Argonata

The weave has always been here: forever rippling and enduring, always in motion.   One such ripple created the Nine Great Gods, beings imbued with the purest form of magic pulled directly from the heart of the weave. And all was well. In the next blink of an eye, though it may have been an unimaginable time to you and I, the weave rippled again and from that magic came the world. Thus history began. Demigods, mortal races, and The Touched emerged. Civilizations were born. And then the demigods went to war.   After the death of many a demigod (because the gods can be slain) and in order to return balance to the world, The Nine Great Gods created a divine sigil to permanently lock the planes away from one another. And though The Nine do still wander freely between planes, the demigods of old and new can only move within their own spheres. This divine artifact was then split into nine pieces and hidden on the prime plane where its presence keeps all portals closed. The land on the prime plane was further split into four main islands and sent adrift with the pieces hidden among them. The world was then called Argonata.   History saw the races beginning anew and working together. It was a time of great arcane innovation and magic flourished. Universities and laboratories were common, and magical items were simply a way of life. Then the weave rippled again in a shift that disrupted all magic on Argonata. (It is theorized that is was this ripple which gave birth to numerous new planes and demiplanes.) The largest island simple vanished and the hole in the world left behind by the great continent was filled with the sea. The disappearance of the major island, its mages, and immense centralized history sent the remaining islands into a downward spiral.   In the chaos that followed, communities drew in upon themselves and tribalism reemerged. The islands became their own separate nations. Most discoveries and inventions were lost to time. Beasts and earth reclaimed the wild. It is into this world that our band of adventurers emerges. And a new age is coming.