Age of Darkness

Era beginning/end

After Earthfall Earthfall, contact with the divine was severed. For a thousand years the sun’s light was blocked out by the ash knocked into the atmosphere.   Some who knew of the impending cataclysm looked for a method of refuge. Beyond the Elves, who escaped the planet (Golarion) to Sovyrian, no means of Planar Travel existed to provide a reliable means of escape. Many powerful Mages attempted to construct a refuge, and many others fled beneath the surface of the planet into the Underdark.   Thousands of miles beneath the surface, at the core of the planet lived the Dwarves, around the core of the cage. As earthfall approached, Torag provided them with a simple prophecy: when the ground shook beneath their feet, they must press upward to the surface. It was this ‘Quest for the sky’ that drove the Dwarves into war with the Orcs. After centuries, the Dwarves completed their quest for the sky, establishing many Sky Citadel across Golarion, and entering a prolonged period of war against the Orcs. Today, you only know of 5 citadels remaining: Dongun Hold in Alkenstar, Highhelm in the Five Kings Mountains, Janderhoff in Varisia, Kraggodan in Nirthmathas, and Kravenkus in the World's Edge Mountains.   For more details on the quest for the sky or the conflict see the history section of the Dwarves or Orcs link.