The Age of the Fallen

Aya, the first and the last, alone in the void, breathes into being the stars: the Aeon. Unsatisfied with this creation, he begins work on his masterpiece: the universe. Eventually, this leads to creating the world of Ran. Before the Fall, all the races of the Ama, Vana, and Aeon lived together in harmony with the All-Father. The Ama and the Vana lived in the material world, in Ran, and the Aeon remained in the celestial place known as the Great Sea. But among the Aeon there was quiet dissent. The Ama were Aya's favorite, and one of the arch-Aeon grew jealous, a mighty and glorious spirit named Azathiel. He entered Ran, seeking to create life to worship him instead of Aya. Aya discovered his betrayal and cast him out of the Great Sea, sparking a war between the Aeon. About a third of the Aeon and 3 of the arch-Aeon sided with Azathiel and another third and 7 sided with Aya. The remaining third and one of the arch-Aeon elected to stay out of it until the winner was clear. Inevitably, Aya was victorious and cast out of the Great Sea. This was the first War of Stars, and rent the heavens with its fury. The scars from this war can still be seen down the middle of the night sky.

At the end of this war, Azathiel (Now Azunin) and his brothers (Mariel, Siluriel, and Caroniel) fled into the material world, where they built bodies for themselves, ruling like gods. they became Azunin, the prince of the sky; Krohn, the All-Father; Nefmar, the destroyer; and Sildurath, the Tidebringer. The one faithless Arch-Aeon and his followers were also cast out, although they disappear from the timeline at this point. The new gods bore children, raising some from the dust of the earth or shaping bodies for the traitorous Aeon that followed them. These were the Elrek, the Ancients, the gods of the ancient world. This heralded the beginning of a new war, the second War of Stars. The seven faithful Arch-Aeon, led by Mahaliel, their eldest brother, descended into Ran and raised armies, leading them against the children of the Ancients. It was during this war that the Aida were born; some were formed as the children of the Ancients, like the Ravana or the giants, but others were created by Aya to guard the sacred places, like the Wardens. After a short but brutal war, they were successful in casting Azunin and his 3 brothers into the void. They then departed, but had left inevitable ripples in their wake.

Among the races of the Ama were the Nephiir, a race of proud and wise people. They saw that their "gods" could be defeated, and while the Second War of Stars was still happening, they began preparations. Summoning all their intelligence and magic, they built fantastic items and vehicles, combining technology and magical prowess in devastating and mind-bending ways. Their technological and magical capabilities allowed them to wage war on the remaining Ancients and Elrek--not because they knew their gods were evil, but because they sought after their thrones. This led to the third great war, the War of Fury, the first month of which was directly overlapping with the Second War of Stars. One side of Ran quickly filled with cities and towers built by the Nephiir, and the other was still full of temples and obelisks dedicated to the Ancients. After almost a century of fighting tore ravines and gorges across the massive, singular continent, Aya called up the Livyatha from the deep to end the conflict, seeing that this portion of the world was salvageable. Originally, Ran was built between two great seas, one below and one above. The one above was celestial, where the stars dwelt. The one below was unknown, an abyss from which swam the Livyatha, beings of immense power that swallowed up the middle part of the continent, flooding it with primordial oceans and sinking the Ancient and the kingdoms of the Nephiir beneath miles of water, never to be seen again. They then returned to the Deep and Aya sealed it off with layers of earth and stone. What remained was Ran as it appears in the modern day, divided into the four continents: the broken isles of Thuriim, the savannas of Dagara, the forests, plains, and mountains of Erissan, and the deserts, fields, and tundras of Ran. With the Nephiir and the majority of the Ancients sunk beneath the waves, the rest of the Ama and the Vana (and now the Aida) began rebuilding kingdoms and empires as the world moved into the Age of Kings.