History of Eldarias

A great quake crippled and practically destroyed the Athalian and Thurum Empires.

A Mysterious celestial object appeared in the sky above Eldarias, many times larger than the moon. The appearance caused an upheaval in the sea and earth, knocking humanity practically back into the Stone Age. Having survived the Great Quake nearly 500 years prior, the elves and dwarves of Hildenor managed to stay relatively unaffected, though travel by sea became nearly impossible, collapsing many governments and economies that relied on such for trade.

The world bore witness to the final known act of Vaelion the Starborn, a being cloaked in mystery and power beyond mortal reckoning. Of his origins, the sages speak only in riddles—some say he was born of starlight itself, others that he walked the void before time was measured.   It was Vaelion who, with a single gesture and a blinding flare of light, cast forth his will upon the heavens and moved Aestranem, the second moon, farther from the skies of Eldarias. The act was silent, yet its echoes reshaped the world.   Though still visible as a beacon in the night, Aestranem’s altered orbit brought profound change. The oceans, once bloated and violent, receded. Tempests that had ravaged the coasts stilled. The churning, unforgiving seas grew passable once more, and distant continents—long thought lost or unreachable—became accessible to seafarers and seekers.   Earthquakes stilled. Storms waned. For the first time in an age, the world exhaled.   Historians now mark this as the beginning of The Calming, and though Vaelion was never seen again, his name remains etched in the memory of the world—a legend, a savior, and a mystery yet unsolved.