Forgotten age

The following are various ages the world of Vari has been through.

* The Age of Creation
* The Age of Dawn
* The Age of Fury
* The Age of Variance
* The Forgotten Age
* The Age of Severance - Present day.

Nothing is known for certain about the **Forgotten Age**, though the followers of She Who Remembers can speak of the moments of creation before it.

## The Age of Creation

According to the creation myth believed by followers of She Who Remembers, a single Light emerged from the darkness at the creation point of the multiverse. Other lights formed around this Light, but those lights settled as stars; the single Light resisted that urge to burn and instead travelled, seeking self-knowledge. It travelled without much comprehension, knowing only that they were light in the darkness, and occasionally passed other things of light. Having noticed a particular lonely planet, the light began to embrace the world and gave their light to the planet, cracking the surface and giving it fiery life. The elemental chaos gave birth to titans called **Primordials**, and they erupted and fought each other. Finding no consciousness in the elemental chaos and seeing the Primordials' souls being lost to the darkness beyond as they killed each other, the light broke into scattered glimmering sparks of divine energy that would enact a cycle of rebirth for those who were bound to their light, in hopes that those beings would gradually learn and mature. These divine sparks grow into their own entities, later known as the gods, but they awoke something they did not understand.

He Who Whispers was the ruler of the Primordial world, his influence over it was absolute and none existed that challenged him. The divine sparks that illuminated the world at first frightened him, before he violently attacked them. The Primordial titans turned their attention towards the light, under his manipulation, but the light only grew stronger in the face of their assault. He who whispers took shelter within the depths of the world, hiding from this newly birthed divine beings. One of the sparks of divinity pursued him, becoming one with the very world itself, safely containing him until he could be destroyed.

## The Age of Dawn

During this first age of the world, a god known by the people of the world as Oranos, fell deeply in love with Vari. Together their love brought celestials and angels to the world, along with as many other creatures as they had inspiration for. Because the world was still a dangerous place, overrun by significant elemental chaos, many of their children were killed in the earliest days. Saddened by the loss of so many children, the gods began to consider how they could protect them. To do this, first, they created the first dawn. The morning in which they created more gods. The gods that now existed spent millennia watching and contemplating, taking up their various domains and contesting one another.

## The Age of Fury

During this time, Oranos was thought to be harbouring a dark secret by his son Chronos. Chronos slew him by castrating him with a sickle, cutting off his genitals. Chronos's blood and anger spilled into the world and created the first true Giants, Elementals and Fiends of the world. Collectively referred to as the the **Avenging Furies**. In their fury, they rampaged across Vari, harming her and all of her creations. As Oranos died, Vari absorbed all of his pain and thus his tears, now able to create life without him, though it pains her to do so. She was able to create life bound to her good nature, thus along came what are thought to be the first Humans, Elves or Dwarves. Many of these creatures were slain in the onslaught of avenging furies. Saddened by the loss of so many more children, the gods gifted mortals with arcane magic so they might better defend themselves. The Dragons Metallic were created to aid in the defence of the children of creation. With the dragons' help, civilization began to flourish and mortals first offered worship (and purpose) to the deities. The gods returned this faith by guiding the people, granting them small favours and moments of inspiration.

## The Age of Variance

One of the first celestial beings created by Oranos and Vari had been influenced since its creation, by He Who Whispers. She Who Remembers acknowledged this influence and confronted the celestial and what she found is uncertain, but it horrified her beyond anything she had witnessed until that point, she is said to recall this moment over and over, causing her great pain. The celestial had done entirely something unthinkable and grown in power, declaring himself The King of True Power. Other gods aligned with him, and a great war of dominance began.

During this war, the former celestial ascended to godhood as he and his army slew several gods before being ultimately tricked, wounded and defeated by the goddess The Changebringer. This war devastated civilization and in some cases rearranged the geography of the world.

Hoping to seal away The Fallen Celestial and his allies for good, the remaining gods retreated from the Material Plane. Behind themselves and their defeated brethren, they erected a barrier known as the Divine Gate, which would prevent any god from physically crossing over into mortal realms. Their influence, however, can still be felt today.

## The Forgotten Age

The **Forgotten Age** is the time between the Divine Gate being erected and The Severance. Much of what happened during this time has, somehow, been lost to time. It is uncertain why, or how this happened. There are some that believe this has something to do with The Severance itself.

## The Age of Severance

The Age of Severance is anything within this timeline.

* from **The Year 000** - *(The moment of The Severance)*
* to **The Year 912AS** - *(Present Day)*