It
is written that long ago, before Dwarf, Elf or Man walked
The One Land, a great catastrophe ocurred. The Dun'Goro'Auth,
or "The falling of the Heavens," marked the
end of the Age of Serenity. The celestial bringer of
doom was a remnabt of anti-substance... a rock that
had wandered the stars since the birth of existence
when substance and an
ti-substance battled for dominion.
so colossal was the explosion that it tore open a rift
into a realm of higher beings. Hence came Agothorathies:
The Child God. The ancestors of the Dwarves arose from
the earth shortly there after. They would rebuild mountains,
ravines and cliffs. The ancient Elves emerged from the
remaining trees. It fell upon them to raise forests
and nurture new plant growth. It was Agothorathies will...
and so came to pass the Age of Reconstruction.
The Age of the Great Wizards
followed. Three Wizards embodying the natural balance
of nature. They turned the Elves and Dwarves into what
they are today, and created a hideous hybrid from the
two: Goblins. Then came war! In the Great War of the
Wizards the Elder races became their battle pawns. They
fought for ages until the Wizards finally destroyed
one another. And the Elder races were truely free; but
the war had bred animosity into them. The Race War tha
t
erupted later had profound effects on all the Elder
races.
The new age has come. With
the Eldser races all but gone, a new ambitous race has
arisen: Man. Recored here are the final days of the
Dwarves and their last and greatest stringhold and king...
Herein, behold, the tales of the Korthian Hold.
-Corek the Cunning Eye
Part the First, Overture
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