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Chapter One
100,000 BE - The Wars of Creation
Everything starts with creation. One moment there is
nothing. The next, everything. An it is in this moment, that the
first of the !os were "orn. #ot as the gos we $now, for gos
%ive an ie, "&t the first gos. 't is sai they create in
ar$ness. As they create, so too i they estroy.
The (irst of the !os create the wor%, "&t their sons an
a&ghters "ecame envio&s, an overthrew their fathers. An so it
"egan, the never ening cyc%e of war, )ea%o&sy, an espair.
The Wars of Creation - the "att%es of the creators - are
things of %egen. Brave *ennitis, efeating his "rother +eros at
the "att%e of Ther%op. ain an his "rother A"e%, m&rering each
other over their creation. *av, ta$ing his creations an
estroying his riva%s.
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We o not $now how many generations of !os ie "efore the
Avent of the 13 s&ns. B&t their %egens are co&nt%ess.
A%% these things we remem"er thro&gh song, an %egen. B&t
what we remem"er most a"o&t the Wars of Creation, is how it
ene.
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Chapter Two
40,000 BE - Avent of the 13 5&ns
The Wars of Creation ene "right%y, "&rning away the
cancero&s ce%%s that existe in hopes that witho&t them,
everything co&% thrive once more. The impact of these s&ns is
sti%% fe%t toay, in areas of o&r wor% %eft "arren, %ife%ess,
an sa%te %i$e in the %egens of Carth, where nothing can ever
grow again. B&t s%ow%y we rec%aim, an we re"&i%. (ive main
ingoms rose from the 6&ins of the 13 5&ns. These were7
- The ingoms of 8&mans
- The (orest #ation of the E%ves
- The nergro&n #ations of the 9warves
- The (arming Co&ntry of the 8a%f%ings!nomes
- The T&nra Tri"es of the Tro%%$in
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These nations warre for the %imite reso&rces within the
#orth Western *anmass, #ecari.
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Chapter Three
30,000 BE - War of the (ive ingoms
The Wars of the (ive ingoms %aste tho&sans years, the
"iggest ca&sa% factor "eing the O% !os. (ive o% gos %ai
c%aim to the %an of #ecari. An those five gos fo&ght with the
Armies of the (ive ingoms.
5o m&ch eath reigne in those years that it attracte other
gos, partic&%ar%y the !os of 9eath, who tore the five $ingoms
as&ner. 't is &n$nown what wo&% have happene if
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Chapter (o&r
1=,000 BE The 6et&rn an 6ise of s
origins.
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Chapter (ive
10,000 BE - The Wars of the
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War, they ret&rne to their $ingoms, sic$ene "y the eath,
vio%ence, an estr&ction.
The 5&rviving
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Chapter 5ix
@,000 BE - The 2act of Eternity
After mi%%ennia of wars, an $i%%ing, the five remaining
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Chapter 5even
=,000 BE - (o&nation of the Eterna% City
The Eterna% City is a thriving metropo%is where every 6ace
is represente. 't was initia%%y fo&ne as a Capita% City of the
*eag&e of (ive, "&t it event&a%%y expane into what it is toay.
Over five h&nre years, the five
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Chapter Eight
;,000 BE - #ations of the nergro&n 5p%it
Within each of the ingoms, there are s&" factions. Often
these are ivie "y s%ight a%terations within 6aces. The races
who %ive &nergro&n were the %a"o&rers an wor$ers, whi%e their
a"ove gro&n co&sins were en)oying the fr&its of their %a"o&r.
After five tho&san years of %a"o&r, the ner #ations sp%it, an
"&i%t civi%isations &nerneath the fo&nations of the Eterna%
City, as we%% as spier we""ing aro&n the entire is%an of
#ecari, an the %ower 's%an.
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Chapter #ine
:,=00 BE - nernations (o&ne
The nergro&n 6ea%ms ho% three main 9istinctive ingoms.
The ingoms of 9row, the
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Chapter Ten
1,=00 BE - 'nvasion of the 9ara$h&% Empire
After the fo&nation of the nernations, expansion &ic$%y
fo%%owe. #ew cities were fo&ne, %ost secrets reiscovere, an
&n$nown terrors sta%$e in the ar$. O% an new %egens entere
the %ore of the wor%. There have "een whispers of the ret&rn of
some of the o% gos who s&rvive the Wars of Creation.
#at&ra% an &nnat&ra% cave systems were fo&n. Trae evo%ve
an &ic$ene, the nernations grew rich on )ewe%s, go% an
precio&s materia%s mine from the ar$ earth. 5&en%y trae
a%most comp%ete%y stoppe, the o&ts$irts of the nernations grew
si%ent. A s%ight sme%% of eath an ecay h&ng stagnant in the
caves of the nernations.
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Chapter E%even
1,;=0 BE nernations A%most O"%iterate "y 9ara$h&%
Envoys %eft from "oth the nernations an the *eag&e of
(ive, none of them ret&rne. 5%ow%y the nernations shran$.
*egens of the o% gos grew more powerf&% an fre&ent, whi%e
fewer of the &nergro&n t&nne%s were consiere safe to trave%.
The first ref&gees that s&rvive spo$e of a s$e%eta% warrior
c%a in go%en armo&r, an arme with "%oo an shaow. The
s$e%eton was at the hea of an army of monstrosities, wie%ing
magic that ha never "efore "een contemp%ate. The 5$e%eton in
go%en armo&r appeare "efore the gates of 5i%verc%o& City,
9emaning sing%e com"at an eno&ncing the *eag&e of (ive an the
ch&rch.
A%% fighters were efeate, an a%% were transforme into
monstrosities which estroye the city. 'f it wasn>t for the
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efforts of five "rave avent&rers, the threat of the 9ara$h&%
might have "een iscovere m&ch too %ate.
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Chapter Twe%ve
1,;=0 BE - 9ara$h&% #ation 6ises to the 5&rface
Event&a%%y even the nights in the %ans of the *eag&e of
(ive grew angero&s.
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Chapter Thirteen
1,;00 BE - #ations of the *iving Ban Together
The threat of the 9ara$h&% rising on two fronts ca&se the
s%ow moving assem"%y of the Eterna% City to iss&e a ca%% to arms.
The "iggest army the wor% of A%$&%&ppo ha ever seen, was &""e
the 9efeners of Eternity. They m&stere aro&n an in the
catacom"s of the Eterna% City, waiting for the incoming invasion
of the 9ara$h&%.
The t create the Eterna% City witho&t efences,
an these efences $ept the monstrosities of the 9ara$h&% at "ay
for %ong eno&gh that the efeners were a"%e to ho% their
gro&n. B&t the 9ara$h&% seeme en%ess, whi%e the efeners were
finite, an s%ow%y they were "eaten "ac$.
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Chapter (o&rteen
1,;00 BE 9ara$h&% 'nvasion Thawte
The
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which prevente them from rising again, an the peop%e of #ecari
"egan re"&i%ing an expaning again.
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Chapter (ifteen
0 AE - The Beginning of the Age of Exp%oration
After the re"&i%ing an expansion of the *eag&e of (ive to
exp%ore the entirety of the so&thern is%an, their sights move
to "eyon the "%&e horion of the seas. This phase in history has
"een &""e The Age of Exp%oration.
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Chapter 5ixteen
=00 AE - #ew 6aces 9iscovere
With the initia% exp%oration of
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- The 'nferna% 9emonic Tief%ings
- The Tosc&%i 8ivemin
- The
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Chapter 5eventeen
?00 AE - *iarfo%$Tosc&%i War
*ong "efore the *eag&e of = set foot on the continent of
t so m&ch a"o&t petty things
s&ch as %an or materia%s. The *iarfo%$ fo&ght for their main
foo so&rce, whi%st the Tosc&%i fo&ght for their very s&rviva%.
The Tosc&%i hivemin s&rvive thro&gh aaption an %earning
mi%itary tactics, with perfect %ong range comm&nication an
coorination. Whi%e the %iarfo%$ fo&ght thro&gh ge&ri%%a
tactics an am"&sh p%ots. 't was a race to see which species
co&% evo%ve faster.
This evo%&tionary race was interr&pte "y the invasion of
the *eag&e of = into their iso%ate is%ans.
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Chapter Eighteen
?00 AE - (oreign 6aces Ens%ave an "ro&ght to the Eterna% City
9&e to the *eag&e of (ive>s %ac$ of %a"o&r, one of the ma)or
goa%s of the Age of Exp%oration an the City of Eternity f&ning
of the exp%oration, was s%ave %a"o&r. 9&e to the comparative%y
Gncivi%ieG nat&re of many of the races in
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Chapter #ineteen
?=0 AE - *iarfo%$Tosc&%i A%%iance against the *eag&e of (ive
(ace with something that neither the Tosc&%i nor the
*iarfo%$, they were s%a&ghtere "y the Tho&sans. 8ives an
%airs estroye "y invaers, tho&sans of ref&gees. A gro&p of
*iarfo%$ sn&c$ eep into the %argest Tosc&%i hive. They
appeare "efore the &een, no weapons, "egging for mercy. They
to% the &een of what they ha seen, the estr&ction of other
hives. They opene their mins to the H&een, showing the tr&th.
O&t of this spr&ng an A%%iance that wo&% sha$e the very
fo&nations of the eterna% city. The Tosc&%i r&is create
te%epathic stones that a%%owe the Tosc&%i !enera%s to p%an with
the ge&ri%%a tactics which ha efeate so many of them. The
Tosc&%i 'nfantry - efeate ear%y "y the *eag&e of (ive - %earne
strategy from the invaers, an &ic$%y came to o&tmanoe&vre
them. 8it an r&n rais on s&pp%y %ines an sett%ements "y the
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%iarfo%$, mixe with har hitting "att%es, &ic$%y "eat the
*eag&e "ac$ off their is%an.
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Chapter Twenty
?=0 AE - 5%ave 6evo%t
There are few things in %ife more angero&s than a race of
peop%e $ept &ner the foot for %ong eno&gh to resent it, an
short eno&gh that they sti%% remem"er "eing free. A yo&ng o"o%,
"eing exec&te for stea%ing foo for his yo&ng fami%y, was the
spar$ that ignite the fire.
I&st as he roppe, the o"o%s revo%te. Chanting the
s%aveJs name. They re%ease the
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Chapter Twenty-One
?=0 AE - Eterna% City 5ac$e
9&ring their exo&s from the Eterna% City, the 5%aves sac$e
every "&i%ing, of a%% the weapons, foo, an woo they co&%.
Arme, fe an angero&s, the s%aves f%e so&th, to the so&thern
is%an. C&%osa. 6aiing, an freeing s%aves as they went.
Event&a%%y they reache the so&thern is%an, an ecie to
efen themse%ves. The "ott%enec$ create "y the 9rea 2ass,
com"ine with the siege engines they fo&n in the fortresses
aro&n the pass, ens&re the estr&ction or capt&re of any ships
that came c%ose to their "ase.
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Chapter Twenty-Two
?=0-@00 AE - 5%ave Wars
The 5%ave Wars which fo%%owe the sac$ing of the Eterna%
City were %ong an "%ooy. The 9ragon$in "%ac$smiths forge arms,
whi%e the 9ragon"orn enchante them. The s$i%%s they ha "een
ta&ght as s%aves were t&rne against the *eag&e of (ive. The on%y
thing in the *eag&eJs favo&r was s&perior training an tactics.
5%ow%y, the 5%aves ran o&t of foo, an then s%ow%y they
were "eing efeate.
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Chapter Twenty-Three
?40 AE - War of the 's%es
5ensing the threat that the *eag&e of (ive ha to their way
of %ife, The Tosc&%iK*iarfo%$ A%%iance too$ the "att%e to the
's%es, %i"erating the istant tri"es of "oth Tosc&%i an
*iarfo%$. Their armies grew, %ight infantry, spies,
infi%trators, s$irmishers. The *iarfo%$ provie a%% the
information an s&pport the Tosc&%i neee. This was the (irst
%arge sca%e war that the *eag&e of (ive ever %ost.
Event&a%%y, the *eag&e of (ive were o&t of the is%es, an
the A%%iance hear a"o&t the 5%ave Wars occ&rring on the #ecari
Continent. They set their sights, see$ing to re%ieve an free the
s%aves, an e%iminate the *eag&e of (ive forever.
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Chapter Twenty-(o&r
?4= AE - 6e%ief Comes for the 5%aves from the 's%es
I&st as the 5%ave Wars were %oo$ing their worst for the
s%aves, re%ief came from the 's%es. Tosc&%i an *iarfo%$ ships
were spotte on the horion. 5&en%y f%ames er&pte from the
Warships, *iarfo%$ emerge from the ocean, fo%%owe "y the
Tosc&%i heavy infantry. With renewe ea%, the s%aves fo&ght
"ac$.
The *eag&e of (ive, ca&ght off "a%ance, were &ic$%y
s&"&e. With foo, ships, an new so%iers. Envoys were sent to
the centra% points of each race, rawing them a%% into the fray.
The "iggest a%%iance, an army the wor% has ever seen, rose an
was heaing towars the Eterna% City.
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Chapter Twenty-(ive
@00 AE - 5%ave Wars En 'n Treaty of nion
The 5%ave armies s&rro&ne the Eterna% City within wee$s.
5&rro&ne an %oo$ing for a so%&tion, the %eaer of the Eterna%
City wa%$e o&t of the gates, a%one. 8e was &ic$%y s&rro&ne
an ta$en to the genera%s of the Eterna% City. 9ays passe, the
attac$s stoppe. Event&a%%y the %eaer of the Eterna% City wa%$e
"ac$ thro&gh the city gates, %eaing an hono&r g&ar of the
s%aves an each of the genera%s.
They were %e to the Centra% 8a%%, an insie, they forge
the Treaty of nion. Bining the Eterna% City to peace with the
5%ave 6aces, 6e%easing them a%% as free citiens, compensating
them, an he%ping re"&i% everything they estroye. Three
ecaes %ater, the genera%s met again, an with a%% the
conitions of the Treaty f&%fi%%e, they signe the 2act of
Eternity, "ining a%% their f&t&res together.
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Chapter Twenty-5ix
@=0 AE - Eterna% City Expans with #ew 9istricts for the #ew
6aces
(o%%owing the Treaty of the nion which "ins a%% the races
together in the Treaty of Eternity, the Eterna% City starte
changing. 5%ow%y, it evo%ve an expane itse%f. The *eag&e of
(ive f&ne the aitiona% wor$s that neee to "e one. 5omehow,
the city starte to resem"%e something entire%y new. 2arts of the
City were c%ear%y the sty%e of the race that gro&pe there. Whi%e
others "ecame me%ing pots, an &nnat&ra% creations where ha%f-
"rees congregate.
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Chapter Twenty-5even
400 AE - 9ara$h&% 6et&rn to the nernations
5evera% tho&san years after the en of the 9ara$h&%
'nvasion, r&mo&rs starte spreaing a"o&t monsters feasting on
raw f%esh, an sme%%ing of the earth an s%ight rot. The so&rces
of these r&mo&rs a%% were f&%%y covere, an shro&e in shaow.
B&t "efore they co&% "e verifie the strangers isappeare.
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
1,000 AE - !earforge Create as #ew (orm of 5%ave *a"o&r
Wor$ing together, the geni&s creations of the 9warves,
o"o%s, !nomes an 9ragon"orn attaine something c%ose to
sentience. The first of the !earforge was create eep in the
(orges &ner the Eterna% City. The !earforge were f&%%
mechanica% men, contro%%e "y magic they went into mass
pro&ction. This magic was crafte "y crimina%s on eath row an
%ife sentences, on the proviso that they wi%% "e a%%owe freeom
after serving their sentence.
5ent own into the mines, serving as "&i%ers, an e%ite
g&ars. These were the )o"s given to the !earforge.
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Chapter Twenty-#ine
1,=00 AE - The (orge 6evo%t
When the first !earforge contract was comp%ete, he wasn>t
re%ease. 'nstea after aing on more charges they sent him "ac$
to wor$. This occ&rre again an again. The !earforge co&%n>t
iso"ey &e to the contro% restraints an contro% ros which
prevente them from acting on vio%ent imp&%ses. 5omehow one of
the !earforge in>t have this restraint, an went on a $i%%ing
spree, s%a&ghtering a%% the wiars responsi"%e for ma$ing the
!earforge an a%% the contro% ros.
This %e to a mass s%a&ghter in the Eterna% City. The
!earforge inJt nee rest, foo, water, s%eep. Firt&a%%y
inestr&cti"%e, they starte gathering a%% the escape convicts
an t&rning them into !earforge.
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Event&a%%y, a tr&ce was signe "etween the !earforge an
the *eag&e of (ive, an they "ecame recognie as a race.
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Chapter Thirty
3,000 AE - 5econ 9ara$h&% 'nvasion Begins
The first sco&ts of the 9ara$h&% nation have ret&rne to the
o&ts$irts of the nernation. A%% have "een repe%%e, "&t a sma%%
gro&p has approache the *eag&e of (ive. They have promise the
secrets of the 9ara$h&% Empire in ret&rn for protection, an the
right to freeom from persec&tion. A sma%% city of the 9ara$h&%
are c&rrent%y ho%ing "ac$ the tie of the 9ara$h&% Army. With
the s&pport of a%% the races, it appears as if it wi%% on%y "e a
matter of time &nti% they are overr&n, an the 'nvasion "egins in
earnest.
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