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This chapter was intended as a mirror to the general historical overview chapters that open up both the 1st and 3rd editions of the Pocket Guide. It was only briefly brainstormed, but was generally intended to cover the history of the world since its creation.
Nazz did a draft of an introductory paragraph for the Kalpa chapter, as did Lady Nerevar, but finding the hook proved difficult, as the team did not want to rehash the general creation myths and since other chapters already leaned heavily into the kalpa concept. Michael Kirkbride pitched in with this idea for the structure of the chapter:
And further clarifying how exactly this fit with the idea of summarizing the history of the world: