In the wake of the destruction of the Apadellian Citadel, The appearance of what humans believe to be some sort of bovine race commonly know as Firbolgs appeared. According to the residence of Veropia, it seems that the explosion cause Herds of cattle that were grazing in the fields on the Island of Veropia to change miraculously into a race of sentient and intelligent beings. They believed this due to the fact that the cattle were no longer in the fields and there were no dead cattle from the explosion. This new race called themselves Firbolgs. Although they were peaceful and requested to live among the people of Rosewind they were somewhat feared and run out of human towns. They congregated in the outlying fields of Rosewind and organized themselves as clans. They remained separated from human society but some were taken as slaves because the ranchers said they belonged to them. They remained in the vicinity until the Hska came 4 years later
When the Hska came through in order to set up trading routes with the human population. They encountered the Firbolg clans on the outskirts of Rosewind and learned of their plight caused by their exile and the famine. They invited them to live near their homeland and would help support them. The firbolgs chose to migrate back to the Hska Mountains with the diplomatic caravans and began to build towns and farms near the foot hills of the Hska mts.
Aerothar discovered that Alcyria was home to an ancient and powerful vampire, Descott, who was bound in servitude to a fearsome necromancer in that world.
Elijah, Radomir, Calista, Illythia become thrawls of Descott and wreak havok on Veropia
Through the partial knowledge of how he was summoned and through a rare aliance of powerful mages and Clerics, They were able to deduce a way to return Descott from where he came, though they knew not where that was. Descott was sent to the Midnight Obscura as that was an intermediary realm from where he was pulled from.
The sea rises and puts most of Veropia and Rosewind underwater. The inhabitance move inland