History of Auros

Once the Sentinels were created, Dawn and Dusk knew it was time for them to fill the world with vegetation and creatures.   First, they raised the plants and trees from the ground. Mex shone his warm light over the land while the East Wind brought rain down over it. In only 10 years, the world was covered with all sorts of plant life.   After this, they created the Nymphs. Dawn and Dusk each sang a sweet note, and as soon as the harmony formed, one of the winds carried it to where each nymph's dominion. One was brought to the top of a mountain, where it rang over all the stones. All the stones quivered, and the largest boulder broke in two. From this broken boulder emerged the first of the Mountain Nymphs. Another harmony was brought to middle of the sea, where it sank beneath the waves. Even under the water it rang, causing the waves to swell until they were one gigantic wave as tall as a mountain. This wave crashed upon the shore and once it receded into the sea, the Sea Nymphs were found standing in the shallows. The next harmony was brought into the heart of the largest forest, where it wove in and out of the trees, causing their branches to sway and leaves to fall and swirl about until there was a cyclone of leaves. Once it died down, there stood the Forest Nymphs, among them the greatest of all Nymphs, who would later be known as the Queen of the Fae.   Next, they created the winged beasts and the birds. Chief among them was the King of Gulls.   Then they created fishes and creatures of the seas and rivers, all of whom were ruled by a giant octopus known as Lord of the Deeps.   Once the skies and the seas were filled with creatures, the Dawn and Dusk instructed the winds, the sentinels, and the nymphs, to dream of the creatures that would cover the lands. The nymphs dreamed of the animals--all sorts, small and great, predators and prey. The winds dreamed of the dwarves, that hardy race of warriors and craftsmen from the mountains. And the sentinels dreamed of men, who w

After years of carrying the burdens of his people, Alders the Weary, who had no heirs, announced that he no longer wished to be king of Stonecrest before plunging to his death from the highest parapet of the castle. This led to 2 years of unrest, during which the men of Stonecrest struggled to choose their new king

Wastrel's Rock inhabitants, all of whom were plagued with a mysterious disease, sailed towards the southeastern coasts of Grenn and attacked the people who living in the fishing towns, killing them or infecting them. The only reason known for the attack was revenge for their exile. They were led by Slick Brutus, a former Grennian ship's captain, so named for the layer of shiny slime that covered his face because of the disease. The attacks led to the establishment of Spikestone, a defensive sea fortress with an impressive arsenal of warships.

Before it was called The Raven Plains, the Emerald Valleys were a highly contested territory. Two kings claimed the Emerald Valleys as part of their domain--one king had his seat in a palace at the edge of where Saltwood now is, while the other had a castle atop the hill which was known at the time as Titania's Ladder. Both kings had a battalion of Morrigan each, but when the time came to fight, the Morrigan, weary of rendering service to weak and greedy men, formed a great spiraling circle and called fire down from the sky. They drove the winds around the battlefield, toppling the hills and sending stone and earth down into the valleys. The blaze seemed to travel all the way across what was once the Emerald Valleys, and the flames crept up to the castle at Titania's Ladder and the palace at the edge of Saltwood, turning both great houses to ash. The burning lasted 9 days, and finally, Titania I rode out on her unicorn mare and watered the fields with her own blood, ending her life on Auros. As she died, the sky grew dark, and a slow rain came down and put out the flames. Once the fires were all out, no one was left, not even the Morrigan, who had smote their ruin upon the land. Flocks of carrion descended over the battlefield and feasted for many days. But even after the last of them flew off, the earth remained black, and nothing grew there for years. When finally life returned to what had become known as The Raven Plains, all the plants that grew were black or ash gray. To this day, many people of Grenn refuse to eat anything grown in the black fields.