Political event
A large organization of mages formed on the side of man and began using powerful magic. the genies were banished to the realm of chaos. and giants left were subject to a no tolerance policy
after the banishment the mages began to claim the unclaimed territories and call themselves the kings of their lands. the existing kingdoms didn’t appreciate this as they wanted territories that were already theirs given back to them. the mages formed armies of their own. It was during the start of the entire war since 1500rd that the gnomes began forming an army of warforged. when the mages began their war they sought the help of gnome engineering, lo and behold they had an army ready for them. for the next hundred years they waged war as the ash creatures made their way into the lands. the war had to end in a truce so the focus of the armies could defend against the evil of the ash. The mage war ended with a pact of restriction and the foundation of the magi, a school of mages devoted to the protection of the lands from ash magic.