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-====== Age of the Gods ======
-//See also: [[Timeline]]//
-Long past the death of the last [[creatures:Sha’rek’ta]] the damage caused by their war once again would change the [[Shadow Realms]]. The barrier dividing the [[realms]] from each other, that was nearly destroyed by the Sha’rek’ta, once again began to weaken. The gods who have long been unable to do more than watch over the prisons of the [[Celestial Dragons]] by sending [[creatures:Avatars]] into the Shadow Realms. As the barrier weakened the gods forced their way through and into the Shadow Realms.
-Those gods who were watching over [[Mir]] arrived and found Miranda tearing her prison apart. The [[Black Gates]] created by the Sha’rek’ta were driven deep into Miranda and pulled out much of her power, but along with that it weakened the prison. If [[Miranda]] awoke it was possible that she would be able to wake her mother Mir. The children of the Sha’rek’ta had fallen and were left as little more than beasts fighting for their lives on a world bent on destroy itself.
-===== Children of the Gods =====
-It was actually not a good but [[people:Ellowyn]], a powerful [[creatures:seelie]] lady, who first created a new race upon this world. She used spirits of the Shadow Realms and fashioned them bodies from Miranda. She set them to the task of healing this world and quieting the great [[Empyrean Dragons|Empyrean Dragon]] that resides beneath the earth. The other gods were quick to follow her direction and mortals of their own thus the [[creatures:Elf|Elves]], [[creatures:Dwarf|Dwarves]], [[creatures:Orc|Orcs]] and [[creatures:Jundari]] were fashioned in the image of the gods who created them.
-The gods descended upon the world of Miranda and proceeded to repair the prison and stop her from waking up. During this time they re-shaped mountains, drained seas, and crumbled the land as they saw fit. They lived with their children and imbued them with power; however, the gods learned from those that came before them and did not give their children the power of the life of creation. Instead, they saw how the Sha’rek’ta and their children drew power from the Shadow Realms itself and shaped it by their will and the laws of this world. They taught this to their children believing that the power of this realm would have less disastrous resulted upon the world, thus giving magic to all of the children of the gods.
-However because the gods brought the life of creation into this realm, so must the power of [[un-life]] make its way back as well. The barrier that divided the realms was weak enough for the gods to pass through, so it was weak enough for the [[devils]] as well. At first the devils bade their time, watching the gods create their children and teach them to bring forth their own power. The saw the gods slowly close the Black Gates and charge their children with guarding them, just as the [[titans]] charged the [[gods]] with guarding the prisons of the [[celestial dragons]]. The devils and their [[creatures:demon|demonic]] cohort visited these guardians and slowly began to corrupt them.
-===== Heavens’ Storm =====
-When the gods became aware of the devils their anger was terrible to behold. They called upon the full extent of their power to drive the devils back into the [[Infernal Realms]]. What the gods were unaware of was that the devils had been corrupting not only their children, but other gods as well. A few of the gods resented the unending task of caring for the prisons and were willing to listen to the devils who promised them the power to finally destroy the Celestial Dragons. When the gods attempted to drive back the devils these corrupted gods and their children sided with the devils.
-For thousands of years the war between the gods and devils raged in the heavens above Miranda. As both gods and devils fell the power from their spirits rained down upon the world, where it touched powerful beasts arose and threatened the land. The children of the gods also waged war with those filled with un-life, these new beasts, and still protected the Black Gates from being opened again. The world of Miranda, which had been healed from the damage caused by the Sha’rek’ta once again heaved and buckled under this rain of life and un-life.
-The gods did drive the devils back into the Infernal Realms, but at a great cost. The barrier between the realms was falling apart again and if it should fall all of existence would be destroyed. To save this existence the gods did what the titans did and crafted [[Heavens' Gate]] to forever seal the three realms from each other. All of the gods returned to the [[Divine Realms]] and sealed the gate behind them. [[Vayne]], a powerful god, was set to forever guard that gate and ensure that neither god or devil would ever cross into the Shadow Realms again.
-===== Miranda =====
-The godly races upon Miranda were left without their creators who sheltered them in the storms and provided for them. Many of these races survived the centuries without their creators, but a few of ceased to exist within a few generations. Those that survived no longer lived in the same glory and richness they did under the gods, fact fact many of them were forced from their homelands by those touched by the un-life. While the outsiders who possessed un-life were forced from this world, they left their mark upon many of those races left behind.
-The exception to this was the [[creatures:elf|elves]] because [[people:Ellowyn]] was not a god, but a [[creatures:fae#seelie]] lady and born in the Shadow Realms. She continued to guide her children and protect them, when necessary from the world itself. It was the elves, above all others, that healed the land and stopped [[creatures:Miranda]] from shattering her prison and escaping.
-During this age, the [[Magi]] sought to not only protect their fellow humans, but preserve as much of their master's work as possible. The gods had either destroyed or taken as their own many of the powerful machines the [[creatures:Sha’rek’ta]] had built. When the gods first arrived upon this world the Magi approached them and sought their help to repair many of the Sha’rek’ta great machines. The gods cast the Magi aside and took control of the great machines themselves. The Magi attempted to stop the gods, but were quickly overpowered and forced to retreat from the world completely.
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