began to emerge on Adnati. This is broken into two Epochs that lasted hundreds of millions of years, perhaps billions of years.
First Epoch: The Molten
The First Epoch covers the period of time in the First Era when scholars believe the earth was on fire, a liquified ball so hot that the metals and stones themselves ran as rivers and oceans. This period of time, though largely theoretical, is known as “The Molten.”
Second Epoch: The Cooling
The Second Epoch of the First Era covers the period of time in which the Great Fires abated, and Adnati cooled to the point where the stones and metals could reach a solid state. This period is known as The Cooling.
Both the Second Epoch and the First Era came to a close with the earliest emergence of life, which marked the beginning of the Second Era.