New World Calendar

On the continent of Arctaria, at the center of what is now the Shattered Sea, the Rashemi humans discover the ancient works of Asmodeus, known as the Nether Scrolls. As the scholars start reading the scrolls, they quickly understand the worth of these works.   Being made of indestructible golden scales of Ouroboros, the World Serpent, these scrolls contain fundamental magical theory. Although not being magical in the basic sense, these scrolls have another wondrous aspect apart from being indestructible. The silvery letters floating on the gold surface of these scrolls kept turning into a new page once the last one was read.   As scholars of the Netheril society read through more and more information contained in the 50 scrolls, they grew ever more powerful in magical prowess. As the empire grew larger and larger, fueled by the knowledge protecting society from things that previously would have been dangerous of even deadly, and making available ever larger stores of goods and resources, which would be unattainable without the new magic means, the higher classes sought distance from the working classes.   Magic fueled ever greater exploits, and the higher Netherese lifted their abodes from the surface in what would become known as floating citadels. A Magocracy was born.

In response to threats from roving bands of local monsters and bandit Rashemi, the citizens of Neverwinter start building a castle in the likeness of those found in Keltasta. The castle is going to have to provide the villagers with a standing army and a place to find protection in times of trouble.

Amidst the chaos of this age, the Tieflings find themselves increasingly targeted by the violence of these times. Their hellish roots and demonic appearance convinces many other people that they are, at the least partly, to blame for all the present day misery.   Faced with threats, beatings, torture and murder, some tieflings that are more sturdy in mind and body organize themselves in gangs of goons, answering violence with violence. They take the name Poldora.

Having worked towards finding a safe place to settle during the final years of the Times of Chaos, Tieflings had already aimed their attention to the Hagface Peninsula. The land where the Tiefling race first saw the light of day unsurprisingly feels like home to many Tieflings, even though they were expelled from this land during the Age of Empires.   Now that the world is changed and Colonia and the Drow are fighting each other over resources, the Tieflings find an ally in Colonia, and with her backing issue a claim over this land. There are however many Calishite humans and the Dwarven Harma Kingdom present here already, who don't appreciate being made into inferior subjects of a new nations, and troubles soon arise.

In the Kingdom of Ariandur, Colonian secret forces have trained dwarves to fight against the Drow Kingdom. Up to this time they had little dealings with the Drow themselves, but Colonia had devised a devious plan.   Taking dwarves from other nations, allied to Colonia, and recognized to be more aggressive than your average dwarf, they collected them all in a camp hidden in disused caverns a ways away from the cities of Ariandur. Here these wild dwarves were exposed to anti-Drow propaganda on a daily basis, and trained in fighting with guerrilla and terrorist tactics.   This training was aimed at providing dwarves with the possibility to fight against a force that was better equipped and far greater in number. Once these dwarves were properly trained, they could be used to deal crushing blows to the Drow military capabilities, without needing much support, supplies and planning from Colonia.   These feared dwarven guerrilla troops became known as the Derkon. For years they would create many problems for the Drow, until the very end of the Great War. When the Great War was finally ended however, their attention soon turned to a new target.