War of the Ancients
The War of the Ancients, also known as the Fall of Elvenkind, the Apocalypse War or simply the Last War was a conflict fought between three factions among the once united elven race.
What little is known about the causes of the war is that the elven race was split across followers of three divine powers; there were those that worshipped the Bright One, those that worshipped the Dark One and those that worshipped the Third Divinity whose name is now lost.
The three religious groups found themselves at odds and fought a war that led to the undoing of the world as they knew it.
At the height of the conflict a spell known only as the Ultimate Spell was cast leading to the diminishment of divinity itself as well as causing elves to be mortal and vulnerable to illness and frailty.
The consequences for the entire realm were great: the Umbral Cloak was torn by ripples of arcane energy with only the Penumbral Cloak remaining through the protection of Shaelyon.
This led to the onset of the Bright: without a thick layer of elemental shadow to blanket the heavens at night the entire surface has been scorched by the rays of the Seven Suns almost permanently ever since.
Only the twilight cast by the Penumbral Cloak brings a brief and slight resprite from the heat.
The damage done to the Three Divinities was grave as well.
The Dark One was severely diminished and became Serkatha the Spider Goddess who then led the Sumraki-Ashaī underground.
The native realm of the Dark One, the Realm of Shadow was almost completely destroyed with most of its inhabitants perishing in the arcane flux-flames caused by the casting of the Ultimate Spell.
The Third Divinity was entirely erased from existence with none now even recalling its name nor what it represented. Some say that the power of the Ultimate Spell cast the Third Divinity along with its Realm into the Abyss never to return.
The Bright One though lessened in its power and reduced to the avatar of Sah-Sahelioran, the Lord of Sunlight who is now worshipped by the Sivara-Akai of the Realms of Sahalor, took the least damage from all this.
He and his people now rule the surface with his followers building him mighty pyramids in exchange for his blessing which shields them from the deadly rays of his hounds, the Seven Suns.
What little is known about the causes of the war is that the elven race was split across followers of three divine powers; there were those that worshipped the Bright One, those that worshipped the Dark One and those that worshipped the Third Divinity whose name is now lost.
The three religious groups found themselves at odds and fought a war that led to the undoing of the world as they knew it.
At the height of the conflict a spell known only as the Ultimate Spell was cast leading to the diminishment of divinity itself as well as causing elves to be mortal and vulnerable to illness and frailty.
The consequences for the entire realm were great: the Umbral Cloak was torn by ripples of arcane energy with only the Penumbral Cloak remaining through the protection of Shaelyon.
This led to the onset of the Bright: without a thick layer of elemental shadow to blanket the heavens at night the entire surface has been scorched by the rays of the Seven Suns almost permanently ever since.
Only the twilight cast by the Penumbral Cloak brings a brief and slight resprite from the heat.
The damage done to the Three Divinities was grave as well.
The Dark One was severely diminished and became Serkatha the Spider Goddess who then led the Sumraki-Ashaī underground.
The native realm of the Dark One, the Realm of Shadow was almost completely destroyed with most of its inhabitants perishing in the arcane flux-flames caused by the casting of the Ultimate Spell.
The Third Divinity was entirely erased from existence with none now even recalling its name nor what it represented. Some say that the power of the Ultimate Spell cast the Third Divinity along with its Realm into the Abyss never to return.
The Bright One though lessened in its power and reduced to the avatar of Sah-Sahelioran, the Lord of Sunlight who is now worshipped by the Sivara-Akai of the Realms of Sahalor, took the least damage from all this.
He and his people now rule the surface with his followers building him mighty pyramids in exchange for his blessing which shields them from the deadly rays of his hounds, the Seven Suns.
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