Amen
11th of Star's Hope, 1226 AD
In the relatively young world of Amen, there used to only be beings of primordial nature, which roamed the lands and survived much as beasts do now. These beings were aimless, and only after an event known as the First Contact, did the embers of civilization arise. The beings had met the fundamental force of the universe, and that force that taught them all that they would come to know. It was after this contact that they then dubbed it "God."
This "God" gave them power, knowledge, and a purpose to serve. However, when "God" suddenly vanished but a century later, the beings began to take claim of the world. These beings, known as "God-kin," were immortal - and using the power they had received, created the mortal races of the world today in their image. After splitting across the world of Amen, the God-kin spoke to the infantile mortal races, and proclaimed themselves as divine; bestowing fragments of the power and knowledge they had received to their most devout followers.
Such careless actions were fated to gleam consequence however, and inexplicably - all around the world, all of the pantheons of these false gods experienced cataclysm. Ragnarok, Armageddon, Apocalypse... This event has been called by many names, yet all of them refer to the calamity that left the God-kin enervated, and stripped of most of their power. Many of the mortal races created some explanation for their gods' loss of power, maintaining their faith, and inadvertently rejuvenating the remains of the God-kin; with those who's followers had lost faith simply dying out. The mortal races had evolved quickly in the millennia they've been alive, however with the gods' presence being too weak since the fall of the God-kin, have grown and a much slower pace.
It's been centuries since the fall, almost eleven-hundred years since the start of civilization, and the coming of a new age seems to draw ever closer each day.