(Transcribed from Minecraft book)
Chapter 1: The Storm
On the 26th of February, at the tail of the year before the end (-1 BD), a storm of pure divine energy emerged around Tev’esh, a minor continent along the equator.
It seems that is where this all began.
The morning of the 27th was a rainy one, a blessing perhaps from the Lady of Storms. From the dark, the Veilwalkers emerged, weakened by the waters but still stronger than most. Their onslaught was constant, is constant.
In the following months, the Divine Storm grew increasingly unstable expelling great volumes of energy. These sub-storms cut through the land like blades in the dark, tearing it apart, changing it, remaking it. Perhaps this is the force of creation?
Chapter 2: The Fallen Harmony
Putting an exact date on this event is difficult if not impossible. It would require an understanding of the Shards beyond what we could dream of.
In the aftermath of a a stormwrought night, a font of pure divine energy was discovered. It glowed a pleasant gold & filled watchers with warmth. Over years as more were discovered, clerics of Caelon reported a worrying absence within them. His gifts fading.
The conclusion was a terrifying one, Caelon was dying or perhaps already dead. This leaves a question with follow ups that lead many to hesitate; What can kill a god? The World-Eater? Another one of the Shards? Something else?
What happens to war when there’s no peace?
Chapter 3: The Automata
In the years preceding the Divine Storm, the magnates & plutocrats of Embith’s Flame on Scorge (a sweltering continent south of the Central Sea) had thrown their weight behind the eponymous Embith.
The dragonborn had made great strides in technology during the years since her appearance. All of which paid off when the Automata project was ‘completed’. Self-replicating, self-managing, Warforged.
Which war? The investors’? Doubtful. Shortly following the completion, Embith was taken by Moern. The Automata then took on a task not specified by the great investors: finding their maker, by any means.
Chapter 4: The Undead
Before their battle in the Vallendrian Capital, the prime objective of the Morugarde was the erradication of the Undead. It is no well-kept secret that their ability to achieve this mission has been compromised since.
One needn’t look further than the night to observe the consequences, the dead stalk these lands. Another foe to send shivers down the masses’ spines. Whichever masses remain that is.
Chapter 5: The Gilded
When Vallendria fell to Monarch’s Scorgian arm, it was not the noblity who fell but the common folk, the powerful remained powerful. When the Crystal Fields erupted, the High Seats did not budge. The Gilded, they live on. Power
The Gilded act for themselves, damned be the world.
Chapter X: Crossfire
Alliances are an exception to the world state. The Automata are strict in their search but greatly oppose the Veilwalkers.
The Undead are less clear, too many necromancers and vampires, some join forces with the Veilwalkers, others with the Gilded, rarely with the Automata.