The Time of Chaos
With the world thrown into chaos, many attempts were made to unify the survivors. Most of them only led to more pain and suffering, though they all laid the groundwork for the world to come.
Chaos Reigns
In the beginning, there was no order. No-one to unite the disparate collections of survivors and strays. There were no gods to pray to for guidance, no queens to lock shields around. But there were people wishing for the power to make something of themselves. Petty little self-made lords who now saw an opportunity to establish themselves in this new world.
Those lords would hold everyone back for years to come. Many of them had detailed records written down about whatever little victories they had before some bigger lord defeated their mercenary bands and took over. These writings also detail the first sightings of wild fey on Tessam. Lords would make bargains for more power. Though those deals rarely brought them fortune in the end, it slowly started bringing back magic to the world. Of course, magic just created more opportunities for chaos and misery.
Stories from this time are overflowing with examples of how powerful mages used to be. Certainly, some if it is bound to be exaggeration, but there are too many tales for it to be entirely untrue. Seemingly, magic in the world was more powerful before the gods returned. A single druid could destroy a mountain, a witch enchant an entire town.
From the Ashes
It was at the height of this madness, divinity returned to the world. The first was Eletha. Tales from across Tessam explain how he tore across the world in a murderous rampage. His shadowed form leaving scars deeper than the magmatic ravines of The Cataclysm. Many of the greatest mages of the time tried stopping him, but the mortal races were still divided. And divided they fell before the icy blades of their new god.
It wasn’t until his counterparts, Caior and Golgaroth ascended to their positions as Lunar Gods that he was chained to the moon where he now resides. Shortly after, the beginnings of the Khazanti religion started forming. As worship started spreading, so did the mortals’ hunger for ascending alongside these powerful beings. Many believe this is where the Planetary Gods came from. Mortal beings who harnessed the great magic of this tumultuous time to elevate themselves to deities in their own right.
These same scholars believe that the Gods of Magic arose as a reaction to this. The weave responding to the almost tearing apart by creating someone to rule over it. Not everyone agrees that this is what happened, but the first records of the gods appear here. First Qiala, then Faiach and Kôr in quick succession. Never again would mortals wield the power to sunder the earth and create new life.
Civilization Rises
Instead, the remaining peoples of Tessam were bound to their new pantheon. Slowly, the herd of lords thinned out enough that they could start meeting and discussing how to hold on to the power they had amassed. Together they brokered trade agreements and created new nations, dividing the liveable land between themselves. Slowly and brutally, settlements were brought under their rule. Though distances were large, and many were mostly isolated from the surrounding world, the countries created a unified world of peace. Civilization was reborn.
Important Events
Tandia is Founded
1446 T.B.C. - Tandia
Founding
Tandia is the first nation to rise after 1446 T.B.C. Having forged alliances during their survival, the founding dukes decided to band together in order to strengthen their position in the world.
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