Pax Monstrorum

A period of time beginning from the marriage of the current Overlord and her husband, shortly following her rise to power, it is considered to have begun roughly 500 years prior to the current date and is still considered to be ongoing. It is deemed by some conservative scholars to be a new Age of Man, dubbed the "Dark Age," though this is not widely accepted, even if the term has begun to circulate among more traditional communites of Men.
The Pax Monstrorum is marked by a sharp decline in violence between Man and Monster, becoming isolated incidents rather than normal interactions, a dramatic increase in the intellect and civility of the latter group, and their shift towards seeking human mates rather than human meals. The Pax Monstrorum has been a period of significant intellectual growth and expansion of human civilizations, allowing for the rediscovery of the New World by the Old, the development of technologies like the printing press, firearms, eyeglasses, key navigation tools such as the astrolabe and quadrant, more advanced milling technology, mechanical clocks and clockwork in general, and the distribution of ideas and goods (such as potatoes, coffee, the concept of paper money, and more), the spread of various martial and magical traditions and practices, greater communication and trade between different nations, cultures, and continents, and countless other cultural, technological, and magical advances.
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