History of Verenn

Soon after the Chellor Sovereignty was founded, a great cascade of magical learning flourished across Verenn. Powerful universities trained wizards and sorcerers in new ways of spellcraft unseen before. With this knowledge, some sorcerers in Rescellon breached the realm of death, Illestelle, and brought the unliving forces of magic to Verenn.   The dead began to rise up, unliving creatures from Illestelle were brought to Verenn, and powerful necromancers gained power. This time was later called The Awakening and was the beginning of death magic and the undead in this world.

As Scordrennar drew ever closer to destroying the Chellor Sovereignty, the Five Kings grew desperate. They turned to the Trinal of wizards and pleaded with them to undo the great power they gave Scordrennar...at any cost.   The Trinal gathered all their power to bear and cracked the connection between Verenn and the planes beyond that fueled magic throughout the realm. A massive tear opened up in the skies, devastating forests and mountains for miles. Many wizards throughout the world died from the powerful reverberations blasting across Verenn.   When all was said and done, Scordrennar was broken and banished. He was sent to a realm of dark dreams and give the name Silent One. But there was another loss. The world of Verenn lost its great magic. Now the forces of magic spiraled chaotically through the world, but never again would Verenn see the power and strength of magic as it had known before The Scourge.   While the Five Kings triumphed over Scordrennar, with the destruction of their magical wizards, the kingdoms struggled to retain control. The Scourge was the beginning of the end, as the lineage of the Five Kings fought to retain control and even fought amongst themselves.   Nothing was the same after The Scourge. It did not take long before the kingdom of Thieanor fell apart and devolved back into isolated towns and warring clans. The kingdom of Essanae splintered and fought a new challenge, orc warbands and armies rising in the west. Essanae lasted a few hundred years before falling and leaving behind a dry wasteland ruled by orcs.

Once the Bysren Empire had grown and flourished, Osgarin sent many resources south, east, and west into the wilds of Verenn. He wanted to see what was left of the old kingdoms, some day to help others say to add to his empire.   He found several city-states, all that remained of kingdoms lost centuries ago. These cities were all that was left in the darkness, surrounded by dangers and terrible creatures. The Bysren Empire continued to help these remote locations as best they could, helping create much later the foundations of Navarre, Iveron, Calaviaire, and Paradeeve.

Necromancers from Rescellon turned their undead armies against the Bysren Empire and the free races. Many lives were lost and cities fell. Civilization in Verenn yet again faced extinction.   Osgarin created the three Arch Sentinels to protect the Empire. Great heroes rose up to defend against the dead. These heroes became legends, and their legends became the foundation of a new pantheon of gods many years later.

The last of the necromancers was slain by the few remaining souls left to defend the world. The undead still filled the ruins of the Bysren Empire, but they were aimless and unguided.   The remaining survivors of the Empire fled south into the wilds of Verenn. They connected with the few city-states scattered across the world as the only safe havens.   Legends of the heroes who fought against the necromancers carried on, and in time, they were revered and worshiped. The spirits of these heroes, Kerahell, Keth, Soleen, and more were elevated to godhood in the next era.

King Fayon of Navarre leaves his thrown under mysterious circumstances. His Silver Council takes control of the kingdom, but they are disorganized and corrupt.   Other kingdoms seize this weakness in leadership. Both Thave and Iveron make claims to Navarre. Only Calaviaire stands up for their ally and uses their knights to protect Navarre in their king's absence.

The wizards of Azimere, always the isolationists, make the rare move to claim Thave territory as their own. The wizards then erect a massive magical field of energy known as the Mithril Barrier between themselves and Thave.   The blood witches of Thave launch many attacks against the barrier and the wizards themselves, but Azimere is too strong, and the barrier stands defiantly across the red desert.

Scordrennar and his forces were met in battle by the Defenders of Verenn and their alliance gathered to defend the world. This massive battle took place in the ruins of Domin Thaeav.   Scordrennar's army was defeated, and the Silent One himself was banished from the world by the Defenders of Verenn deep beneath the ruins.