Serentheim
1/14/400
The crossroads of the worlds bring both dangers and boons. Serentheim is traditionally a world with a long history of conflict. These conflicts stretch as far back to the beginning of creation when the world was built in order to unite the warring gods of the cosmos with this one beautiful orb. In the creation of Serentheim, the gods settled down onto the world and planted their roots to fuel their utopia; abandoning their godly powers deep beneath the earth. However, their children formed tribes, factions, and nations. Tyranny soon overtook their history; eventually erasing the Forging of Serentheim.
It did not take long for these people to begin discovering the long-forgotten ruins of their ancestors. Within these pristine and vibrant shells were powers beyond belief, and those who wielded such powers became great and powerful; ascending, once again, to godhood. The first to discover such powers were the elves, who established a link to the Feywild and closed off their borders from the other wretched people who surrounded their vast borders with powerful fey magic. Second were the dwarves, who created a new level of the world which they dubbed the Below, where they could forever fight the monstrosities which pour from the world's depths.
Other races and people discovered these artifacts as time pressed onward, ascending a great many of them; but with their ascension came further conflict. War erupted once again among the gods, battling for supremacy over Serentheim. As they battled upon the surface of the world, they greatly altered the once beautiful utopia without destroying it. After a thousand years, the conflict halted to a standstill as the gods retreated to their own personal planes, abandoning the people of Serentheim.
In that time, a great empire of dragons arose known as the Empire of Nervellon. Dragons held dominion over the world, enslaving those whom they could capture and consuming those who resisted. Dragonborn were elegant in their order and savage in their resolves, and the empire showed little sign of slowing down. Until the Dark Age fell upon Serentheim when the demon lord, Baphomet, was successfully summoned at the heart of the empire. As a result of his summoning, Nervellon fell and five hundred years of darkness consumed the world; no historical records, technology, or memories survived this time. Those who were alive during these dark times refuse to speak of the horrid ordeals which transpired, but those times did end and Baphomet was returned to the Abyss.
A golden age erupted upon Baphomet's departure as people around the world worked together; taking over the grand demonic cities which dot the world. With a renewed fervor, the people looked to the horizons around them, determined to brave the frontier.
Wild monstrosities, shifting lands, ancient, yet advanced, ruins, and long-lost magic awaits within the unexplored wilderness around these unique city-kingdoms. Many of the stories and adventures which takes place in this world occurs during this Age of Enlightenment!
