The Time of the Dark Demons Myth in Dierde | World Anvil

The Time of the Dark Demons

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At the edge of the Realmspace of Dierde are cracks from the long period of decay here. It displays in the sky similar to how we see the Milky Way, but it has a purple sheen.   This is the Far Realms as it bleeds into this realm. At this time, those demons began to come in and conflict with the gods.   This sparked the creation of mortal races.

Summary

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  The Time of the Dark Demons. The Dragon Gods were able to bring forth the worst demons and nightmares. This was a time of Chthulu type demons and darker things that came from the Far Realm. A place never destroyed.   As the presence of the old Faerun gods and other gods were felt by the Dragon gods they began to create and allow access to this Universe to protect them from the old gods and other gods.   They were the ones to banish the gods and they began to rule. Using their dark magics to find new ways to funnel more of the chaosweave into healing the Dragon god. They also opened up many cracks between the Far Realm and this Universe.   The Rise of Other Races. The Mindflayers also spread during this time, as well as other races. In the shadows a saurian race that built an extensive if short-lived civilization. Its survivors eventually became the nagas, lizardfolk, troglodytes, and similar creatures.   An aquatic race of shapechangers that became amphibious developed late during the saurian civilization and crept onto the land, building proud cities. These creatures contributed to the downfall of the saurians, but they themselves eventually fell into barbarism under pressure from Sahuagin, merfolk, and tritons. The survivors of this race are the locathah in the sea and doppelgangers on land. Similar to what had happened in the early creation of Toril.   Least known of the creator races are the Sylvan people that populated the forests and other wooded areas, living in harmony with nature and leaving few traces. They had come from the Fey Lands. The pocket universe that had survived even since the days of Faerun. It is believed that their civilization fragmented after a great plague created by a Draconic or demonic power. Their descendants are the sprites and other small woodfolk that populate secret parts of Dierde today. Similar to what had happened in the early creation of Toril.   The last creator race, and the one that spent the longest time in a primitive state, is the humans. Always adaptable and ingenious, humans made advances with incredible speed and efficiency when circumstances allowed for their rise to prominence. Of the five creator races, only the humans truly survive as a cohesive civilization form today. The individual dragons war with each other, and the others have vanished from the world or splintered among their subraces. Through this period they are nothing more than a small primitive race, mostly in the colder North reaches.