StarFall

As recorded in the Chronicles of StarFall

In the days before the Great Flood, when magic flowed without limit and mortals dared to challenge the very heavens, there came a time of terrible conflict known as the War of Broken Crowns.

Three great powers arose to contest dominion over the ancient world: the Celestial Dominion, masters of stellar magic who sought to rule from crystal spires that touched the clouds; the Ironbound Covenant, forge-lords who believed strength and steel should govern all; and the Verdant Circle, nature's champions who commanded the wild places and growing things.

For generations, these factions warred across lands whose names are now lost beneath the waves. Cities of impossible beauty were raised and razed. Mountains were moved by will alone. The very elements bent to serve mortal ambition.

It was during this age that magic grew beyond all wisdom, reaching heights that mortals were never meant to achieve. Spells of the tenth circle were wrought in desperation and fury, powers that could reshape the world itself.

The end came when one among them, driven by forces unknown, unleashed Starfall Cataclysm upon his enemies. The spell tore a moon from distant skies, and though divine intervention saved the world from complete destruction, the floods that followed swallowed the ancient kingdoms whole.

Thus ended the First Age in catastrophe, and thus began our world anew beneath the watchful eyes of two moons - one whole, one cracked, both serving as eternal reminders that some powers are too great for mortal hands.

Remember this lesson: The mighty civilizations of old, for all their power and glory, could not survive their own ambition. Let their fate guide us toward humility and wisdom.

From the Archives of the Starbound Academy
"In their ending, our beginning"