Great Darkness

ca. -5000 CR:

Ba'al and his daedra, embittered by the loss of the mortals' adoration to the Aedra Lords, gather a great force of primitive and evil beasts in the Northern Wastes. Sweeping down on the Elven kingdom, they do great and terrible damage before the Elves, the dragons, the humans and the gods form the Great Alliance of Light. The Alliance defeats Ba'al's forces and banishes them to the Northlands, driving them past the Great Barrier Range and into the Giantdowns. The Elves, however, have been devastated by the war, and they never fully recover. Nursing their wounds and numb with shock, the surviving remnant of the sylvan race withdraws to Quenardya, the region comprised of what are now the Forest of Aelfwood, the Sylvan Mountains, and the Outer Midlands.

Humanity is left free rein over the vast majority of the land; unable to cope with the sudden transition from pupil to master, their civilization slowly backslides over the next thousand years.

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