History of Damus

Jomril found the power and bloodlust of Vangrakath's creatures dangerous and took the fate of the continent into his own hands. He raised huge volcanoes from the bed of the Blackwater, whose smoke and gases poisoned the air and scorched the jungle. (Probably that's why Narmiraen doesn't speak to Jomril since.) All living things on the continent buried under the ash cloud suffered. The Dwarves sailed away, and the Segaii and the Surta elves started a bloody war for the rest of the forest - while there was still something to fight for. Just a decade later, however, most of the Segai tribes sailed out and scattered throughout the world - raiding and pillaging. The remaining Elven survivors on Damus retreated underground, and three generations later had almost forgotten that they had ever lived on the surface.