The Epoch of Peace

For a while, peace found its way into the world and humans lived together in harmony with other peoples.
But the terror of the past still gripped their hearts. And since some daemons still lived in freedom, humankind developed a method to catch the remaining ones.

Using the most powerful rune magic, they created gigantic stone statues that were as powerful as the mighty dragons. These cold and emotionless monsters were able to make decisions independently and were called "guardians". Under the umbrella of their protection peace was secured.

The remaining humans banded together to start a new nation living in peace with other nations.
In the face of the soon to follow catastrophe this era is called the Epoch of Peace.

The Epoch of Storm

After the Epoch of Peace, the Epoch of Storm began.

The exact time of this era is still unknown today. The only thing that is known is that the guardians were involved in it. Either their creators forgot that the civilizations would evolve further or history was about to repeat itself -a new war was looming.

Whatever the reason, one day the guardians realized that civilization was heading into a catastrophe and they began to wipe it out.

Humankind and other peoples did not have the power they once had and were utterly helpless against the guardian's onslaught.
The only feasible option they had left was to flee.

It took only a year before human civilization was annihilated and the Ancient Kingdoms just another note of history.

The Epoch of Darkness

On their hunt for the last traces of human civilization the guardians encountered dragons and elementals and considered them to be hostile due to their immense power.

But the guardians were man-made entities and no match for the divine creatures of god so one after another they were destroyed. Eventually the guardian's guidance mechanism malfunctioned for unknown reasons and they fell into a deep slumber.

The surviving humans had lost everything - their treasured civilization, their complete knowledge - but other peoples had also suffered great losses. Now they were living like they had at the beginning of time: without magic or machines, driven by fear, insanity and superstition, unable to crawl out if the pit again.

This period entered history as the Epoch of Darkness

Eventually the survivors of the Ancient Kingdoms developed a whole new culture and are known today as barbarians.