A Brief History of Fund

History The exact age of Fund is unknown, but recorded history dates back as far as 15,000 years ago, though the records are sparse. Most anyone you ask on Fund will tell you that the world is older than the sun, which for an outsider who knows there is no stars anywhere near Fund, will find this, odd. Another thread that you find from the most extreme and radical thinking of Fund’s people is that the world was first created as a 'Playground' for the Gods, where they did all that they pleased, from creation to destruction, till eventually all of the Gods grew bored and stop meddling nearly as much. The races that were left fought with each other in a nearly endless war, until the Gods came back and put things in order, Known as the First Era (Years, 0 - 10000 VC )
The Second Era Began as the dust settled from the Gods intervention, what form that intervention  took has not been recorded, we only know that none who were there have survived. For A while Fund was nothing more than a dumping ground for the Gods’ Failed experiments or undesired creations, but soon the mortal races rose together to try and rise from the rubble, the second half of the Second Era was marked by the beginning of the first few nations of Mercy, Chumane, Corrvis, And The East lands. A Hero in each one of these regions, along with a powerful Avatar worked with proud groups of adventurers to build nations from nothing. The Gods took notice of the mortals creating mighty nations for themselves, some of the gods relished in the fact that they were finally coming to together and once more saw value in this realm, while others saw this as challenge to there once lawless world. The God to take most offense was Tiamat, The Dragon Goddess of Chaos. She decided that if Fund could no longer be used for her experiments, then it should burn. Bahamut, The Dragon God of Justice, did all he could to drive off Tiamat, but no avail. Tiamat abused her powers as a god like no other, warping and mutating her own creations to make a powerful army, The Spawns. A mighty hero, by the name of Vallum Stalaris, rose through the ranks in Mercy and, with his adventuring party in tow, defeated Tiamat and banished her for 1000 years, and thus the Second Era came to a close (Years, 1 EM – 4,337 EM)
In the beginning of the Third Era, Vallum left Mercy and founded his own nation  (in the area that is presently Chargrove) called Vaal. Thanks to Vallum’s Ancestry  (widely believed to be a Demi-God) he lived for much longer than any other man, and with his  help Vaal exceeded all other countries in power, resources, and Technology, rivaling earths current technology in terms of ease of use and ingenuity. However, Vallum suddenly became obsessed with protecting the world from some outside threat seemingly beyond the powers of gods, and in response he began delving into a dangerous practice, Soul Magic. Vallum soon became consumed by power and was having citizens of Vaal brainwashed, weaponized, or sacrificed their very souls to make Vallum stronger. Then came the day that Vallum was able to summon a lesser God and absorb its power. Vallum sought out more lesser gods and began draining any and all power that he could from them amassing even more power. Camps around Vaal formed with the soul purpose of feeding massive amounts of souls to Vallum. The more souls Vallum absorbed though the more deranged he became, his psyche was fractured and broken, and most people knew this but worshipped him as their ‘Shattered God’. Vallum finally announced his plans to absorb 80% of the worlds souls and the rest would find salvation under his protection. That announcement spurned the rest of the nations of the world into finally joining together in a united front to end Vallum’s madness. With Mercy’s Daughters leading the charge against the nation of Vaal it was toppled in mere weeks and Vallum was sealed away far beneath the surface of Fund and the Third Era came to a climatic end. (Years, 4,338 – 5,055 EM)
The Fourth Era put light on an area of contention for the mortal races, The problem of racism and slavery. With the threat of Vallum finally ended, the nation of the East Lands brought up the issue of Vallums rantings and what it could truly mean and whether or not they should continue to work together for the benefit of Fundekein. Mercy Royalty agreed it would be beneficial until the East lands asked that they release the countless Beast-race slaves that they kept. Any talks to be had after that quickly broke down as the races of Man argued that the Beast-races were only a step above actual animals and required their guidance. While the Beast-races argued how corruptible that the races of Man are, citing the recent folly of Vallum. War between Mercy and the East Lands finally broke out only months after the sealing of Vallum. The war lasted for nearly 300 years, but East lands won when Mercy lost their most capable weapons (The Daughters of Mercy) in mysterious and horrific accident. While the East Lands won freedom for their people the animosity remained. After only another 50 years without conflict the war between Mercy and the East Lands erupted again. This time Mercy had the might of the Paladin order behind them and using the superior weaponry from the Vaal. The war took a turn for the worse for the East Lands when Mercy finally made use of a new set of ‘Daughters’. They were on the cusp of defeat when a catastrophic event shook the foundation of Fund itself and all at once, Mercy lost all of its royalty, the ‘Daughters’, their capital, and even the Paladins Citadel, ending the war abruptly. And closing another Era (Years, 5,056 – 5,337)
After the wars sudden end Mercy fell apart, with each lord struggling to keep what power they have left. The whole nation became a feudal nightmare with constant infighting and betrayal, its common citizens doing their best to survive in a nation that can no longer support or protect them. The East Lands suddenly closed their borders, the innerworkings currently taking place behind their walls a mystery, the rest of the nations face an economic downturn as the biggest exporter of goods suddenly fell apart and the next biggest secluded themselves from the world, forcing the remaining nations to worry about themselves. With the nations divided and weak who knows what might befall Fund next. (Current Year 5,362)