All nine of the cultures that currently inhabit Credoth owe their ancestry to three precursor cultures that predate each of them by almost 2 centuries. The reason for the disappearance of the precursors in mostly unknown, some archaeologists theorize that they were destroyed in a great war, others believe they may have been killed off by a realm wide natural disaster. Whatever the reason is, these nine cultures now inhabit Credoth and each hold some of the traditions of their parent cultures and so share many similarities and customs.