The Great Happening

Metaphysical / Paranormal event

The Great Happening strands dozens of fey species on Gaia.

On the eve of the Evintian Empire's final battle with the united Anchoran tribes of the north, a massive cosmic event shook the entire world of Gaia. Hundreds of thousands of strange new races appeared everywhere in random locations. The majority of these creatures were of 4 races that would become known as the 4 elemental fey. The salamandra born of flame, the gnomes born of earth, the sylph born of air, and the nymphs born of water. The entire continent was driven into a panic at the appearance of these strange new peoples. Riots erupted in the cities as humans believed these creatures to be demons attempting to conquer their world. The fey people were so different from their new neighbors that it was nearly impossible to establish any form of communication between the leaders of the human governments and the leadership of the fey. As tensions escalated, many human civilizations on the continent took up arms against their invaders often times unprovoked. Fearing for their lives, many of the fey gathered together and fled as far south as they could. They fled far enough away from the nearest major human city that no human leader thought it worth the effort to track them down. Once the fey found peace, they began to split themselves into groups dependent on their race. The salamandra remained in the desert. The gnomes split down the middle; half stayed under salamandra protection and half ventured up the Anwil mountain range.The nymphs were safe in the lakes, rivers, and oceans from the beginning so it was there that they stayed. The sylph spread to all corners of the continent.