Ishonet (Continent)

**Ishonet** is a large continent, home to four sperate Kingdoms who have their own politics, culture and way of life. Magic runs freely in this country and many have embraced it, using it to improve their lives, to fight and to heal. Ishonet has a long and rather dark history, full of strife, lies and war but it's history has shaped the country into an era of peace that has lasted many years.

Ishonet was forged by a series of  Gods and Goddesses who gave their lives and their magic to protect the people of Ishonet and many of them are still worshiped heavily to this day.

## History

### The First Light

The world was created in pure darkness, with no light. There was no past, present or future. There was nothing. Until a light began to bleed through the sheer darkness, and a beautiful goddess emerged from the darkness. She stepped onto the ground and from her radiated a beautiful light. With this Goddess, the world of Ishonet was created, and she gave herself the same name.

Not only after the first humans were created, but the light couldn't last forever. From the shadows of the night came another deity, a God of Darkness. He was the one who originally created the dark nothingness. His name was Shadros, and he wanted his darkness back. He attacked Ishonet and attempted to overpower her, and he was nearly successful until four brilliant lights surrounded the two of them during their battle.

Emerging from the light was four more Deities. Midon, Vemera, Malara and Thatris. Using their powers, they overtook Shadros and managed to defeat him. He fled into the shadows and the world of Ishonet remained safe. Ishonet thanked the four Deities for their help and blessed them with Elemental powers to help protect their world. Midon was blessed with Water, Vemera with Nature, Malara with Air and Thatris with Fire. Each of them was also granted a section of the world to look over, and thus the four Kingdoms were born.

### Rise of the Four Kingdoms

Each of the four new Gods was granted a Kingdom to look over. They each chose a willing human to be the rulers of these new Kingdoms. Midon's country was named Zodia, Vemera's Exaltas, Malara's Aethos and lastly, Thatris named his Teovell.

At first it was only the Gods who had magic, and it would stay this way for a very long time. The Gods simply watched over the humans and let them live peaceful lives, but this would not last forever.

### The Uprising

While they thought Shadros had been defeated, the truth was he had been recovering his strength in the darkness and was going to attempt once again to not only defeated Ishonet, but all the Deities and claim this world for himself.

When he launched his attack, Ishonet was completely caught by surprise and was killed by Shadros. Leaving the four weaker gods to defend themselves. The four of them fought with all their might but were getting overpowered by the darkness and the lack the Ishonet's protection.

In one last stand, the gods sacrificed themselves. Turning their bodies into magic, but the residual magic combined in a shocking way. The Elements mixed together and four new gods were born.

Fire and Air combined to make Selous, the God of Storm, Air and Water combined to make Irus, the God of Ice, Water and Nature combined to make Renora, the Goddess of Mystic and Nature and Fire combined to make Ora, the Goddess of Magma. These four new Gods stood in defense of the original four and together overpowered Shadros and he was defeated at long last.

### The Aftermath

Despite these new gods being created, their forms were entirely made of magic and not able to sustain for a long duration of time. They knew their time was limited, but they didn't want the Elemental Magic to die with them so they visited the nation leaders and blessed them with one of the four Elemental Magics. The leader of Zodia was granted Water, the leader of Exaltas was given Nature, the leader of Aethos was given Air and lastly, the leader of Teovell was given Fire.

The four leaders promised to use their powers well and the four remaining gods let their bodies fade away, the residual magic falling across the lands, giving random people Elemental Magic. This wasn't something they planned for, but it would soon become the norm for the people of Ishonet.

### A World Without Gods

Without the Gods, it was up to the humans to protect their world from dangers. With magic now in the world they had to learn how to perfect it. The leaders trained for hours on end and when they discovered magic was popping up all over the world, they needed to learn how to control it and they needed to enforce laws to keep those around them safe. This is how the world progressed for many years, but as time went on they also learned a lot. They learned that not only was the magic genetic, passing from parent to child but if two parents had compatible magic types, they could combine within the child to make one of the secondary Elements of Storm, Magma, Ice or Mystic, though it was more rare.

### Tensions Rising

As time went on, it seemed that the nation leaders could not agree on anything. The leader of Teovell wanted full freedom with magic while the leader of Zodia believed that magic should have strict regulations for safety and should be limited on who should fully have access to their magic. Both the leaders of Aethos and Exaltas wanted the best of both but the two refused to agree.

This resulted in the first battle between Zodia and Teovell and it was a violent one, with many sides using both magic and weaponry. This ignited not only a war of morals and law, but one of territory as well. The entire war from Zodia and Teovell went on for 18 months without Aethos and Exaltas getting involved.

However, the leader of Teovell was frustrated by this so he tried his best to persuade both of them to join his side. Aethos directly denied but Exaltas wanted more of a reason to fight. The leader of Teovell was mad at Aethos, so he responded by attacked and taking control over one of their cities. This got Aethos involved in the fight on the side of Zodia. The leader of Teovell also attacked and took control of a small village in Zodia, they spread rumors that the fight was started by Exaltas and so as a result, Zodia attacked Exaltas and Exaltas joined in on the side of Teovell.

This started a massive war between all four nations that resulted in the loss of countless lives. The war went on for nearly eight years, until a massive beam of light split the battle field. Many religious zelouts said this was a sign from the gods, but their word was ignored due to the fact that all the gods were dead. However, the following day all four nation leaders died in their sleep to unknown causes. This caused the children of the leaders to rise up and call for a truce meeting. They came together on the island of Shina which at this point had only been used as a safe haven. They eventually signed the Shina Treaty and peace could finally begin.

They established laws for magic, allowing people to learn and explore their magic but forbid using magic as a weapon unless for military means or self defense, but the rules about using magic as a weapon were very strict.

### The New Era of Peace

This is the current era that we are in, there hasn't been a battle in nearly sixty years, but tensions seem to be rising as all nations always have their military to go, namely Teovell. However, there hasn't been a battle *yet*. However, this world's history is always being made, and new history is always being made.

## The Four Kingdoms

### Kingdom of Zodia

Main article: Zodia

Zodia is the kingdom of Water, they worship the god Midon and value education and intelligence above all else. Their current leader is King Rolan Wellspring and he upholds the values of intelligence and pride. Their capital city is Avarel and their main exports are fish, crops and knowledge.

### Kingdom of Teovell

Main article: Teovell

Teovell is the kingdom of Fire, they worship the god Thatris and value combat and strength above all else. Their current leader is King Dawkin Laflamme and he is a very fierce and often cruel leader. Their capital city of Sunwell and their main exports are weaponry and ore.

### Kingdom of Exaltas

Main article: Exaltas

Exaltas is the kingdom of Nature, they worship the goddess Vemera and value confidence, love and magic above all else. Their current leader is Queen Ivy Abilene and she upholds the pride and love of her kingdom. Their capital city is Aremev and their main exports are crops, lumber and magical education.

### Kingdom of Aethos

Main article: Aethos

Aethos is the kingdom of Air, they worship the god Malara and value peace above all else. Their current leader is King Symon Levan and he upholds the peace and love of the kingdom very well. Their main exports are ore from the mountains, lumber, crops and animals.

## Other Landmarks

There are several landmarks that do not belong to any of the Kingdoms, these are often used by the four Kingdoms but none of them lay claim to these locations

* **Silvertide Ocean** - A massive ocean where most of Zodia gets their fish from. The ocean is very large and goes on for a very long time, the farthest anyone has gotten into the ocean and saw something different was a group of pirates who saw nothing but a massive, impassable storm. It took them nearly three months to reach this storm and they decided to turn around. Another group attempted to brave the storm, but never returned and they are presumed dead.

* **Shina Island** - A large island residing north of Zodia and west of Aethos within the Silvertide Ocean. It has a large amount of trees. There is a very small village of people who live here, it is people from every kingdom who have essentially removed their own allegiances from their kingdoms to help explorers and fishermen alike. This is also where the Shina Treaty was signed.