I. The Upheaval
By the end of the Age of Wonders, many believed Eldareth had pushed magic further than it was ever meant to go. When the Mythal fractured and ley lines across the world began to surge, rupture, and shift from their established courses, centuries of arcane excess were quickly blamed, though the true cause remains uncertain.
The Upheaval was a period of widespread catastrophe, but it also marked the beginning of something new. As old powers fell and familiar systems collapsed, survivors were forced to rebuild in a world that had changed beyond recognition.
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I. The Mythal Fractures
For centuries, the Mythal had endured largely beyond ordinary mortal experience. Created at the end of the Last War of the Gods, it restrained the greatest divine powers from fully manifesting within Eldareth. Kingdoms rose, empires spread and disappeared, and...
II. Aftershock and Silence
When the first aftermath of the Upheaval passed, Eldareth did not settle back into the world that had existed before it. The fires could be extinguished, the dead buried, and the fallen stone cleared from the streets, but the systems...
III. Echoes from Beyond
More than five centuries passed after the Upheaval before Eldareth received its first clear warning that dangers beyond its known planes might eventually reach the world. By then, much of Eldareth had rebuilt. New nations had risen in place of...