Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period of unparalleled wonders, incomparable alongside any other time in the collective memory—a millennia-long era that saw the Four Worlds united in prosperity and enlightenment. This illustrious epoch witnessed the harmonious convergence countless miraculous leaps: almost complete mastery of the various principal forces of magic; stable cooperation among all beings; and a near-utopian standard of living that had been hitherto nothing more than a fantastical dream, and would become so again after the Age's tragic end.

## Origins and Foundations

The rise of this age sees its roots start come about from the discovery and subsequent implementation of Filamency. This enigmatic art, while impossible for most sane minds to truly grasp the nature, would become an incomparable benefit to all who called any of the Four Worlds their home. Five years after the first observation of Filaments deep within the hidden recesses of the 3rd Moon's surface, a group came forward revealing what they'd discovered, as well as that they'd learned to harness and control them. The Order of the Mage-Companions was founded, marking the end of what would be known to history as the Bronze Age, a dull prelude to the wonders to come.

Although these founders and their identities remain unknown, their

## Filamentic Enlightenment

The Golden Age was a time when practitioners of Filamency would reach their greatest heights. By the Age's end, a understanding of the arcane arts was nearing its perfection, the eventual accomplishment believed to eventually herald a transcendence. Awe-inspiring feats that seemed like miracles to those who witnessed them, and unthinkable to any who didn't. Filamency, harnessed with unerring precision, enabled mages to shape the reality they shared with their fellow beings for the better. Vast networks of Spells and enchantments of unimaginable potency, elegance, and beauty were crafted, weaving a tapestry of wonder across the Four Worlds.

## Inter-Global Harmony and Unity

Perhaps the most astonishing achievement of the early Golden Age was the reconciliation of the myriad states that spanned the three Moons at that point. Previous conflicts and rivalries, once sources of endless strife, were all peacefully (though sometimes bluntly) resolved. Bound by the pursuit of knowledge, the preservation of nature's beauty, and the celebration of artistry, the inhabitants of these worlds began to trek slowly into the expanding future, united by fascination and the resolute principle of universal dignity.

A feat no less revered than peace among the moons was the eventual colonization of the Ur-Planet itself. Before considered too massive to safely and efficiently land upon and take off from, innovations into Filamency saw the the first explorers walking its hills within cycles, and the first cities built within deca-cycles. Filamency molded new garden-like landscapes from airless deserts, with every need of every race accounted for. Within just a single hepta-cycles, the population of the planet exceeded that of the 2nd and 3rd Moons. Within two hepta-cycles, it was greater than that of the 1st Moon, the very birthplace of life itself. Not long after, it came to hold a majority of the population of the Universe.

## Utopian Standard of Living

The Golden Age brought forth a utopian standard of living for all its denizens. Every individual, regardless of their background or origin, enjoyed a life of abundance and contentment. Arcane advances in agriculture, architecture, and transportation ensured that no one suffered from want or need. Save for the deeper secrets of Filamency, knowledge of every kind was freely accessible by all, and the pursuit of personal passions flourished, free of the fear of meaningless suffering.

## The Greater Fracture

For as glorious as its rise was, the Golden Age's fall was tragic enough to scar reality itself. The Greater Fracture saw the resurgence of war, and on a level of sophistication and destruction beyond the works of nightmares. The Breaking of the Ur-Planet, a cataclysmic event whose origins remain shrouded in mystery, marked the end of the Golden Age and the Greater Fracture, and the dawn of the Silver Age. The once-united worlds were sundered, both by a lack of spirit and means. The utopian harmony and abundance that had defined the previous millennia were shattered.

The Blade-Scribes, servants and lesser beings of the Mage-Companions, safeguarded some fraction of what remained. Shards of the broken world were remade into a new, elegant worldscape. Filamency was never entirely lost, and the same principles that modern Ring-folk use to this day were invented thousands of cycles ago by the reverent Mage-Companions. In some small part, the Golden Age endures still in the inheritance it left for future peoples and the treacherous ages they've endured. The study and understanding of Filamency have been in continual decline. However, what has been kept safe through thousands of cycles of entropy and suffering honors those who pioneered its discovery, and holds tight the memory of those who've toiled to preserve it.