Age of Imperium

The expulsion of the lords of chaos marked the end of the Epoch of Rage. Under the leadership of the First Kings, the mortal races constructed vast empires spanning to the farthest corners of the world. Magic thrived in these kingdoms, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the mortal races.

However, over time the races began to splinter. Squabbles over land rights, resources, religion, and the implications of magic began to escalate. Allies became enemies and once great races splintered into factions in bloody civil wars. In the end, not one of the empires of old was left standing. The greatest of these empires engaged one another in total warfare for centuries ending abruptly in mutual oblivion, the affects of this armageddon still scar their former lands. Their histories, magic, and advancements all lost or forgotten.

As war spread through the empires, lesser kingdoms fortified their cities and abandoned their alliances, retreating into the shadows of isolation. The ancient highways that once carried knowledge and goods from across the world became overrun by monsters and the abhorrent creations of apocalyptic magic. Thus began the Age of Gloom.