Complex sentence: As things started to go bad the king went to the gods and asked them for something to help with peace umung the races, they gave him the Sovereign stone which could be split into 4 (5) portions each representing one of the four elements.
Split into simpler sentences: As things started to go bad the king went to the gods and asked them for something to help with peace among the races. They gave him the Sovereign stone which could be split into 4 (5) portions each representing one of the four elements.