It is currently the year 617SR of the second age, with six centuries of peace since the final battle of all the free peoples against the 40 legions of monsters and shadow summoned and held by the Demon Lord Malphas. The final battle is commonly referred to as “The Battle of the Parhelion”, The final battle raged for an entire week with the sun frozen in place moments before dawn. The carnage was so terrible that rivers of blood and ichor flowed freely and nearly a third of the population were killed. Mountains were leveled, volcanoes created, and the landscape was torn apart by massive spells and arcane energies.

Interesting Fact: The last and most important day of the week was named for the goddess Melora, who manifested in the flesh at the very apex of Parhelion, and rent the continent in two with a massive swath of sea washing across the land, leading to the creation of the Mer. This swept away the remaining legions of the Demon Lord Malphas and washed away the half of the continent that had been conquered by his marauding legions.

In the end, Malphas’ body was destroyed, and his soul was banished and safely hidden away for all time (or so the legends state).

Records of the period before the final battle have been lost to time, with the ruins of many civilizations being a testament to the devastation that followed. It was rumored that the world knew peace from the imminent violence of neighbor and nethercreature, but many believe those to be the fictions of the idealistic mind.

Tags: History, Malphas, Parhelion