The Great Banishment and the Zaria past

Long before humans or Cerians and other races ruled over The Mainlands, there was a dominant, ancient race known as the Zaria (Zarian singular). The Zaria’s land comprised all of the Eastern isles, as well as the northern and eastern parts of The Westland. In the central eastern island, known as west Cynteri, was conjoined with the second smaller island, known as east Cynteri. Forming Cynteri as a whole. Directly in the middle of this continent, was a fortress castle spanning many acres. This castle was home to the Zarian king, Lord Zaricus. Zaricus was described as a Warrior-king, always wearing his armor, made of custom Avorium armor. Avorium is a metal that was discovered by the Zaria. Avorium is the strongest known metal and regarded as the bones of Azora itself. Lord Zaricus was an 8 foot tall Godlike immortal king; he was also discovered to not be a Zarian, but either an ancestor or the creator of the Zaria altogether. Even with this said, the Zaria do not regard him as a god, nor do they worship him. In fact, the Zaria don't worship a god or being, but rather the entire lifeforce of the planet. In the center of the fortress laid a courtyard, and in the middle of the yard was an unmarked obelisk made of the Deepest, purest Avorium and a golden marble pattern on said Avorium. Even though Avorium is a mineable metal (despite its resilience) this obelisk was indestructible and spanned so deep underground that it was impossible to unearth it, even said to reach the core of Azora; despite it being so long, only a few meters were able to be seen above ground. This obelisk was labeled as the oldest thing on Azora and was the center of the Zaria religion, and said that you could speak to Azora with the pillar. Some unknown time in history, during the prime of Zaria rule, It was said the Humans and Cerians (as well as other ancient races) rose up against the Zaria as a whole. After 20 years of fighting, the races had successfully captured the entirety of the Westlands, however the Zaria did slaughter and win many battles. The only reason the men were able to secure the westlands was because of little Zarian folk or cities in the westlands, as the Zaria hailed from the eastern isles. As well as the overwhelming population of men and Cerian. When the men got greedy, they attempted to sail and attack the eastern isles, which was futile, and all men attacking were slaughtered and their ships and weapons destroyed with no Zaria casualties. The Zaria at the time were mainly focused on a new research, where they found an artifact that resembled a pure black crystal. The crystal was said to be the most dark item known to Azorakind, and so black that it would eat all light near it. This item was known as “Azora’s seed” because of the events following the discovery of the gem. The event in question was a few months after the men had captured all of the westlands, when Lord Zaricus got upset with the research going nowhere, and then he broke the gem Immediately after this, the entire great capital city and the fortress was phased into a new dimension, along with 99% of Zariakind spread across The Mainlands and all of Azora. This was known as the Great banishment. Eventually, all of the men and Cerians killed the rest of Zariakind, making them extinct. With the Great Banishment also came a large explosion after the pillar, fortress, cities and the Zariakind were transported to a new realm. This explosion was the cause of the Cynteri Isle to split and turn into the west Cynteri and east Cynteri as separate islands. afterwards, the Cerians all migrated to the Eastern isles, making it their empire's capital land and a primarily Cerian land, however many Cerians lived in the westlands and surrounding islands, same with humans, where some do live in the eastern islands. The Great Banishment event was 6150 years ago, in regards to the “Dawn of Time” being roughly 12,000 years ago (this time is in relation to D5 0000). the Cerians finally 100% captured the Cynteri islands in dawn 3, 1100.