Ages

## The First Age

Also called The Age of Creation, this time period lasted until -21 BFC / -552 BDT. This was, as the name suggests, the first age of Aveides and it was during this time The brothers met Almet, and The Forged was created. This is also the era of the first peoples were created by the gods. First came the Humans, Elves and dwarves. then later the Orcs, Halflings and Gnomes.

In this age before war and strife, the gods would often walk among their people. It was not uncommon to see Saune or Viamen at a party, or catch a glimpse of a strange looking stag in the forests.

## The Devine War

This Age lasted from -21 FC/ -658 BDT to around 10 FC / -626 BDT. The apparent peace of the first age was quickly cut short. The story goes that Graud, brother to Breal, and god of destruction wanted to destroy the world they had created, as he had done with many before. Breal however, had grown to love this world, and stood his ground. This world would stay.

As the argument became heated between the gods, their creations also grew resentful of eachother. At the head of this argument was the brothers, Graud and Breal, and consequently their creations, the Orcs and the Dwarves.

The devine war was the cause for many of the subraces we have today. Not all members of the races felt an obligation to fight for their god, and hid in various corners of the world to avoid the fray. Most famously; the soon to be Wood Elves settled in the grand forests, away from civilization while the soon to be High Elves stayed and fought.

The war came to a head in 0 FC/-531 BDT. On the plaines on the west coast of what is today bevolin, the gods came down to meet in one deciding battle. In the end, Breal and the rest of the pantheon stood victorius, but not before Graud slayed Viamen, the young goddess of life.

Graud was defeated and banished, and the plains, which had broke apart under the weight of the battle, became the shattered plains.

## The Quiescent Age

Lasting from 10 FC / -626 BDT to 494 FC / -151 BDT, the time after the devine war was defined by the devines retreat. After the devestation their war had caused, the gods pulled back, no longer intefering with mortal life. Because of this, society began to change. With their gods no longer their leaders, people started to find leaders among themselves. Early forms of nations and goverment started to form.

Another thing the world was now lacking, was magic. Up to this point, magic had come through gifts from the devine. The only exceptions were specific circumstances where a person was born with inate magic of their own. However, now began taking the task in their own hands. Magic slowly became a science, independent of devine powers. This independent magic was named arcane magic.

## Age of The Dragons

In the wake of the Devines dissaperance after the devine war, a power struggle started between the most powerful beings in Aveides. On the top of this struggle, was the draconic beings. No one quite knew where dragons came from, as to the best of their knowledge, they had not been created by any god. Some thought they were a last creation of Graud, to wreak havoc upon the world, but that view never gained much popularity. Nevertheless, any other beings in pursuit of power eventually backed down. The force of dragons too strong.

At that time, many kinds of dragons roamed the sky. The colors we know today were present, but also some of other hues, specifically metallic hues. Silver, gold, and bronce scaled dragons were included in what would be known as the bloodshed of dragons.

Though it at first was each dragon for its own, eventually alliances started to form. What once was individual fights, became a full our war between the Chromatics and the Metallics. What set these two groups apart, other than their color, is still uncertain.

The fight came to a head in 745 FC/ 0 DT in an event later named The Clash. In the sky above the Aiges Sea, the two groups met. The numbers on each side was about equal, however the chromatics had an advatage. They had leaders. In the years before, Zitsvillion and Xenilache had began to gain recognition, both within their fellow dragons, and among the people. They were incredibly intelligent, and leading the chromatcs they outwitted the metallics. The metallics where stuck down, the elemental energy within them forming the treacherous Storm Graves.