The Great Summit

The Great Summit is the Historical Event which brought about the new world in which exists today, closing the time of the Gods and bringing about the time of Mortals. After winning The Battle of Banishment, The Divine Confederacy along with the King-That-Never-Was had the controlling say of what would happen to the world. The Divine Confederacy believed that the Hero should decree what would happen, in accordance with the The Prophecy of Valor.

The First Green and Pleasant Day

As Nerull was banished by the Hero’s final blow a seismic wave of immense proportions flowed through Elendor. The oceans rose and crashed on every coast of Dostrum putting out many of the ever burning fires that on the battlefields of the world, a rupture opened and Nerull was pulled through. The water levels continued to rise and flood the darkest and most heavily tainted regions of the world. A second rift of energy burst out as the rift that banished Nerull closed. The second burst cleansed Dostrum once more, Cleaving the super-continent in twain and creating Solorum and Longreech in its place. The Seas returned, the fires died and from the ashes fertility reigned. For the first time, the world welcomed A Green and Pleasant Day. Pelor used his powers of time to encapsulate the battlefield in stasis for the new, verbal engagements to come. To form a new world would take time, they had been granted just that. Moradin built a great amphitheatre for the discussion. The Invading Factions sent their representatives, The Great Summit could begin.

The Hero's Decree

The discussions were fruitless, many of the factions simply argued their original cases belies and points of contention- attempting to hold onto what little pride they had in themselves, but alas they had been beaten. The fate of Elendor was the Heroes and the Heroes alone. Thus we have The Heroes Decree. The Hero's Decree is the defining notion of the Planes of Elendor. The Hero declared the plane for the mortal races, giving the invader armies, no matter on which side they were on, an Ultimatum. The Divine and Powerful must leave and give the mortals their freedom. The actual Summit itself did not have a mortal witness, so there is no first hand account of any of the discussions or the true decree, but playwright and author Allard in his play "The Man Who Would be King" gave us a speech which defined the Hero's demands:

"We stand together, Foes, Friends and Unaligned,
To set right a world for the Mortal Kind,
This the apogee of all the bloodshed,
This Great Summit where Fate hangs her solemn head,
It is up to I to duly justify,
what will happen to those from Heaven High,
From down below in Planes of such hatred,
From Fire, Earth, Air'en Water Created,
Those of Fey and Bewildering Wilds,
Ev'n to us, Which Divinity doth smile,
So, to you the Immortal titans vanquished,
I say, leave with honor or be banished.
To those who leave with heads held in dignity,
May stake their hold on mortals willingly,
Placing their faith in your sublimity,
Yet, those that refute my generous ov'ture,
Those who would see to destroy mortal, love, art, culture,
Their freedom to choose, fight, fail, laugh and grow,
I shall strike them down with banishing blow,
Those that shall'nt heed this decree forewarning,
Will find their flock in despair, morning,
The loss of their god, for I will cast out,
That rebellious soul without a doubt,
Your time is over, all is said and done,
The War is past us and the battle won,
So here my decree or forget your litany,
For now is the age of true brilliancy!
Your dominion is all but yore
Now is the time of Elendor"

- Edgar Allard, "The Man Who Would be King" - Act 4 Scene 5

Reactions to the Decree

Naturally, the many alliances and factions vying for control had differing responses to the decree and in actual fact the Summit itself took what would be many Elendor years to complete, but the hours of the summit passed the mortals outside as mere minutes. The major factions reacted thusly:

The Divine Confederacy

Unlike the other parties at the Summit, The Divine Confederacy had all of its nine major members present, as well as a majority of its lesser members as it was the “Victorious” faction. Likewise, they also believed wholeheartedly in the The Prophecy of Valor and thus happily relinquished their physical presence on the plane and go peacefully back whence they came for the ability to keep their following from afar. Furthermore the Divine Confederacy pledged to aid the hero in completing the banishment of any other immortals who did not comply with their decree.

The Platinum Legion

The Platinum Legion is the denotation of the forces of the God Bahamut in the War of the Heavens. Bahamuts forces actually began their own insurrection in the area we know today as Atria independently of the Heroes own rebellion. However, when The Platinum Legion did get word that the Prophesy of Valor may be coming true and a hero emerging they joined The Divine Confederacy. Yet, with their original independent reasons for rebellion met the citizens of Atria retained their faith in the Platinum Dragon and kept their worship of him separate from that of the Nine Lights of the Pantheon of Albae- Likewise, the Nine Lights respected Bahamuts followers and the Platinum Dragons wishes and only hold him as a god in association, much as the worship of the goddess Ioun.

The Fey Alliance

The Fey Alliance (Sometimes known as the Alliance of the Courts or The Twilight Kingdoms) was made up of the primary deities of the mysterious Fey Wilds and the astral dominion of Arvandor, Helmed by Corellon Larethian. Its leadership was comprised of The Seldarine, What would become the Dark Seldarine, The Court of Stars and both members of Seelie and Unseelie Court. They, like many of the Planar Armies first arrived in the time of the Rupture and began to settle the and protect the forests, Creating havens independent of the Wars around them. They themselves did not get involved with a lot of the fighting nor did they particularly take any side in the War of the Heavens, However an army of Tel-quessir and Fey Creatures led by Corellon did fight in the The Battle of Banishment after Corellon was persuaded to join the fight by the Hero. Following the Heroes decree however, The Fey Alliance mostly broke apartSurprisinglyamongopponentEladrin “The Immortal”condemned

The Assembly of the Apocalypse

The Assembly of the Apocalypse is the name given by Heroist scripture to the alliance of dark factions wishing to retain the ill-hold on The Plane of Elendor. Its forces comprised of Devils, Demons, Corrupted Mortals and Slaves and led by a variety of powerful Evil Gods in a highly unlikely coalition. Most of the Evil Deities within this fragile coalition had their own dominions and factions that they were essentially fighting to keep. After losing the Battle of Banishment, their Armies were disarmed and the leaders well held captive at The Justiciar Stockade. All of the members of the Assembly of the Apocalypse at the time of the The Battle of Banishment were eventually banished.