Azoormarel Speaks...

"I am Azoormarel, and as the many historians that have come before me, I have carefully collected, recorded and pieced together the history of the world. I was barely in my tweens when I first ventured into a forbidden ruin in the hills near my village. What I found there would be the first of many finds I have spent my life studying and preserving for the generations to come."

"This is the story of Duris that was... the history of the world that I have been able to amass into a cohesive story. This is not my story alone, but the story of all who have lived or will live upon this world. Take care to listen close, for it is in the details of the story, that the lessons of our ancestors can be absorbed."

"As best as I can tell, the world has been in turmoil for nearly a millenium. Items from before this time are nearly impossible to correctly age or decipher their primary use. Recorded history tells us of events that followed in the years after Year 500."

"In Year 516, there are scrolls and markers that indicate that a great power struggle which involved a new god began, and ended abruptly. The tale as I can tell it goes like this..."

"In the dark of his fortress in Mount Banishment, the plotting magus known as Lokpan finally attained the magical artifacts he desired. Through the pain and suffering around him, the dark one was able to begin a ritual that would augment his already growing power and allow him to ascend to the heavens."

"For months, Lokpan conducted rituals, awaiting the right moment for the final spell that would grant him the status of lesser deity. The time passed slowly for the mage, and though in reality it took only half a year, his growing anxiety over the matter caused him to make a mistake in his preparations. Upon the night of his ascendancy, the spell was completed, and he rose to the position of lesser god. He was thrilled that the spell had worked, and he immediately used his new power to study that which was distant and unobtainable in his previous life."

"For a month, the figure of Lokpan stalked the heavens, carefully avoiding the other deities. His skulking was not completely unnoticed, however. Torgal, the unassuming Overlord of the heavens had sensed Lokpan's ascendancy and had been watching the former mage carefully, amused by the thrust for power. He alone knew the mistake that Lokpan had made, and it was that mistake which would undo the skulker's plans."

"Torgal allowed the mage to wander the heavens for another week, but grew wary of his petty crimes against the other gods. He summoned Lokpan with a flick of his mind, and froze the lesser with a powerful gaze. He berated the dark one, and threw him back to the mortal realm, where he crashed into Mount Banishment, and caused it's ruination. Torgal stopped short of killing him, for reasons no one but he knows."

"This is what we know about the earliest event that still is recorded today..."