Era beginning/end
The gods are angered... and as they can create! They can destroy...
Humans were the ultimate creation from the gods... After all, their beautiful world is worth nothing if no one is there to experience it... The gods were great! The gods were merciful! The gods give! And the gods take... magic was their ultimate gift to humanity but their own ego got the better of them. They thought their creation was perfect... but not. Not too long after some humans mastered the art of non-hostile magic the first battlemages began to be used by the various human nations... and the gods were angered by their creation... The gift was put against humans and madness struck them... but it wasn't enough for the old masters of magic were in control of their gifts! But they could not control all... the gods unleashed all of humanity's fear in a massive, apocalyptic horde... a horde to purge them all!