The World of Ligaterra

Age of Humanity (118 to present) However time has been traced back as far as it can and current humans don’t record time in simple years and instead relate them to events. So as the history unfolded the years became clearer. The current time is AR for After Regicide, another war that almost resulted in mass extinction that sent the current age of humanity spiraling almost back to the dark ages.

Age of Humanity is broken up into three eras:

* *Era of Discovery (118 B.R. – 368 B.R.)*
* *Era of Prosperity (369 B.R. -  700 B.R. … Ended with The Regicide)*
* *Era of Recovery – Current Era (0 A.R. – 310 A.R.)*

At the beginning Ligaterra has since been left to its own devices, however, being the epicenter of the gods magic having much of their magic and efforts buried in the ground beneath them, mutations and other advancements began to happen rapidly in Ligaterra as the humanity the gods left behind on that continent began to fend for themselves, however to prevent widespread fear and paranoia the gods did their best to erase all evidence of the titans and dragons existing instead opting for the humanity to live secluded and sheltered bringing us to the current age. In this age it did not take long for humanity to uncover old drawings and recordings tucked away and hidden with mentions of the titans and dragons however now, with no evidence to back it, it became more of a story of legend and of fairytale however many do believe this to be fact and follow these beliefs and use this as an explanation for the world and how it came to be.

           After the burial of the Titans began the Age of Discovery. Humanoids that had been left in the wake of the war and intervening of the gods the humanoids set out to create cities and locations to praise the gods that had aided and created them, as well as to make Ligaterra their home. After the burial of the Titans, the gods left the mountainous outcropping that surrounded the continent in place in case the titans should ever escape their bonds and resurface.

The Era of Prosperity began with the merging of the God-King of the East continent *Jöchanti:* **Joren Ysgra** and the Warrior Queen of the West Continent *Wezla’in:* **Hera V’tell**. Their marriage united the east and west into a large super nation, there was peace and prosperity the continents armies and magical knowledge shared to all and it was a time of prosperity, knowledge, wealth, and magic. This age lasted for 3 generations. Until one day a son was born to the throne to now **King Uther and Queen Isabella.** Uther and Isabella were both Dragonborn and as was their son. A black Dragonborn named **Sevrin**. Sevrin was a sickly child. Born weak and frail and of small stature. His father Uther was nervous and eventually Sevrin fell into a coma and was unable to awake, despite all magic and healing available to the king. The rumors say that the King and Queen brought healers, mages, druids, shaman, from all over the continent to no success until eventually one was successful. There is no accurate documentation as to who this healer was or where they came from. Only that they arrived sometime in the middle of the night to the castle claiming to have heard the crown’s summon for a healer. Very few know what happened or what magic this entity possessed only that when they left in the morning. The prince was awake again. Through the course of his life Sevrin seemed like a mostly normal child, he had an affinity for alchemy and magic particularly powerful Druidcraft of healing, life, illness, and death. In his late 20’s his parents passed in a horrible shipwreck. Leaving the unmarried prince to take over rule of Ligaterra. With the hiring of a new staff and advisors the new king did his best in his parents stead despite him being a rather depressed appearing individual.

A few years after his parents passing Sevrin became somewhat obsessed and enamored with lore and magic throughout the deepest reaches of the world. He began to send and go with expeditions and excavations to ancient sites and ruins from the age of creation and the age of war to see what secrets lay hidden. One such site, that has since been scrubbed from the record, was located on the northern isle. King Sevrin had accompanied a expedition of mages, researchers, and a band of adventurers and soldiers to this site. No one is sure what happened at this location but King Sevrin was the only one to return.

Sevrin returned a changed king. He was almost a hollow of his former self, the drive and lust for knowledge and research had been diminished, he kept to himself, often heard mumbling to himself and looking like he hasn’t slept in weeks. However, about 3 months after the event at the Northern Isle, King Sevrin emerged from his chambers one morning a brand new person. There was a now a new edge to this king. He words seemed to drip with cold venom he was short tempered and quick to snap at advisors and generals alike. He was confident, almost charming with his charisma however and people saw this new king with a certain strength. Sevrin became brutal in dealing with matters however often sending full detachments to put down bandits, burning down small forests that were rumored to hide monsters or outlaws. Imprisoning any threat to his power or throne. The final straw came about a year after this new king emerged when a known out crier against the king’s new actions was heard to be in the small mountain town of *Eastridge* in what is now present day *Duhrn*. When the town refused to hand over the bard to the kings men that arrived to collect him, Sevrin gave the order to raze the town and any who stood in their way. It was a slaughter, a butchering of the people of *Eastridge*.

           This slaughter would enrage the people of Ligaterra and fall as the final straw after the razing of the town. The rebellion became a full force with everyone in both the eastern and western halves of the continent raising arms and bringing themselves against the king. Many of his forces began to defect as well seeing the cruelty of their king and join the rebellion becoming leaders and spies. However, as the rebellion grew and Sevrin began to lose power something changed with his forces. Sevrin activated a sort of magic and began to control the minds of soldiers in his armies. He became in full control and those below him followed his order to every letter. The Rebellion would be fighting a losing battle for the mast majority of the conflict. They were pushed by the kings forces to the corners of the world in what is current day *Duhrn* in the far southeast corner. The forces would be pushed into the *Underdark* beneath the mountains seeking refuge. It is in this *Underdark* that the rebellion would find an ally with the large population of drow, duergar, and creatures of the *Underdark*. It is said that the matriarch of the drow necropolis of **Zi’ch Ixunti (zeek ishoontee)**, bestowed power from the drow goddess of **Lolth** to empower a few chosen heroes in order to fight the Lich King and his forces. These heroes (also known as Lolth's Exalted) were as follows:

1. **Ulric Van’Loch** – a human Paladin of Avandra
2. **Kerrigan V’tell** – a dragonborn barbarian who was a direct descendant of Hera’s sister
3. **Mongo Bordoh** – a dwarvish artificer
4. **Wren Winterbane** – a winter eladrin ranger
5. **Lilliana Evervane** – a drow cleric of Lolth and the daughter of the Matriarch

The forces with the backing of a goddess began to lead forces against the **Lich King** and his armies and slowly but surely began to make progress. The Lich King feeling himself being pushed back would begin The Purging. The purging consisted of the Lich King commanding his forces to destroy any bits of arcane knowledge and libraries and armories or items he could get his hands on. He ordered the murders of even his own high ranking lieutenants and archmages to prevent their knowledge from overthrowing him or advancing the continent if his demise should come. Slowly but surely the forces, with Lolth’s Exalted leading the charge, would push back the Lich King and his forces eventually forcing him to retreat to the northern isle where eventually he would be defeated by the Exalted. However, the Purging left the continent in intellectual ruin. With only a few powerfully magic inclined folks left in the world the rebuilding process has been a slow process with them attempting to recall all of their information and begin to rebuild the greatness that had come from the Era of Properity. After what became to be known as The Regicide the world began its recovery with the people flocking to the exalted to lead them. And so, Lolth’s Exalted would branch off from each other despite their close bonds to each other.

**Ulric** would go to the northeast and become the Holy King of the new region of *Ysgram*, named after Joren Ysgra the last God-King to rule in the east. **Mongo** would head southeast reuniting the the drow and dwarves of the southeast creating the region of *Duhrn* and creating a council consisting of his family members to install the Bordoh family council to rule over the region. **Wren** would head to create *Forentil* in the woods that were initially his homeland feeling his call to his homeplane and the connections to the feywild in the area. Along the years he would add more to his inner circle creating the *Council of Eldarin* that look over the region to this day. **Kerrigan** would head back to her descendants homeland and begin the civilization of *Tellabor* creating a strong military presence in an attempt to always be ready in case this situation should ever arise again. **Lilliana** however, would not survive the fight with Sevrin, giving her life for the protection of her friends and the people of Ligaterra along with all other who fought against the Lich King’s might.

After this creation of nations would begin the Era of Recovery.

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