Elsewhere in the world, the human nations started to fall apart. The Kingdom of Yurria fell under the control of the Vampires. Irrelith's last emperor died and had no heirs, splintering the empire. The Alluthian nations lost the avatar of their goddess. Galleska, Pellensk, Seriland and others are at war with the Iruakint and risk being conquered any day now.
Cassel is the longest lasting human nation, having been around since the start of the Iron Age. Its rulers the Vernadors are directly descended from Saint Nora, and they have used her power to keep the nation stable. But even this nation is quickly destabilizing. Around twenty years ago, the nation was split into three smaller kingdoms with the goal of preventing further destabilization.
It worked for around a decade, until the northern king was assassinated and the western queen disappeared. The southern king took control over most of the land, but various lords took this as their chance to grab more power, and the elven vassal states started to move to full independence. The nation still stands for now, but it isn't long before chaos takes it like the rest of Vreathe...