The Aetheric War

Extinction

While the Gods noticed, that the forces of the Aether Kindred edged closer and closer,they did not understand yet their duty to defend Etharis from this threat. But as the Aether Kindred consumed the entire race of the Sommerkin, Ardulson called for an active war against the eldritch entities, loosing in the end.

The gods were not alone. At the fringes of their ordered realm lurked the Aether Kindred—incomprehensible beings of pure chaos who predated the gods themselves.   The Kindred were mostly content to remain uninvolved, though occasionally the gods would find a piece of reality in disarray—a star gone missing, an ocean dried up, an entire city disappearing into the void.   When the entire race of the Sommerkin vanished one day, the gods decided they’d had enough. The Aether Kindred were an active threat to their power.   The gods feared that one day all they had built would be stripped away. They had to strike now, while they still had the faith of their followers and stood at the height of their powers.   Thus, all the gods, good and evil alike, banded together as a host and launched an assault on the Kindred. This became known as the Aetheric War. None can say precisely what happened to the gods who participated in the war. Some historians say it was a slaughter. Others believe the gods were consumed by the eldritch horrors they tried to defeat. Others state that some gods retreated from this plane to someplace the Kindred could not reach them. While nothing is certain about what happened to the gods thereafter, it is quite certain they were utterly defeated.   Of the great pantheon, only the four youngest survived: Galt the Builder, Maligant Warclad, Ulmyr the Wise, and Aurelia of the Hearth. Perhaps out of caution or fear, they held back from the Aetheric War. Thus, they were the only ones left to pick up the pieces, becoming responsible for the fostering of Etharis’s future.