Age of Scales

With the Elves and the Dwarves broken and made into slaves alongside most other races on the surface, the Aenorian Empire claims domination and absolute supremacy over all of the known world on the surface, becoming the flawless overlords of all but the skies...all races have been broken to their whims, and no creature born on the surface can escape their destiny to pass between the lips of a High Lamia...all is born as food, and is destined to become such.

After nearly three hundred years of oppression, the races of the surface begin to rise up against the High Lamia and the Aenorian Empire, backed by The Aurelian Hegemony of Man in a world-spanning plot of subterfuge and trickery that begins to rapidly erode the power base of the Aenorian Empire.

As their decades long plot of subterfuge and intrigue comes to a head, The Aurelian Hegemony of Man declares open war on The Aenorian Empire which is already on the brink of collapse, their victory all but assured as the surface races all believe and support them wholeheartedly, the end of centuries of violence truly within sight, at long last.

The Princesses of the Aenorian Empire retaliate against the betrayed and reeling armies of the Hegemony, singlehandedly crushing and devouring them and swinging the tide of the war back in their favor.

A lone High Lamia soldier proves her own superiority and the pitiful weakness of the remnants of the Hegemony's army by finding where the leader of the invasion, a Magister Lord, and his retinue were hiding and single handedly killing them all and capturing the Magister Lord.

After the defeat of the Hegemony in the second Scalewar, all the races of the surface lose hope and, with no hope or chance of victory in sight, are utterly and completely broken by the High Lamia.   Life itself on the surface becomes so cheap the expected lifespan of the surface race is measured in days, and all surface races are fully purged of their cultural heritage and history by the High Lamia, becoming nothing more than meals devoid of will.

After their brutal victory in the second scalewar, the Aenorian Empire begins to advance in culture, technology, and the sciences at a meteoric pace, such that in the span of a short few decades they have nearly reached a level on par with The Aurelian Hegemony of Man.

An adventuring party that rallied together the most powerful creatures across the planet of Ea who had been enslaved by the High Lamia concludes its years-long journey of seemingly runaway success only a few short steps from killing The Scalequeen herself in a sudden and humiliating defeat by her youngest daughter, who condemns them to digestion over the course of the next hundred years. The messy public display of power only further breaks the spirits of the surface races, who begin to truly lose all hope and belief that the High Lamia can ever be defeated.

In a surprise assault, the Aenorian Empire unlocks the secrets of Advanced Technology and assaults The Aurelian Hegemony of Man in their floating sky citadels.

The Aurelian Hegemony of Man is officially conquered and absorbed into The Aenorian Empire after their defeat in the Third Scalewar. They are allowed to retain much of their free will and independence in exchange for becoming a vassal state and working for their new High Lamia overlords.

After the activation of the mindwash tower, nearly all life on Ea is biologically enslaved to the High Lamia, creating a dystopian world where all life moves according to the whims of the High Lamia and where free will has been completely eradicated.

With her power only growing with each creature she consumed and each mindless slave and High Lamia praying to her, the Scalequeen begins rapidly approaching the boundary of becoming one of the Major Gods, striking fear into many of them at the prospect of a divine war with a being powerful enough to consume them.

The Major Gods of Ea refuse to get actively involved in the conflict to let mortals decide their own destinies, but nonetheless give subtle aid to the surface races and begin to raise divine champions to assist them.

The Dragon Emperor and his Ancient Dragons announce their official declaration of war on the Aenorian Empire with the cataclysmic destruction of The Mindwash Tower, giving hope to the entire world for the first time in centuries.

The Five-Way Alliance and the unified surface races declare open war on the High Lamia, with the Dragon Emperor and the Ancient Dragons leading the charge against the oppressors.