Recent History

The Triumvirate of the three Gods - Hester (LE), Jeradin (LN) and Dayamona (NE) have seemingly doomed the Wurld to enslavement.

The three deities consolidated their churches and fanatical followers into a new and harsh religion - the Dour Faith. New temples were setup, designed to overshadow dissenters, enforce draconic laws and make the faithful and morally bankrupt into rich and powerful ‘Saints’ - spiritual demagogs who lived solely to promote the church’s corrupting message.

The combined religion spread swiftly and within years (thanks to the legitimacy of the Jeradin faithful) they infiltrated and soon dominated the major religions of almost every country upon the Wurld.

Through assassinations, bribery and bullying they forced their opinions to the forefront of every conversation and debate. Wearing down resistance and redirecting outrage at every turn.

Eventually people started disappearing, public shaming and executions were commonplace. A new church-aligned army known as the Grey Legion arose and began to enforce the will of the Triumvirate despite vocal protestation from local communities.

Things worsened until the Dour Faith decried that it could no longer be contained by the Laws of Mortality and began to supplant rightful rulers in favour of chosen Saints that took control at all levels of government, no matter the region or represented population.

Far too sluggishly, less affected countries began to respond to the rising threat. Old grudges and disputes kept those who could have resisted the Dour Faith from acting cohesively. Yet, no such constraints existed within the singular focus of the Grey Legion.

The war that eventually came engulfed the entirety of the Wurld, save the most extreme and remote areas. As a decree of Hester, Humanity was named the sole inheritors of the Dour Faith and pogroms of civilized non-humans began to rapidly crop up around the globe. Soon violence against ‘Inhumans’ reach a crisis point as active genocide campaigns were launched against demi-humans and heretical sympathizers everywhere the church held sway.

The conflict abroad dragged on, becoming known as the Long War even in its final years. With the last allied northern kingdoms of Starsweather and Autumn-Till falling to the Legion scant weeks ago. The free lands of the south have been fully consumed by the hateful iron and steel of the Legionnaires.

Those with the means and foresight to travel farther north have done so. But fears remain that even the savage species and harsh climate of the arctic zone will only keep the Dour Faith and its veteran Long-knights at bay for so long. The days of freedom and mercy breath their last gasps amid falling snow and hushed winds of the Hinterlands. As those that cling helplessly to the edge of the Wurld wondered desperately where their gods of light and hope have gone, or if they ever truly existed at all.