The Origin of Magic

Long ago, magic was more raw and potent than it is today. The great civilziations of the creator races were based on endless expermentation with those energies, and during their long rules they created many new forms of life.
The cruel and decaden creator races chose to release their monstrous mistakes rather than destroy them. Most died in the jungles, yet many lived - as thought awakened in them - they hid form their creators. When the end came at least, it was they - not the old races - who seized control of Faerun.
And so it was that the first of the elves, the draogns, the goblin races, and an endless list of creatures of a new age took possession of their heritage. Their creators - the ancestors of the lziardfolk, bullywugs, and aarakocra - declined into savage bararism, never to rise again.
Sages speculate about the "overnight" destruction of the creator races. There are wildly diverging theories, but all agree that a rapid climate chang eoccurred, creating a world unsuitable to them. Many beleive the change resutled from a cataclysm the races unleashed upon themsevles. Proponents of this theory point to the Star Mounts in the High Forest, whose origins are must likely magical and otherworldy. The elves beleive that around this time the greater and lesser powers manifested themselves, aiding the new races and confunding the survivors of the creator races. There was civilization in the Norht during this time perioud, yet little more than tantalizingly vague myths survive.
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