Shortly after the Age of Bestowment began, survivors in the north formed a village, then turned into a thriving town. Svartzfeld was rebuilt and established a Theocracy Council of seven. The council took religious rulership and began a nation that directly scorned non-divine magic ,blaming it for the Apocalypse that ended the previous age. Wizards were hunted and jailed, and some even Executed for casting within Svartzfeld. Constant wars with the Northern barbarian tribes to the east, and it lasted throughout the Age.