Eras of History

Earth, the original home of the human race. They believed themselves to be at the top of the food chain. This idea changed after a series of events that took place over about a decade. Ripples in the different dimensions along with the Mortal Realm caused an influx of monsters and humanoid beings to bombard the world of man. This would be known as the First Flooding.

In this time period, tech had reached unbelievable heights and magic was nonexistent. Much of what was before this time, Its secrets and treasures, would be forgotten in the coming ages.

### "First Flooding"

The causes of the flood have been speculated by all who know of it. The Holy Aspect sees it as the gods having been angered by the lack of believers and humans not following their will, The Earthlen saw it as punishment from the great spirit of Terra for the many transgression made by humans against the planet that gives them life, even the Society of the Last Hammer theorized that the events had actually been from a catastrophe caused by weapons of destruction crafted by our own hands. Many other groups also used the events as reasoning or propaganda for their causes.

When the first recorded major rift opened, it brought one of most terrifying groups seen in this time, the Darklanders. Beings equipped with powers and weaponry that outmatched that of the current human forces. The Darklanders, who were unknown to the humans, completely wiped through entire nations and countries who rebelled. They began mass subjugations of entire countries where they would run strange tests and force humans to take part in genocidal acts. Humanity might have met its end if not for the valiant efforts of a single man by the name of Arkrov Rezin. Rezin managed to send a messages over any broadcast outlets around the world. The message was a small speech he had prepared encouraging people to resist even if It meant they would die. His message blared out for several hours in many languages. Although small, his actions would be remembered as the catalyst for the Plight of Rezin.

Thanks to their combined efforts, the humans managed to take their captors by surprise who where struggling to figure out the source of the unseen speaker. The Darklanders did not anticipate further resistance even in the face of death by the humans, effectively forgetting one of humankind's greatest assets, tenacity. The humans managed to escape the grasp of their foreign captivators but not without suffering unthinkable losses. The groups that did survive found themselves faced with even more challenges like being lost in an unknown part of the world without necessities to survive. The world was nothing like it had been before. Humanity was now in a struggle for survival against a completely unknown enemy and in no position to counterattack. Groups were forced to trek great distances in hopes of evading the Darklanders and reaching safety. More times than not survivors were met by darklander forces who slaughtered and captured en mass. Within the next 3 years, over 60% of the worlds population would be killed by the events of the First Flooding. In that time however, a small resistance force would be put together that focused on leading other groups to their established safehavens. They had engineered a number of small communities around a unique cave system. With careful scheduling of things like noisy generator use, lighting and fires, they had managed to stay under the Darklanders radar. This haven was named "The Human District". The Districts were actually a number of encampments spread miles apart.

Using the large natural cave-like structure, the group managed to start a new life for humanity. As scavenging runs became less fruitful and more dangerous, the colony shifted to more nomadic life, employing a number of small fields and traps in the surrounding area allowed for the colony to keep sufficient food as well as collecting resources in the cave and forest nearby allowed for supply runs to be needed less frequently. By this time, many groups had been found within a 50 mile radius. By using a unique delayed communication system based on morse code, the Human District formed a rudemantary communication network undetectable by the enemy.

About 15 years after the intital attack, the Darklanders began releasing a toxic gas unto the World. Nearing the end of their campaign, it seemed as though the Darklanders had either got what they came for or were calling it quits. The gas was given the name "Black Tear" because of how once it was inhaled enough, the victim would began crying a black liquid and suffocate on their own blood. Massive walls of black fumes began to engulf the land. Those of the Human District were forced to make a crucial decision, Having already been living inside the cave partly, they would have to make a choice whether to look for shelter above ground, or head below. With a quick decision from the leaders of the colony, the entire encampment was going to need to be stuffed inside the cave.

With a few days before the walls of smoke would reach, the group began to frantically deconstruct the camp and expand the carved out portions of the cave. having been steadily increasing in population, the colony had already made some efforts towards extending the village system in the cave as it was the safest option. Communications between the encampments drastically reduced and it seemed like the end was near,

### The Lost Years

100 years after the Black Tear had engulfed the world, The world was anew. Its conditions unlike any seen before. Nature had bounced back more vibrant and without humans being left to only their natural devices, animals and plant life adapted to the changing environment smoothly.

### Helian Era

Humans had begun returning to the surface, but it would still take many years before the majority would leave the caves. There was a being that many people had only heard about in stories, an angel..no, a god of fire. It looked upon the entire land and kept the darkness at bay. To some, this angel seemed to be a terrible creature of destruction but to others, a savior. The idea of light that could permanently destroy the darkness? With the threat from undead and other creatures of the night steadily increasing, an end to that nightmare seemed wonderful and long needed.  There had been many stories told by adventurers during the lost years who had managed to get outside the caves and return. Some came back blinded from looking at the flaming ruler, reinforcing the rumors further.

They had let go of many traditions and practices from the first year time period. Hardened by both the current conditions of the overworld as well as life in the harsh world below, Huma were now a completely different generation of people. As settlements grew and expanded, the Lost Nobles began to encounter settlements that did not resemble those they had grown accustomed to. Eventually, this led to the first encounters between the Lost Nobles, who believed themselves to be the original Humans, and the other cultures of the Overworld. Each of the groups had survived the First Flooding in their own way and because of this, each group had their own views of the current world and how to live in this new environment.

The first of the new Cultures to interact with the Nobles were the Palefoot people. The Palefoot met the Lost Nobles somewhere in the icy peaks of the land to the north. The Nobles had begun venturing to these lands in search of rare and stronger ores. The Palefoot were somewhat taller in stature with a stockier build than the Nobles in general. This was assumed to have been from enduring life in such a treacherous environment. Their name was originally Blitzerbane but after many disputes within the region, the new name was adopted to signify change. Some sects still refer to themselves as Blitzerbainian in respect to the spirit, Blizrabi.

Both groups agreed that the new world was filled with many wonders, unique creatures, and places to interact with and explore.  A large portion of the communities also felt that magic was a powerful force capable of reshaping the world we knew. Of the nobles, these people were those who witnessed the miracles of the royalty and of the Palefoot, those who knew of Avalan and his followers. They began to worship and respect these new forces and powers as they were no match for them. This was the start of what is known today as the religion of the Holy Aspect, a religious group that would eventually dominate humankind for many years.

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Frankly, the society completely disapproved of the standing leaders' assimilation of these practices and studies that came from other worlds and dimensions. “The safety and very existence of the Human race was already frail enough yet, everyone seemed to think these monsters were not the reason it all started” \_(Someone important). \_\_ felt that technological advancements would once again bring Huma to the pinnacle peaks of the food chain once again.

Tensions boiled in Lost Noble Cities until in (some year), there was the largest migration of citizens from the Capital in history, the *Great Tech Migration* was the biggest factors leading to Greysdale officially becoming a region of its own in the Human Empire.

At this time, Huma began efforts to colonize the Southeast region of EverReign, here they encountered terrible storms and blizzards that even some Palefoot people said were far too troublesome to be ventured through. As explorer guilds attempted to figure out a safe trail through the area, there was a surge of interest in transportation from everyday people, the tech organizations at the time had been working on many new ways to transport people and goods across large distances to satisfy these requests and as a result things like Rail and Boat transportation slowly began. As cities were faced with the problems of different beast and creatures plaguing the land, base security also became a priority at all times. Tech shined in protection methods and everyone was pleased with the level of safety for everyone increasing. Eventually, explorers would make their way down south via a passage through  (name of south trade route passing through Sohouma). At the same time, word of ‘flying ships’ began to spread amongst the empire until the source was found to be a region of people who inhabited the southeast known as the Asakami Clan. They referred to themselves as a clan because they feel all the families and traditions of the people here have all been meshed together in the past years to try and hold on to the most important traditions of each culture. Initially, the Asakami did not make any efforts to join the Human Empire. It was not until the members of Greysdale (who were responsible for one of the greatest scientific achievements for safety, The Golem)  had become enamored with the concept of the Airships and began looking to . Because the Asakami were always worried about their defences, the idea of an automatic defense system was something they loved as well. This common interest between the two groups was one of the only initial reasons that Sohouma became a part of the Human Empire after many years of \_\_. Even now, Sohouma is much more detached than the rest of the regions in the Empire and still only side with the tech oriented areas of the nation. Sohouma brought the wonderful gift of transportation by air to the Empire and were amazed by the different types of ranged weapons crafted by the Palefoot.

Meeting order:

Palefoot

Greysdale split (Great Tech migration)

The Society of the Last Hammer (Split from Greysdale the magic interest and focus on tech adv like First Years) 2nd Tech Migration

Asakami Clan (Thx to tech advancements)

Yinrel (Word from Asakami but they seem unlike how described; gift magics, Sohouma threatens civil war )

Grim Ballista (formed by cities but companies have been around)