Historical Events

The historical events that continue to haunt Terradios.

## War of the Worlds

The quest that the first hero was trained to combat.

One of the growing powers of Daemon seeks to expand their territory and has conscripted the undead of the Gallows to be their vanguard. The gods warned the king of Daemon that doing such to bolster their forces will allow necromancy to run rampant and eventually kill all life, to which the king disregarded and only promised that it will not come to be while he's in charge. Seeing this as blatant negligence, the deities chose a champion to combat this campaign and push back until a new demon king is crowned.

During this time, many settlements were destroyed in the struggle. Famine also washed over major cities, as refugees were assimilated into walled settlements. The Kingdom of Heraldin- Justinia, at the time- and the Empire of Managerie found many of their lands to be empty of sapient life near the border where the battles took place.

Morale was low as the dead from all sides would rise again to fight for Daemon. There were many deserters who fled to White Castle with their families to escape the growing conflicts.

The push and pull nature of the war found more risks than rewards for the citizens of Daemon. Civil war broke out in the capital that further aided the opposing war effort. After 23 years since the initial declaration, King Daemon was slain by the hero's party and his heir took to the throne to handle the aftermath. The war was officially concluded when reparations were promised under the conditions of all borders before the war be restored, and that daemons under the opposing countries' banner be protected from discrimination following the major strain of relations. Such conditions were approved albeit reluctantly.

## War of the Heavens

> "It wasn't a war. It was a siege to commit genocide." - Data
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After the war of the worlds ended, the hero who had been victorious found his hometown brought to ruin when the Daemon army marched, with his wife and child along with it.

Feeling forsaken by the gods, the hero rose to power as the king and had the capital renamed as Heraldin in his honor. Afterwards, he renounced his faith and convinced the populace that this long war was a ruse for the gods' entertainment, and they could have prevented it altogether. Instead, the gods let it happen and shirked their responsibility to someone else while they simply watched mutual destruction. With emotions high, the continents banded together to lay waste to Terradios.

The deities pushed back in varying degrees. However, most fled and went into hiding. Only deities with charges to protect stayed to be slain. Data, being one of them, sent his memories along with the sea of knowledge to the realm between realms in an act of self-preservation. Theology and worship were banned altogether after, and all deities were hunted until there was none left.

This conflict lasted another 18 years.

## Massacre of Hydros

Not knowing where Data hid his epithet, many of the mobs interrogated merfolk to his whereabouts using extreme means. Hydros, being the Knowledge's origin, was ransacked and ruined until no merfolk remain. The Hero King found out that his precedence with the deities' cleansing had led this crusade to unspeakable heights when the race was declared extinct. The hunting party was hurriedly called off to prevent further casualties.

## War of the Lands

A power vacuum formed from the evershifting changing of hands. Some opportunists, and heirs who found glory in war, sought the chaos to expand their own territories. Power struggles lasted another 5 years, on and off, with those more involved in the previous wars or simply weakened from previous attacks be considerably strained to push back.

Sick of the constant conflict, the King Heraldin made all leaders and aristocrats sign a peace treaty.

If any try to spark another war, the King will then join the wounded party. Nobody dared go against the king who killed the gods, so some have to suffer in silence. Hydros being one of the wounded parties, as their neighbor took over majority of their territory with little to convince their return. Allies of Hydros have banned trade with the offending Jewel, though sooner realized that Hydros is quickly plummeting to debt in this campaign, and therefore falling out of favor.