Norien

Far out in the universe, at the edge of the reachable cosmos, lies a rift in space and time. That rift is a patway to another world. A much older world. A tired world, left in shambles by their dieties long ago. This is a world of chaos. This is a world of agony.   It wasn't always like this. long ago, when the world had been reshaped by astral beings in the aftermath of the great war which ruined the previous one, life was prospering. There were no sentient beings back then, the world was dominated by animals. The nature of the world was relatively brutal, with predators and prey. This was unavoidable, or else the world would be overrun by a single creature. But besides all that, it was beautiful.   Then came the Titans. Weak ancestors of the creatures of ledgends, the Collossals. They were the first example of sentient beings on the planet that the astral beings had named Nox Etheria Cotrax, which in the primordial tounge speaks World of Peaceful Darkness. Not soon after came the dark elves. And after that, the humans followed. the elves wouldn't step out of the darkness for thousands of years.   One faithfull day, the Titans would finally live up to their name, and reshaped their entire people into hardened people of metal. This triggered a chain reaction which ruined the whole world.   The latest arrivals, the humans had picked up the transformation of the Titans, who finally lived up to their species name. The information was misinterpreted, and they took it as an act of war. Giant machines were deployed on huge battlefields between the two species.   Millions lost their lives in the later named War Without End. The massive destruction caused a shift in the cosmos itself. The gods had left. the ones who felt this the most were the Titans, whose whole populace was driven by Astral energy to maintain their power. This caused the fall of the Titans. The mixture of atomic weapons and the dissapearance of the dieties withered their minds, and they became ruthless murderers, causing genocide on other species.   The same cosmic shift caused the elves to step out of the darkness, only some clinging on to the dark spiritual culture. And then. All traces of the Titans vanished. Some trails lead underground, or out to space.   This is the world that remains. A world scarred by a war taking place so long ago that only small parts of ancient tounges and culture remains. one of these remains, is the new world name. The words Nox and Rien. Darkness and agony. Nox:Rien, or...   Norien