Chapter Two- Age of Divinity:
01- Creation of the different races (continued):
The six wisest gods led their creations and settled in different parts of Arborea.
As time went by, other gods started to create their own races:
Sikander created the Sikandaris
Saleron created the Prions
Dagon created the Yuantis.
Glumo created the Vampirs and the Gulas.
Yaeryn created the Jaris.
However these gods did not completely understand the knowledge within "Arucana Kenaia", as such, "something" is still lacking in their creations when compared to the original six races.
The gods, along with the races they created moved to, and starting to populate different areas within Arborea.
02- Birth of the Fairies:
Isren used the power of nature and the breath from the Ancient Gods to create the Fairies and Elementals.
Since their "creation" process differed from other races, Fairies and Elementals differed in their characteristics as well.
03- Gathering of the Gods:
As time progressed, some gods lived amongst the different races, and some began to explore different parts of Arborea. One day, Mystel went and searched for all the gods, and asked them to congregate at the location where "Arucana Kenaia" was located.
This is the first gathering of the gods, after Arun and Shara went into slumber. They all shared their knowledge and experience, recording them all onto "Arucana Kenaia", this gathering lasted for 10 years.
After this gathering, the gods maintained a bond amongst each other, hence the different races got to learn about the existence of other gods as well, thus the beginning of multiple beliefs within the races.
04- Flower of Life: Last gift from Karas to the Elves:
Known to be the wisest of the gods; Karas questioned the arrangement of Arun and Shara.
After teaching the Elves the usage of magic, and giving them the "Flower of Life", Karas silently left.
The Elves missed Karas, but they also remembered Karas telling them that he will never return, therefore the Elves started looking for a way to live on their own.
05- City of the Giants:
Tithus bestowed the knowledge of construction to the Giants.
Tithus admired the other races living in Arborea, in the same time wishing that the Giants would one day be the true ruler of the land.
Tithus began thinking of ways to make this happen.
06- Isren's Death:
An incident caused Isren her death, now the other gods realise that they one day too, will die.
07- Sealing of the Sacred Lake:
After Isren's death, in an attempt to protect the Elins and Poporis, Elinu sealed the Sacred Lake within a barrier. Since Elinu is an expert in the art of concealment, no one knew about the Sacred Lake until the the barrier's removal.
Because of her foresight, the Poporis and Elins lived together blissfully and joyfully through the Divine Wars.
However, after sealing the Sacred Lake in a barrier, Elinu removed all her traces and disappeared.
08- Sikander's rampage:
Madly in love with Isren, Sikander went into a rampage searching for the truth about her death.
Tithus tried to borrow Gidd's Spear in an attempt to calm Sikander down, however this proposal was rejected by Gidd.
09- Arn's children, stealing of Gidd's Spear:
During that time, Arn was the leader of the human, and he had seven sons.
Tithus met with "Basade", one of Arn's sons in secret, and used "stopping Sikander's rampage" as a reason to persuade Basade to get him Gidd's Spear. Tithus promised him that it will be returned once the task is completed.
After discussing with his brothers, all of Arn's children stole Gidd's spear and loaned it to Tithus.
Gidd was extremely furious once he heard about what happened, he expelled all the human from the mountain they were living in, and cursed them to live an nomadic live forever, never to find a place they can call home.
10- Gidd's Death:
Gidd tracked Tithus down and asked for his spear to be return, but using the same old reasoning; "Sikander's rampage", he refused. The two gods broke out in a fight, and in the end Tithus killed Gidd with his own spear.
Not only can Gidd's spear kill a god, it can absorb the essence of said god as well. However, the essence absorbed does not transfer to the wielder of the spear, it is instead being returned back to Arborea.
However, only Gidd knew about this, leaving Tithus to assume that he has obtained Gidd's essence in the process.
Although Tithus was confused as to why he did not feel any stronger than before, he has no way of proving his speculation as he was not clear about what abilities Gidd had to begin with.
11- Empire of the Giants:
Tithus wasted no time and involved himself in all aspects of the Giants' life; from daily matters to the passing on of knowledge, helping them to create an empire. The Giants soon felt proud that they have exceeded all the other races and in no time, they began conquering the continent in Tithus' name.
The Vampirs were first to fall, and after knowing Tithus was in pocession of Gidd's spear, Glumo decided it was wisest to pledge his allegiance to Tithus.
12- Giants ruling over the Amans:
In their path to conquest, the Giants defeated the Amans, but were pleasantly surprised by their abilities in battle. Hence, they decided to enslave the Amans for their own purpose.
Amarun was extremely upset that the Giants attacked the Amans without provocation, and rushed to see Tithus.
A heated discussion soon turned ugly, and in their fight, Tithus killed Amarun in front of the other gods, and pretended to have absorbed his essnce. Using this opportunity, he tried to bend the will of the other gods. This planted the seed of the first Divine War.
13- First Divine War:
Tithus declared himself to be the new leader of the gods.
Gods who were close to Amarun such as Saleron, Karas, Zuras, and etc. stood united in the opposing camp. While Thulsa, Akasha, Killian, and Lakan pledged their allegiance to Tithus.
Due to earlier defection of Glumo and now Arachne to Tithus' camp, this created an opening for both Saleron and Zuras to be captured. Although Karas escaped, no one has seen him ever since.
Tithus proceeded to put up a grand show of sealing the two gods with his "supposedly" immense powers, and declared himself the leader of the gods.
14- Birth of the Holy Empire:
The Giants' journey to complete domination of Arborea continued. . .
Lakan began to endear himself to the Devas left behind by Zuras, and promised the Devas that they will be taken care of. Without any other options, the Devas accepted Lakan, and became a part of the Giants' empire.
The Giants' conquest of the Arun continent was completed, and began their march towards the Shara continent.
The Elves knew that it would be impossible to survive without Karas, hence they willingly submitted to the Giants.
At this point, the Giants officially named their empire: "Holy Empire".
The Elves saw their short-comings compared to the Giants in the field of magic, hence they secretly created a group of bodies dedicated to the study of magic: "Mysterium".
15- Barakas, the guardian of "Arucana Kenaia":
There was a group of Giants called the Barakas, and they were named to be the guardian of "Arucana Kenaia". They built a village near the location of the stone tablet and lived there.
The Barakas were the wisest and most powerful magic users amongst the Giants, and they continued their studies of "Arucana Kenaia". They disapproved what the Giants had done, but neither can they disobey Tithus. So as time passed, they began to live their lives more and more in seclusion.
During this time, Oryin made frequent visits to the Barakas and formed a friendship with them.
16- Day of Flame:
After Tithus became the of the gods through brutality and ruthlessness, he continued down the same path and applied the same methods in governing Arborea. The Giants, which Tithus loved and sided with, slowly became just as brutal and ruthless like their god.
This however, acted as a catalyst in the formation of an opposing force amongst the gods lead by Yurian. Yurian believed that Tithus exercised too much control over Arborea, and in the process threatening the very balance of it. Yurian then visited Lok and asked his help in creating a special item.
By using Lok's creation, Yurian caused the sun to went amok, and in one night's time engulfed three major cities of the Holy Empire in a sea of fire. This incident will later be known as "Day of Flame".
Second divine war broke out because of this incident.
17- Second Divine War:
Shakan, Velik, Kaia, Zenobia, Bahale, and Ishara join Yurian in his campaign against Tithus.
After a devastating war, the gods finally defeated Tithus. Balder stepped forward and prevented the was from escalating further.
Balder removed one of his eyes and turned it into the new sun. Balder also received Yurian's backing and became the new leader of the gods.
18- Destruction of the Holy Empire:
Although Tithus had been defeated, Balder did not think it was right to kill him, so in the end Balder chose to imprison Tithus instead.
Following Tithus' defeat, the Elves and the Devas announced their independence from the Holy Empire.
The Giants figured that if they can rescue Tithus, they would restore their former glorious days. Therefore the Giants started to work on ways to free Tithus. This effort did not go unnoticed, and incurred the fury of the gods. The gods annihilated the royal families of the Holy Empire, and forbid the usage of that name ever again.
After 565 years, the Holy Empire finally came to an end.
19- Separation of Heavenly Abode from the world:
Balder did not think the gods should interfere with the lives of the different races too much, therefore he ordered the separation of the heavenly abode from Arborea.
Lok then created structures within the heavenly abode for the gods.
Balder followed by ordering the gods to leave their weapons in the heavenly abode, as a way to restrict their interference and movement on Arborea.
This began the peaceful co-existance between the gods and the different races of Arborea.
