Titan Wars

For the space of ten full years did the dread Titan Wars ravage the lands of Alana, wherein six Titans - creatures of immeasurable might, each bound to a primeval force - did do battle with the five Old Gods , sworn to shield all creation from the Titans’ destructive sway. So great was the tumult that the sky itself was rent by horrid storms, and the earth did quake under monstrous blows, toppling once-proud cities into ruin and leaving behind vast craters that do mar the realm even now.   Yet though the Old Gods possessed wondrous power, they could not outmatch the Titans in open strife. Despairing of a simple victory, they contrived a cunning design: they did fashion a Gateway, a portal to a distant plane beyond mortal ken, and with feigned surrender did they lure the Titans within that place, sealing them there so they might ne’er return. Thus was Alana spared total desolation, though the cost weighed heavy on the Old Gods.   In the centuries following, these divine protectors did wander Alana in the guise of common folk, first to witness the slow rebirth of civilisation. But, in the passing of years, they grew ensnared by the pleasures and toils of mortal life, so that one by one they forgot their loftier calling. Now they dwell amongst men and women, unknowing of their own celestial lineage. Meanwhile, the Titans remain ensnared beyond the veil - yet the shadow of their return looms, for the bonds that bind them may be sundered should the Gateway’s secrets be revealed once more.