History of Easidia

The history of Easidia knows three distinct ages: the Age of Titans, the Age of Origins, and the Age of Arcanum. Multiple world-scale events have happened during this time, such as: the Origin War, and The Breaking.

## The Dawning

Easidian history starts with Lumos arriving at a barren, lifeless planet floating in a void. Lumos embraced the planet with his Light, which created the Elemental Chaos. This event would become known as The Dawning, named after how the sun dawns a new day, so did Lumos dawn a new future for the planet.

### The Flares of Lumos

After this creation, Lumos divided himself into small cube-shaped artefacts of crystalline blue color with intricate golden patterns. These mythical artefacts are now known as the Flares of Lumos. These were scattered all over Easidia to one day be reunited in an event called the Conjunction of Flares. This event would rebirth Lumos from the recovered Flares, and upon his rebirth Lumos would ask those that brought his flares together: *"What am I, and what is my purpose?"*

## The Age of Titans

The Age of Titans is widely considered as the first age of Easidia. After The Dawning, the Elemental Chaos began to spread over the planet, cracking the surface and giving it fiery life. The Chaos gave birth to lifeforms known as the Primordials, a race of great elementals. After their birth, the Primordials would fight each other and the Elemental Chaos without an end is sight. The once barren planet of Easidia was given life, but that life was fierce, tumultuous, and untamed. The planet filled with unbridled fires; churning, saw-like rock formations; disastrous cyclones; and stormy floods.

### Arrival of the Gods

> Long ago, this world was one of untamed and chaotic forces. Through the ashen skies of Creation Primordial, the gods came from beyond the ether, new and formless. Looking upon this roiling realm, they saw potential for great beauty, great strength, and the chance to learn their own place in creation.
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> The Myth of Easidia

Somewhere near the end of the Age of Titans, the Gods arrived on Easidia. Like Lumos himself, the Gods came from beyond the ether and wanted to settle the planet. They managed to come to an agreement with the Primordials and settled within the Astral Sea, the border between Easidia and the ether from where they came.

## The Age of Origins

After the Gods had settled on Easidia, they would create the first mortals in the second age of Easidia called the Age of Origins. Among these first races were the elves, dwarves, and humans, along with many other races. At first, however, the lives of these mortals were difficult and extremely dangerous as the world was still ruled by the Elemental Chaos and the Primordials. Saddened by the many losses of their first children, the Gods gifted the mortals with arcane magic so that they could defend themselves. Other Gods instead created other life to aid the mortals in their survival, such were the first metallic Dragons birthed by Bahamut and Tiamat. With these new aids, the mortal civilizations began to flourish and the mortals offered their worship (and purpose) to their creators.

### The Origin War

After years of prosperity through hardship, mortal civilizations began to leave their mark upon the world. The Primordials, some of which had lain dormant beneath the land since before the coming of the Gods, now rose up to wreak havoc against the Children of Creation. As the Primordials devastated their creations, two factions arose between the Gods. The Prime Deities wished to stay, remain loyal to their creations, and conquer the Primordials and Elemental Chaos, leaving a safe land for their children. The Betrayer Gods, frustrated by their losses, gave up. Some of them would give in to madness and began twisting their creations.

The Prime Deities, with the help of their mortal champions, ultimately won the war. Destroying and imprisoning the Primordials, imprisoning the Betrayer Gods in the Astral Sea, and banishing the Elemental Chaos from Easidia, peace was finally achieved for the mortal creations.

### The Elemental Planes

The banishment of the Elemental Chaos from the Material Plane birthed the Elemental Planes. The Chaos was given its own place within the ether around Easidia, and many of the Primordials would also be imprisoned in these Planes.

## The Age of Arcanum

The Age of Arcanum was the third age of Easidia. After the conclusion of the Origin War, the mortals dawned into a new age where they could use the gifts and favor of the Prime Deities to prosper and grow immensely powerful.

### Arcane Ambition

In this new age, the mortals created the most wondrous things using the gifts of the Prime Deities, such as airships and floating cities. The Age of Arcanum was an age in which Easidia's most powerful mages ruled the greatest nations of the world. The lives of mortals were luxurious, and names and mention of the Betrayer Gods and the Primordials were few and only found in ancient texts.

For some mages, however, this was still not enough, and in their hubris they tried to access even more power. They pried into the Astral prisons of the Betrayer Gods seeking the powers that they believed the Prime Deities kept from them. But in doing so, the prisons were broken and opened, releasing the Betrayer Gods back onto Easidia.

### The Breaking (of the World)

The Betrayer Gods, now freed from their prisons, sought revenge against the Prime Deities and the mortal creations. To aid in their war, the Betrayer Gods released some of the Primordials that were imprisoned deep within Easidia. The resulting war was a quick but devastating, the aftermath felt for hundreds of years thereafter. The second war against the Betrayer Gods devastated civilizations and rearranged the geography of the world. It is estimated that no more than a third of the world's population survived this war.

### The Divergence

The war ended with the banishment of the Chained Oblivion and the creation of the Divine Gate.

Hoping to seal away the Betrayer Gods for good, the Prime Deities retreated from the Material Plane after their costly victory. Behind them, they created a barrier known as the Divine Gate, which would prevent any God from physically crossing over into the mortal realms. The departure of the Gods from Easidia, and the diminishing of their influence, has since come to be known as The Divergence.