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 //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 [[creatures: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.
+  * **Duration:** 100 million years
+  * **Notation:** AG
+  * **Periods:** [[#Elven Era]], [[#Children of the Gods]], [[#Heaven's Storm]]
-===== Children of the Gods =====
+Although referred to as the Age of the Gods by scholars, it was the arrival of the [[creatures:elf|elves]] to this world that held the most importance. The elves were the first [[wp>sapient]] species on [[atlas:Miranda]]. The end of this age was marked by the gods sealing the [[lore:mortal plane]] from the [[lore:Outer Realms]].
-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 [[creatures: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 [[creatures: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 [[creatures:celestial dragons]]. The devils and their [[creatures:demons|demonic]] cohort visited these guardians and slowly began to corrupt them.
+===== Periods =====
-===== Heavens’ Storm =====
+==== Elven Era ====
-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 elven era begins with the arrival of [[people:Ellowyn]] upon this world. Ellowyn is a powerful faerie lady who was banished from the [[lore:Fae Lands]] along with those who followed her. Rather than cease to exist in a land severed from the her homeland, Ellowyn created the [[lore:Well of Life]] and intertwined the existence of the Fae Lands with the world of Miranda. The Faerie Queens were incensed, but could do nothing as leaving the Fae Lands was tantamount to surrendering their position to the other queens.
-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.
+From this well Ellowyn was able to give her followers bodies that allowed them to live freely in this world. These fae would eventually become known as the [[creatures:elf#True Elves]]. These elves spread throughout the land, spreading the power of the fae lands to every corner of the world. Sylvan forests, majestic mountains, crystal rivers, and other changes wrought by the elves completely remade the world. It was beauty that even the most skilled poet could never describe in words - and would never again exist upon the world.
-===== 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.
+==== Children of the Gods ====
-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.
+The gods that stood watch over [[lore:Mir]] looked down upon the physical prison of her heart in dismay. The elves were creatures of the [[lore:Shadow Realms]] and remade the world in their image. Doing so brought the world closer to the Shadow Realms and would eventually dislodge the world from the mortal plane, this would allow Mir to regain her heart and the majority of her power; however they were forbidden from entering the world themselves.
+[[lore:Earthmother|Terra]] was the first to act as her body was the world itself and she long ago gave up her divinity. She used what power she had and breathed purpose into the world that had not yet be changed by the elves. She called these living creations [[creatures:dwarf|dwarves]] and their purpose was to return the world to its true state - to turn back the changes of the elves. This beginning still dominates conflicts between the elves and dwarves as each servers opposing purposes.
+In time other gods figured out how to create a small [[lore:plane#demiplane]] that would serve as a bridge between their world and the mortal plane. Species like the [[creatures:Jundari]], [[creatures:Orc|Orcs]], and [[creatures:Giant|Giants]] now strode upon the land, commanded the air, and dominated the seas. Given the sheer number of sapient species on the plane with wildly differing purposes it was only a matter of time before conflict erupted.
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+==== Heavens’ Storm ====
+The truth behind the conflict was that when the [[lore:gods]] created the demiplanes they used to reach into the world, they unknowingly allowed the [[lore:devils]] to do the same. Rather than create their own living beings, the devils corrupted the true purpose of those already created. They used lies and deception to sharpen their differences and strengthen their own sense of superiority above all others. It has long been lost to history where it started, but each insists they were not the first - but war broke out among the [[lore:Origins of Life|godly races]].
+The gods looked down upon their creation in righteous anger. Those they created to save the world instead were tearing it apart. Instead of strengthening the prison by turning back the elves, Mir's heart was growing in power and responding to the power of Mir. Over the objections of Terra, the gods entered the world to damn their own creations, but unwittingly allowed the devils into the world. With a demonic army the world has never seen before, the devils poured into the world with a single desire to destroy the world and free Mir.
+This was a war that the world has never seen before and never bore witness to again. The siren song of the devils not only tempted many of the godly races to their side, but several gods as well. Several times the devils came close to destroying the world, but each time the gods sacrificed what was needed to keep the world from crumbling. The ranks of the gods that once watched over this world dwindled as they were killed and their immortal power was trapped in the mortal plane.
+In the end the gods emerged triumphant, but at a terrible cost. The prison was nearly destroyed and Terra did not have the power to fix the damage. Several gods merged with her, joining their power with hers, so that the world may be healed.
+=== Elven Neutrality ===
+Above all of this were the elves. They were not the creations of the gods and they saw through the lies of of the devils. Instead of choosing sides, they constructed large barriers around their land from the power of the Shadow Realm. Any god or devil that tried to destroy their barriers was utterly destroyed, with even their power lost forever. They could not protect the entire world without risking destroying the entire plane, but they shielded themselves.
+=== Heavens' Gate ===
+With the last of the devils on the world killed, the surviving gods left this world. They created a massive gate, named [[lore:Heaven's Gate]] that would forever seal off this mortal plane from the [[lore:Outer Realms]]. No more could any being that possessed either the Power of [[lore:Creation]] or [[lore:Un-life]] enter this plane. The gods left the care of their surviving children into the hands of Terra and those who joined with her. She would forever more guard the prison without her fellow gods intervening.
+===== Timeline =====
+  * Ellowyn enters this world
+  * Ellowyn creates the Well of Life and gives life to the Elves (True Elves)
+  * Terra creates the dwarves
+  * Gods create the first demiplanes linking the mortal plane with the Divine Realm, allowing them more influence upon the world
+  * Gods create sapient beings to serve their purposes upon the world
+  * Devils corrupt this "Firstborn Races"
+  * Gods enter the world to fight an emergent Diabolic army
+  * Gods triumph over the devils but are forced to leave the world as well
+  * Gods create Heavans' Gate so this could never happen again
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