History of Eregost

After Hera found out that Zeus was having an affair with the mortal woman, Semele, she decided to plant the idea in her head that her lover was just lying about being Zeus.   Semele demanded that Zeus show her his divine form, but the sheer power of his true form turned her to ash, leaving nothing behind but their unborn child.   Zeus cut open his thigh, and put his unborn child in there to develop. After a month, Zeus removed the newborn baby from his leg, and gave the baby Dionysus to Hermes to raise away from Olympus and the wrath of Hera.

After suffering from the death of most of the world's plantlife, due to Demeter saddened by Persephone being taken by Hades, many mortals were brought to the brink of death.   As Persephone was returned and plant life began to regrow, the kingdoms in the northwest of Eregost were mostly abandoned. On this day, Septimus Angelius rallied the survivers around him to join him on a hunt to ensure the survival of the region. Using his divine sorcery, Septimus brought down a blue dragon, fed his men with its meat and used this display of strength and charity to forge the Venatorian Empire and crown himself Emperor.

A clash between cultists dedicated to Hecate and paladins of Helios led to both gods being summoned by their followers. A duel between the two gods ensued, with Helios being victorious and Hecate's very essence being destroyed.