History

The storied history of Pag-Iral begins with The Two and follows from when The Two gifted Pag-Iral to their children. This history can be divided into two ages: The Age of Gods and The Age of Man.
\*\*Not all religions believe the story of the Age of Gods\*\*

## The Age of Gods

 Beginning roughly 54000 years before man *Bago Ang Tao* a.k.a. *bat*
#### The Age of Creation

All was well, and the Gods departed from their own planes to play with Pag-Iral, imprinting themselves upon it in claimed domains. As eldest, Levegő created wind to move about the plane; as second eldest Víz created vast, churning seas. In turn, Föld called for mountains to rise from the seas and interrupt the winds. Not to be outdone, Tűz called forth fire to shoot out of the sea and spew from the tops of mountains! Together they called for their youngest sister to visit the shared plane and create with them, wondering what else would be brought forth.
Elet stepped onto part of Föld’s creation and green sprouted at her feet, spreading across Pag-Iral. The longer she stayed in one place, the more diverse was the green that grew around her. Enraged at the inequality of her range of abilities, the other gods plotted to steal their sister’s power for themselves. They killed Elet at dusk, stole her essence from her, and hid her body in another plane before their creators could witness their misdeeds. With her powers, over millennia, they created all living things: creatures that swam, creatures of the sky, creatures that dwell in the trees, and even creatures that belonged to all domains, their perfect servants, the Elves.
But in competition with each other they began to get greedy, stealing away to separate planes to create all on their own, sentient creatures of pure element-stuff. Gluttonous for a greater share of the power of life, they began to fight one another, creating beings designed purely for the destruction of others.
It’s unclear why Tűz became abashed from watching everyone play with Elet’s essence, but in his shame he sought out her body to find it preserved by the void of evil that was Foscor’s vomit. After he’d recovered Elet’s body, Tűz sought out The Two.
In a rage Foscor and Ilum made their daughter whole once more, and banished their other children to live in their respective domains until such a time that their own creations might set them free. It seemed too easy a task, for the things they'd given life to were eager to please their creators. When Elet, who didn’t want to be far from her siblings, entered what was now her domain, all creatures imbued with life only knew Her. Her power gave them life- not the Gods that had given them form.

#### The Age of Peace

Thankful for his help, Elet walked with Tűz and together they gave sentience and free will to some creatures created, amongst them the dragons and dwarves; creatures born of their love. But having spent so much time in evil, Elet had absorbed some of it. She began creating things prone to evil, such as the orcs and goblins. Seeing their evil intent, Tűz turned away from Elet to live freely in his domain of fire beneath earth. Depleted and alone once more, Elet sought sleep.
The exhausted sleep Elet fell into allowed the evil of her preservation to finish bonding with her body. Her pure essence was no match for the volume of unholy within her and she died, awakening as the embodiment of malice. She called herself Masama and locked herself away creating hordes of monsters and demons who would help her enact a permanent revenge on her siblings.
#### The Age of Pain

Feeling some of existence quiver in reprehension, Tűz emerged to look for his favorite sister. He found an evil being he didn’t know in her place. He couldn’t bear his disgust and detestation for this new being that consumed his sister. Much like his mother, his rage expanded leading to what would be known as **The Great Eruption**- the seas were boiled, the skies went dark with ash, and large swaths of land were scorched killing numerous creatures in all domains. Tűz tried to negotiate with Masama, but when he could not, he went back to the creators.
#### Lipol

The Two banished Masama and her bastard creations to the putrid realm and pulled remnants of their daughter's original essence from oblivion, depositing her into her rightful plane, *AlMatohher.*
Seeing their children would not willingly be freed by anything in creation, The Two created something born of all their children, including a drop of their youngest’s accidental alter-ego. They created man. Man alone can release the gods from their prisons. After this, the Two vowed to never interfere again, lest they destroy Pag-Iral.
## The Age of Man a.k.a Tao

The gods go on: a few are rumored to have been freed, some still lying in wait, but most are entirely forgotten. They await the faithful to wake and release them.
* There are typically two schools of thought about releasing the gods.
	1. The world is dying at the hand of nonbelievers, thus only the gods can set it right.
	2. To release the gods would result in their wrath, thus destroying Pag-Iral.

Historians approximate that the *Curse of Humans,* which severed humans from the ability to wield magic, took place in the year 200. No one but the ancient and rare few who still live from that time know who or what cursed the race. At the time, knowing no other way of living than the comfort of magic, humans became endangered and near extinction. Human records between the years 200 and 1000 are scarce when they can can even be found.
* 1000 Mathias T. Kriger rises, establishing Tryllek
* 1300 The Nasara Tribe becomes a raiding tribe
* 1460 The Nasara Tribe pushes northern nomadic clans to the Daskararre Mountains
* 1550 Tryllek begins the Rombolo'k colony using legal prisoners as laborers
* 1603 Daskararre Confederacy is established
* 1610 Rombolo'k declares independence
* 1615 Chief Ubangiji Dawo Nasara leads his tribe to conquest of the southeast tribes
* 1650 The Rombolo'k massacre takes place wining Rombolo'k freedom from Tryllek
* 1670 Chief Ubangiji Dawo Nasara dies, leaving a dispute about succession. With so many decisions dependent on the dead chief the Nasaran conquered territories fall apart.
* 1685 General Gabadaya Haruna Dhub gains popularity with regional nobles and establishes Dhub, becoming its first Sultan
* 1705 Tryllek begins colonizing Le Matagi
* 1723 Dhub reclaims southeastern territories
* 1738 Le Matagi war begins
* 1740 Tryllek begins to colonize Skog
* 1760 Dhub claims Skog land for colonization
* 1805 Present day