Mastery of the Ateaks and the Importation of New Species

Of the Travelers, we know that they built the extraordinary Ateaks and brought strange creatures back from their journeys. The basilisk and gorgon, predators of the steppe, are descendants of these specimens. Considering their common ability to turn flesh to stone, scholars surmise that they came from the same extra-Eanan world, poetically dubbed “World of the Stone Serpent”. Many monstrosities and all aberrations are supposedly from beyond the Ateaks.
Creation of the Fateforge The other major accomplishment of the Travelers was the construction of the Fateforge on the moon Eternity, as a way to channel the celestial body’s influence on chance, coincidences, and heroic aptitude. Thanks to this instrument of unimaginable power, it had become possible to create gods and to warp the path of fate as well as the very fabric of reality.
Attempts to Limit an All powerful Tool
Many scholars affirm that Blacksmith—the first major deity—was once a Traveler, and that the second— Maker—was once a Giant. Divine ascension changed their outlook on the world and greatly distanced them from partisan considerations, but current theologians persistently see them as rivals. Presumably, the Travelers hadn’t anticipated other peoples making use of the Fateforge. Since it wasn’t possible to reduce its power nor area of effect, how could they keep it from being used in a way that might be harmful to them? It can be assumed that the Maze leading to the Fateforge was built with that goal in mind: a way to prevent the unworthy from accessing its wondrous powers.
After the Fall of the Travelers, a troubled era charged with dark magic briefly dominated Eana. Three heroes went to the Fateforge to become Death, Frostelle, and Flora. The first ensured that the old world was no more, whether by undeath or other sorcery; it needed to be culled to allow rebirth. The second called forth a purifying winter that completed Death’s work while preparing for the future. Finally, the third allowed new life to blossom, different from the old while being its continuation.