World History of Araneyah

During Chromat’s fracturing, and subsequent ruse to lure Eos away, the dark god took a gamble of its own. It broke off a small chunk of it’s malevolence, leaving it hidden in the debris caused by the cosmic battle. When the Chromatic pantheon drew the matter to them to form the world, the sliver of Eos came with it. It hid in the dark places of the world for hundreds of years, condensing its power and creating beings that shared its own malevolence for life.

Manducare and his generals hatch plans to reveal to the world their power. They lay plans to overrun the Orchid Provinces, and sack the city of Ran Doh. Among the generals are Nirrononth the Undying Fire, Boroljigin the Unmade, Khordann the Brutal, Dergma the Broken, Zenil the Craven, Jemzorin the Unchained, and Ilusa the Huntress

Khordann the Brutal leads his forces into direct confrontation with Chysanthos at the city of Coronea. The battle rages for a full day, with the sapphire armies seeming to gain the upper hand by sunset. Sensing an opportunity, Chysanthos commits to a complete assault. At the urging of his counselors, he led the charge well beyond the protection of the walls, seeking to strike a decisive blow to Mandurare's forces. Ilusa the Huntress steps from the shadows, and with her shadow hounds, rips the sapphire armies apart. Chysanthos is captured and taken to places unknown.

Xanhoosa became a refuge for many of the peoples of the western continent. Refugees from the previous battles found their way to the dawn city, hoping to find protection under the watch of Eru, the Yellow. Manducare pushed his forces tirelessly to reach the city before they could complete fortifications to no avail. He left a month into the siege, leaving the matter to Jemzorin, The Unchained. The city held strong against the wave after wave of assault. The battle lasted for two months before the city fell. A handful survived to tell the tale of bravery, that the people fought to the last, and Eru had been captured.

Sitina the Orange and a small group of her trusted followers sneak deep behind enemy lines to the stronghold of Shadowskeep, deep beneath the deserts of the Indigo League. They manage to free Eru and Chysanthos, and with their help, defeat Jemzorin the Unchained, forcing it to flee in disgrace never to be seen again.

The chromatic forces push back manducare's legions all the way to the Indigo League, where they rally at the Stronghold Dioxaine, formerly known as the Castle Palette. There the final battle raged. The chromatic legions succeeded in driving off Nirronoth from the battle. The full strength of the Chromatic Pantheon was brought to bear, and together they managed to capture Manducare.

Shortly after the loss of the dawn cities, the free peoples began to blame the mages for their troubles. That blame grew slowly into outward hostility, and in the year 867, the Mage Hunts began.   Mages were rounded up and executed, or shipped off to the island of Lightwark which was at the time a remote island in the middle of the Tinted Sea. This continued over thirty years, exiling nearly every mage and killing those who resisted. The Grey Companies were founded to keep the mages in line, and in many cases to prevent the spread of magic in the world.   The mage hunts ended after the First Great Council, where the ruling monarchs decided it would be better to turn the mages to work for the people than to continue the oppression. The decision also changed the role of the Grey Companies to that of bodyguards for the mages, as they went about their tasks of helping the world that had wronged them.