The fourth era, the age of darkness

“Ghor, Quintra and Denday are no longer on Eonil to force their rule. With the absence of our gods for the first time in history of our planet we are completely free to do what we want ourselves.

As a high priest of Quintra I can still feel her presence, though it’s a whisper compared to what it was. Yet she still blesses me with her gifts. If only they were as powerful as they were when she still walked among us. Then we might have been able to drive the night dwellers from our shores for good.”

The fourth era is known as the age of darkness. This is one of the few references I have found that survived until now. Not much documents remain from this time since most of it has been destroyed in the great war that started when the night dwellers banished Quintra from Eonil. There is enough proof to suggest that followers still claim to receive blessings from their gods and thus they kept their faith.

The war between light and darkness had destroyed nearly everything from the small bits and pieces of info I’ve managed to gather. But it wasn’t just that. With Quintra and Denday gone, their blessings weakened and this left everyone more vulnerable to attacks from Ghor’s minions. Maybe a god or goddess powers are only as strong as the number of followers they truly have. Now that the gods no longer wander the surface of Eonil their power and influence seems to be fading even further, maybe it’s because their subjects started losing faith in their fallen gods.

It were dark times and everyone seemed to be slaughtering everyone. For reasons that I cannot find there was a group of elite fighters who took it upon themselves to start destroying waygates and to hunt down and kill waykeepers. Even the dragon that had originally taught the waykeepers how the waygates worked was killed by this group. Eventually it was the Amazons and druids of the Ee’dornil who managed to stop this group. The waygates that remained and waykeepers who were still alive were then placed under protection by the races or groups who lived closest to them. Other waygates were abandoned or their locations were forgotten.

The Ee’dornil and the other creatures of Eonil who had freely walked the earth then started retreating back to their own continent. Those who remained blended so well into nature that they couldn’t be found unless they wanted to be found. Even though those who followed Eonil tried to remain neutral both the followers of Quintra and those of Denday tried to make them choose a side. When they refused from time to time it ended up in a fight, sometimes with devastating consequences to either groups or the surroundings. It is unknown exactly how long the age or darkness lasted. But so much has been destroyed and lost then, including any evidence of how much time past during this dark period.

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