Amheida

## Creation of Amheida and the Rings

There was nothing, no souls no matter just dark nothingness until the Echoes formed out of this nothingness. The Echoes, the world tenders, the creators and the watchers take the form to mortal eyes as fiery stellar bodies that do not interact with other matter, and can only influence small parts outside the boundaries of the Primordial Darkness. They seized upon this speck amidst the vastness of their domain and molded it into a sphere which they called Amheida or World of Eternal Beginnings, with 10 rings about it ever spinning.

The Echoes Larunda and Andurai decided to enter this marble and became the Suns which have since become known as the Brothers. Asrani and Selnamor entered as the two moons, ever-present in the sky and have gained the name, the Lovers, over the eons. The other echoes observed them for eons, watching life take root and grow on the rings and on the world nestled in the middle. Echoes enjoyed the spectacle very much and desired to add more to this mote.

They created the gods and goddesses from their own essence willing them to act and command the world as they see fit. The gods & goddesses created life, humanoid life, a life which beget more life and to the horror of the Echoes, destruction, never before had they seen violence when the gods and their creations clashed over disputes. They wondered if they should intervene as their conflicts destroyed the great works of the Lovers and the Brothers.

Eons passed, many gods died and were left scattered across space between the rings and Amheida. This place became known as the Astral Sea, a hub of interconnected pathways to the different rings.

The Echoes did not like this continuous destruction of Amheida, wishing there to be some laws that could not be violated and would allow for life to flourish for its time and then be remade again in a never-ending cycle. This is called the Everlife Cycle, where every fifteen thousand years there would be a remaking of Amheida, allowing new things to grow. The gods were ever-changing personalities which lead to many different kinds of creatures walking the lands.

The Echoes enforced this Cycle from meddling of the gods who were always at each other's throats by separating them into their two rings, the Plains of Asrani and the City of Larunda preventing them from waging wars on Amheida and keeping it safe. Gods are not allowed to leave their abodes on these rings, many have crafted domains in which they find pleasing and testing new creations and schemes to take control of the Span of Magic.

At this time the Echoes also moved the extremely chaotic and lawful creatures to their respective rings of Discordant and Merticulos. These creatures have become much different after their separation, leading to the names mortals give them as Demons and Devils.

After the separation of the gods, fiends and mortals the Echoes made a law that they would not interfere with Amheida unless the conflicts would endanger the stability of the rings and the world, as unleashing the Terra early spells doom for the world and the cycle would be disrupted.

## The 23rd Cycle's History

There have been a great many civilizations in the long history of Amheida.

### Cradle of Discovery 0-5615

In the Lush jungles of the eastern edge of Centuria.

Taremu, the capital city of the first human civilization Orea, fell to ruin after they discovered steel. The capital city was built on a large hill that overlooked the surroundings. During the later centuries the people starting digging into the hill and found a rather large cave. Inside the cave they found a sleeping dragon almost the size of the hill. The dragon was one of the Terra. Unfortunately for them the Terra may be under the Echoes control, but if woken outside of their time to begin the cycle again they are only controlled by their whim as they look for another place to sleep.

Many other human civilizations sprung up during this time all lasting a little bit longer than the last, but none of them could make a lasting impact on this part of the world.

During this time, all other races of peoples were made across the world Who then formed their own communities but were never recorded in historical texts.

### The Blessed Sun Empire - 5615-6681

At the beginning of this era, the Elves had just found themselves in a unique position,  and through the leadership of Flaor a great wizard and foremost of the craft among the Elves sought to bring order to the wilderness around them. Through his leadership The Blessed Sun Empire Was born.

They conquered much of the Central land mass, bringing many other races into their nation.

This great empire lasted for just over one thousand years until an unmitigated magical disaster caused the destruction of the Capital City Elanith. This destroyed the north western part of the empire, and causing the great Zidhari desert to form there.

### Time of Heroes - 6681-8215

The time after The Blessed Sun Empire was a tumultuous one, and is one of the longer ages that records that existing records show.

Great heroes of many peoples rose up to conquer smaller areas, and rather than constantly warring, most of them agreed to keep aggression to a minimum. Clearly not everyone thought this, a Tiefling empire (The Niviya Empire) rose at this point and conquered a large swath of Centuria and all of Eyvia.

They were then later conquered themselves by an alliance, Risa Oia Alliance, named after Risa and Oia who negotiated the creation of the alliance with all 6 Nation States.

Unfortunately, this alliance did not last as long as the members hoped. As soon as the empire was defeated, it lead to wars over the spoils and territories of the Niviya Emprie.

### Chiran Plague - 8215-9210 (0-995 ACP)

Chiran Plague is a disease that swept across the world after the fall of the Nivaya Empire. The plague was 100% fatal if a person caught it.There was no record of anyone survived until the Prophet of the Mother appeared on Centuria.

For a thousand years it decimated most of the civilizations on the Centuria. This caused the fall of all civilizations on Centuria. No one still understands what caused its rapid spread. Some believed it was a magical affliction, others believed it was a judgement of the gods or some foul enemy.

### The Rebuilding 9210-???? (current Day 9972) 995 ACP - 1757 ACP

The Chiran Plague left most of the world devoid of organized peoples. Over the course of the next few centuries a few great civilizations rose that still stand present day.