History from the 2nd age to the present
The Age of Valor
For close to two decades the world was stunned from the results of the catastrophic events. It took twenty years for the people of the world to regain their footing but when the finally did they looked to the sky, recovered their resolve, and proclaimed the dawn of a new second age of mankind!
Miranda is defeated by the Fiona Argentis and is trapped inside the Weave Prison known as Myrinod.
Fiona places herself into a deep slumber on the Isle of Amanthyre
The Dragons and the Fey depart the world of Arawyn. The reason why is speculated for a century and eventually it is learned that they are recalled by the Anastazi, who are now afraid of their creations...
The great Kingdoms of Loez, Arkovnia, Gaberdine, Talynos and Ravenhurst united under one banner called Kormyre!
The Hobgoblins gained great power through the worship of Enax, and with that great power came the opportunity to enslave the other goblinoid races and force them to due their bidding under the tattered flags of the Newley formed Kingdom of Gaaldron.
The renegade Goblin bands that had been chased north had reached the great northern waste lands and somewhere within, they encountered a being of massively incredible proportions.
Uelrog stood up from his massive mountainside throne and called for his armies to follow him as he ravaged all who would stand in his path. He had called for the destruction of the world, and his followers would do everything in their power to follow out Uelrog’s command. In his mind he was the harbinger of the apocalypse, and when the great storm began two months into his journey, he had his proof. This battle tore across the landscape for over twenty years...
Finally the storm began to subside and for the first time in ages, it seemed, the clouds parted for the sun. It seemed as if the worst was already over, that things were about to get better for the beings of the old world. However all was not as it seemed and things were only going to get worse. Villagers came out of their cottages to cheer at the sight of the sun and the sounds of the song birds. They had picked up their tools and were eager to begin repairing the damages left by the ravaging storm.
A great plague swept the land from the corpses left in the aftermath of Eulrog the Ravager. It threatened to wipe out civilizations, but then a Silent Knight in a Jade Tower makes a sacrifice to release the healer winds.
The Age of Rebirth
Kormyre was in ruins, but rebuilding had to take place. The Emperor was dead as was all of his relatives. A new monarch was chosen named Kathrina Nostrove and her bloodline would rule Kormyre intermidently over the corse of the 3rd Age. Kathrina chose to rebuild as a Kingdom instead of an Empire and thus a new Kingdom of Kormyre was restored.
While there was much to be thankful for, there was a great feeling of sadness and loss for those who were no longer with them. By this I do not only mean those who died in the catastrophes, but also those who were stuck across a wide chasm, the Great Rift. The empire had lost one of its kingdoms to the Rift, as did other rulers lose their lands and people.
In the city of Alieander the high priest of Valos was going about his everyday chores. While he was scraping some mold off of a low stone in the wall he stumbled upon a staircase leading down into a subbasement level of the church. What he found was to be known as the gnomes greatest legacy.
A tragedy that befalls the Kingdom just decades prior is deemed to have been avoidable if only the worlds knowledge was not so spread about. The King of Kormyre commands the lands greatest scholars to gather ancient tomes from the four corners of the continent while the Kingdoms royal stone masons begin rapid construction of a single massive tower to hold them all. It is said that powerful sorcerers aided in the speedy construction of the tower and acquisition of the tomes.
Quite possibly one of the greatest thefts ever committed was by the thief only known as "Io". At the beginning of the reformation of the Kingdom of Kormyre, the king was gifted a set of artifacts -- a ring, a brooch, and a sword -- forged of Meteoric Mithril and adorned with Starfell Diamonds, by an unknown courtier. These artifacts were noted to have incredible powers and quickly became the symbol of the Monarchy. For each ruler that was crowned, the regalia would be passed down to them. And in the year 822, a thief named "Io", who soon became the most wanted criminal in all the kingdom, had stolen them.
The paladins of the White Fox banded together and came out of hiding under the leadership of Ramier Stonewall to bring down the tyranny of the Mad King. This marked the rise of the false dynasty where King Graham IV was instated in his place.
Somewhere near the northern border of Kormyre, four mighty demons were summoned, who called themselves the Ardraxxian Circle. These demons had a plan to set in motion creation a home for themselves in the area and use it as a means to corrupt and control the Kingdom from within. It was at the hands of the sorcerer twins, Saelis and Vargas Meltin, that the demons were imprisoned in that location, foiling their plans.
Jonathan Travance, with his extraordinary powers, managed to find a way through the Great Rift when hunting after the Mardux Brothers -- who had kidnapped the King's sister. Upon their safe return to the kingdom, Jonathan was offered anything he wanted. Oddly, Jonathan had requested the lands on the uncharted side of the Rift as his reward. The King accepted, and sent with him, his personal adviser Klarington Everest, to aid the new Baron Travance in his expedition to tame the unknown lands.
A few months ago, the most amazing news had swept across the land. After all these centuries, a way across the rift has been discovered! In fact the news stated that a ruined city was already found on the other side and that the King was sending an emissary over to claim it in the name of Kormyre. Furthermore the King has announced that anyone was welcome to travel there with the caravan and begin rebuilding and foraging. Here is a copy of the notice that was passed all along the realms.
