Norcrest

In the beginning, the land was inhabited by only animals, plants, and a few ancient beings that thrived on the land. These powerful beings would soon take the titles of Gods and Goddesses centuries into the future. These ancient beings lived in a small community and lived there throughout their days. They were intelligent and knew they were different than the animals that roamed the planet. How they came to be has been a mystery - even to them - but they knew they were special. The moment they realized the amount of power they had and what they could do with it marked the beginning of many new species being born and events occurring.   Not many know about this, but the ancient ones were never humanoid in appearance to begin with nor did they have genders of any kind. They chose the forms they are known for today due to wanting to look more "presentable" to those they created on the planet they lived on and thus wouldn't frighten or bring discomfort to them. This was mainly the idea of one of the goddess Mirism who had presented it to the others and with which they all agreed on; they wouldn't want the species that shared the land that they created to be afraid of them and wanted them to be able to trust their creators without worry.   Mirism, Dellius, Evanlene, Lykain, Luryel, Nixfel, and finally Amiliva were the ancients that became known as the Gods and Goddesses of Norcrest. They made humans, Flutterfeys, Forestarians, elves, Bloomiliums, Dandibals, and finally Crystalyst to live among them so it wouldn't feel so lonely.   Everything was going well for the most part after the creations of the races. While it was true that some of the races struggled to collaborate with one another due to different life styles, they were still very peaceful. However, no one knew what could happen next - not even the deities themselves - and it just so happened that one of them turned their backs on everyone. Amiliva, the Goddess of destruction, chaos, and discord, would soon plunge the once peaceful world into war.   No one was sure what the motive was or why she did what she had done. Behind the backs of the other ancient beings, she had created quite a lot of species that she was forbidden from making. One of these species left a large impact the most - the Crystalyst. With the race that Amiliva created, she was able to reanimate those who passed away and slowly gathered up an army of them and taking direct control of them. Amiliva had taken many lives, causing the other races question their own deities in fear due to her power. The other deities knew they had to intervene, for Amiliva had taken this too far. She was destroying everything they had created and nurtured, so now it was time to put an end to her acts.   The Betrayal lasted many years with the other gods and goddesses fighting against Amiliva. The other races also trying to defend themselves from Crystalyst and as time went on, Amiliva was finally driven into defeat. However, she was not killed. Mirism was too much of a soft woman to allow that to happen. The two were the closest after all. Almost like sisters. Amiliva was instead banished   After having her powers taken away and being stuck among the mortals for a very long time, Amiliva ran away into hiding from the other races and their creators for many years to come. The other deities had to clean up their messes and go into hiding as well in a pocket dimension created by Nixfel to hide from the races they created due to them turning on them from the mess Amiliva made.   All the races split from each other in the aftermath of The Betrayal, creating their own history with no help from their creators anymore after they took into hiding. Some still worshiped their deities and followed their old traditions while others have turned away from faith, using their knowledge of magic to create technological constructs. One of their creations was the Norcrest Protection Academy [NPA] which had begun soon after The Betrayal, helping to keep peace between everyone and keeping those who desire bringing harm upon others at bay.