History of Herastra

Shortly after the ruler of All Earth arrived, the world began changing. What once was a smooth unspecified energy field was now branching out and expanding into a continent surrounded by water. Being Perfectly circular at first but with the thousands of domains being created simultaneously, it was ripped into several continents, creating much of the same topology we see today.   The force exerted upon the once symmetrical Ley Field caused it to be unevenly divided and warped.   The first life appeared shortly thereafter. A singular plant at the bottom of the sea. It began working in tandem with natural gas and mineral pockets to synthesize elements immediately.   This intrigued Eon and inspired him to create complex ecosystems with different type of colloidal fractions of rock and earth, pockets of different minerals, elements and such.   Suddenly the continents filled with various creatures, their alignment being that of Eon's siblings. Either Good, Neutral or Evil.   There were now complex ecosystems of strange and exotic organisms in place. But some of them intrigued Eon more than others. Even though they were quite different, they were strangely similar to him and his siblings. But all of them were Evil, this worried and displeased Eon.   So he used some of his power and imbued the creatures with it, giving them free will, not forcing them into alignments. This however, impaired their ability to multiply. To alleviate this, he alotted them all a Mote of Power, tying it to the Ley Field, essentially empowering the Field wherever the creatures went. The alotment seemed to have a great impact on the properties of the first generations and their immediate adaptability to their environment. Decreasing with every generation.   This is the origin of all the current major races of Herastra. And the start of The Era of Wilderness.   In this era, much of the most common magic spells were discovered or scribed onto the world. With the gods enlisting the creatures of Eon to do their bidding, coercing or bribing them into doing them favors. Eon, knowing the creatures acted out of free will and his siblings acting according to their alignments, allowed this.

Within five hundred cycles of The Era of Wilderness. The more magically attuned creatures of the world had begun to develop minds complex enough to wield simple magic.   Magic allowed them to construct shelters, hold animals and construct systems of worship around the gods granting them additional magic.   These simple communities quickly started to grow. Trade sprouted and suddenly a tribe didn't need to diversify their talents as much and could focus on specializing in certain professions.   As the tribes grew more and more dependant on each other they moved their settlements closer to each other. This gave rise to the prevalence of roaming bands of bandits instead of single thieves.   The tribes decided to band together and build fortifications with the earnings of their collective trading. Having an offensively powerful Wizard in your tribe gave you immense bargaining power and thus the arms race had begun.   But having no way of explaining the seemingly random responses from the gods. Determining responsibility quickly became an issue and a system of a single responsible individual per tribe was soon adopted and called a Shaman.   If the fortifications broke or the wizards failed to make the crops grow, it would surely be the Shaman's fault seeing as his responsibility was to make sure the Wizards had what they needed.   Over the years, these settlements fell or grew, fused and split apart. Until four large factions had formed. The Shaman's of these factions, based on the fact that they'd managed to expand their domain where no other's had managed, were considered to have won the eternal favour of the gods. A new title was invented to describe such a person. King   Thus the Era of First Kings had begun approximately year 5000 but no one knows for sure anymore. The First Kings were:   The Elven King - Sarathar the Wise, Protector of the Realm of Baran'Thal   The King in the Mountain - Thoremar the Steadfast, Protector of the Realm of Harrish   The King of the Plains - Usethar the Brave, Protector of the Realm of Karadath, which entails Charon, Novon, Pernicles and Tar'Veil.   The King of the Deep - Merathar the Great, Supreme ruler of the Seas.   Beneath the Kings quickly a plethora of different ranks were established, military or otherwise. The non-military ranks were as follows, in decending order:

With the discovery of the exact nature of magic in this world, an arms-race started that was abruptly ended by the founding of Tabernaclas. This global superpower forced a Cold War with the invention of the Ley Energy Field Manipulator. Effectively being able to turn off magic wherever they wanted made The Aristocracy the ultimate enemy.   In the year of 6374 after the arrival of The Lord of All Earth, The Aristocracy now controls all kingdoms of the known world. If only the internal power-struggles and tensions were resolved that easily..   Many countries and sub-regions keep their original governments, some throw it all out. But all being forced to adhere to the Manifesto of The Aristocracy, written by the now dead Archwizard Numethar Goodspeed , inventor of the Ley Energy Field Manipulator.   Ärkemagiker:   Nilas Northfolk - Human Male - Tabernaclas, Mera Tanas   Tara Hacken - Dwarf Female - Middlesuss   Lara Hacken - Twin of Tara - Mera Cleia   Buckford Whitstone - Kalashtar Male - Mera Nobith   Karrabas Ternian - Human Male - Aretheos   Wavefinder Boh - Triton Male - Althecas   Hera Brackreach - Goliath Female - Var'Aasi   Aman Val - High Elf Female - Baran'Thal/Estoracas   Uth'Aman Suliman - Wood Elf Female - Baran'Thal/Estoracas   Witchmaster Doron - Drow Elf Female - Baran'Thal/Estoracas   Great Aremar Burk - Tiefling Male - Cart