Major events of the world

In the beginning, after the initial chaos of creation, and the defeat of the primal beings, life finally took permanent root in the prime material plane, guided by the deities sentient life had started to emerge that was unaffiliated with any of the 4 Primals.

In order to avoid the destruction wrought by the mage-war, Mystra sets out to reorder the magic of the world, making it act differently.   With the help of the other gods she reforms the veil into a weave instead, letting magic flow more freely into the material plane and the other planes, but makes it so one person only can hold so much of this power.   SHe also divides the natures of magic, such that the magic of the gods, the magic of nature, and the raw arcane power of the weave become separate different entities entirely.

As peace settles after the fiendish conflicts the races band together to lick their wounds, but the conversation about who to blame starts flourishing, this conversation becomaes allegations, which becomes diplomatic incidents which means all out war.

Feeling the job had not been complete enough the first time around Mystra further tightens the weave, allowing less magic to flow into the material plane, so as not to allow as much power to be siphoned as quickly as before, it also completely cuts off some people from the weave, while others get innate connection to it.   This makes it so the highest level spell a single caster can cast is what we today call a 9th level spell, which is still only available to the most gifted among mortals. While higher level spells are still able to be cast as a group effort, it takes much longer to do so and much more risky.

The Divines settle in the mortal plane, each in their own magnificent palace, where cities and communities quickly emerge around them. The divines are there to ensure peace and to control the darker and more chaotic tendencies of the mortals, tendencies they feel they are beyond.   During this period The divines become the cornerstone of all society and civilization, as they live among the mortals many semi-divine races and beings also come into existence, as the divines mingle with the mortals, as well as experimenting with their own creative divine powers. They gather all knowledge, art and power in the hubs of their temple-palaces located around the world.   But peace does not last as the divines fall prey to the same follies the mortals are due to fall prey to, they bigger amongst each other, they fight and send their followers to kill each other in acts of rage and jealousy.

The Divines settle in the mortal plane, each in their own magnificent palace, where cities and communities quickly emerge around them. The divines are there to ensure peace and to control the darker and more chaotic tendencies of the mortals, tendencies they feel they are beyond.   During this period The divines become the cornerstone of all society and civilization, as they live among the mortals many semi-divine races and beings also come into existence, as the divines mingle with the mortals, as well as experimenting with their own creative divine powers. They gather all knowledge, art and power in the hubs of their temple-palaces located around the world.   But peace does not last as the divines fall prey to the same follies the mortals are due to fall prey to, they bigger amongst each other, they fight and send their followers to kill each other in acts of rage and jealousy.

After millennia of the divines living with the mortals they suddenly those to disappear, leaving the material plane, why they did so, know one knows. Some think it might be because they felt their presence did not give the protection they had hoped, as they became the source of conflict themselves rather than an eternal stopper of it.   In any case they left along with all their divine entourage as well as most of what was in their palaces. the cities and towns around these quickly fell to ruin as the ones living there became desperate and depressed and left each for their own reason.

During an exploratory voyage a single ship from the old world made its way to the shores of the Banished Shores, where the captain saw great opportunity. This was relayed to the monarchs of the old world much to their delight. They immediately sent further exploratory teams to this new continent.

After the colonizers had started settling down on the new continent and was using, and misusing the new magics the arcane energies became unstable and gathered to form a giant impasable storm in the sea seperating the new world from the old.