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History of Aeleria

1E 236: The Summoning of Azrael and the Cinerian Plague

Beginning in 1E 236, an elven sorcerer, Malthaes, is contacted by the demon Azrael and steals the Kalenstone from Illandria, the elven capitol. He founds The Children of Cinder, a cult dedicated to the summoning and worship of Azrael. They locate The Rift, a powerful, ancient doorway capable of reaching to the Outer Planes with a sufficient power source. Malthaes uses the Kalenstone to power The Rift and summons Azrael to the Prime Material along with his legion of beasts known as Cinerians. A great war scars the land, destroying lives and toppling kingdoms. A hero known as Alric Darkbane founds the Ward of Aeleria, and drives back the Cinerians and, eventually, banishes Azrael himself to Voidspace, an empty Outer Plane. For several years after, the world knows peace.

2E 106: Thalion the Unborn and the Dread Ring of the Dagger Coast

An evil necromancer known as Thalion finds the Kalenstone hidden in Blackstone Keep. He uses the stone to create a powerful necrotic ring of energy known as The Dread Ring that spreads across the Dagger Coast siphoning the life out of all living things it touches, and then raises them from the dead forming an army of undead. However, the creation of the Dread Ring shatters the Kalenstone, spreading the pieces across the land. Thalion's plans were not deterred by this, the Dread Ring already created, and the energy of all those killed by it imbued within him, Thalion becomes master over death and turns himself into a Lich. The kingdoms band together and are eventually able to defeat Thalion and his army, but a deep scar of necrotic energy now mars the face of Aeleria. Nothing can grow there, and anything that dies within the scar is raised as an undead beast shortly after.

2E 150: The War of the Elves

The blame for the past two calamities falls on the elven kingdom, the original keepers of the Kalenstone. Tensions rise for years between the elves and the other races until one day the Council of Illandria is assassinated by one of the human kingdoms. A war ensues, but the elves are vastly outnumbered and soon surrender. A fog of racism casts itself upon the minds of the other races, and the elves are cast from Illandria and the surrounding lands and into the slums of the cities or the wilds. This treatment persists for hundreds of years.