The Great War
More Gods arrived in
Vitallia. The Sentinel fought them off but the power of the meteor would lure them and they would not abandon the hunt. The Sentinel created mankind, requesting their help, but free will dictated they would choose their own sides and so, the peoples of Vitallia took sides. When the battle peaked, the planet suffered, and as a result, the land shifted. It was then that great changes happened to the lands and the seas, forming new rivers and mountains, and islands. Most of the mortal species gathered in The Forklands, while others ventured into the various corners of the world. Many events took place during those dark times, and by the end of the war, the first kingdoms were formed, some by Gods and mortals together.
The Elves followed an
Amar named Laira, who led them to the east where she died, only to rise again as a Phoenix. The Dwarves followed Kargor to the north, blinded by the power and the beauty of the Runik Stone that Kargor had carved out of the meteor’s crust. Seven mortal wizards joined their forces and composed the books of First Magic that contained the most powerful spells ever recorded in Vitallia. Four of them were kin. Taarum, Sokar, Akreyn, and Misandria Thiaspis, and excelled in sorcery.
The four wizards wanted to end the War by summoning a new power to dominate all others. They opened a gate to a distant dimension and through the gate, their call was answered. Four new Gods came through that Gate and only one of them stood before them.
Nedel, the most powerful of all the deities present, would not submit to mere mortals despite their threats. He was known as the “Hunter”, a dark wanderer, exiled in a foreign and barren dimension, who was now free to claim this new world. The wizards had been deceived and the balance of the world shifted once more as Nedel joined the fight.
Meanwhile, in Central Vitallia, three new forces had just arrived, one was
Justar, the other Solisis and the third was Arkallis, three knights that were traveling alongside Nedel and entered Vitallia through the same Gate. They gathered the humans of Lothen and some of the Gods that were present and informed them of Nedel’s terrible power and the importance of his immediate demise. Gods and mortals agreed to rally against him, waging a great war together. Maldagar, a Goddess of the earth, appealed to the Sentinel and offered a truce between them, in an attempt to unite against the common enemy. The Titan listened to them and agreed to fight together against Nedel, for the survival of Vitallia.
And so the great battle began but the power of Nedel could not be matched. His sword would cut through land and flesh and the wounds he inflicted would never heal. Nedel called forth souls from other dimensions that were oathbound to him and his minions clashed with the mortals and war was waged for eons as Vitallia grew weaker and weaker. Mortals died by the thousands and many of the Gods suffered defeat, or death, and were forced to flee the planet.
Soon, it became clear that Nedel would not yield, and the Sentinel came to a decision. It would save the planet, by sacrificing a whole continent. It drained energy from the land to weave a huge cell made of
Amber in an attempt to capture Nedel and imprison him. A prison was formed, and Nedel along with all the inhabitants of the continent was trapped inside it, mutated by its power, and cursed into a terrible form of existence. And so, Nedel was exiled to a piece of land that turned barren, with people that became slaves to his will, but the rest of Vitallia was spared. And as this dark piece of history came to pass, the Gods and the Sentinel made peace, and the Titan was allowed to withdraw back to The Crater and rest so that the world would heal. The Gods remained in Vitallia to guide the people after the storm and lead them to new lands where they could prosper, thus ending the Age of the Hunter and giving birth to the Age of the Guardian.
Summary
Four wizards call forth an entity to intervene in the conflict between the Gods and the Sentinel. Not one, but four deities answer the call and Vitallia's fate changes forever.
Date of Setting
200-1 BC
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