After the Greater Fusion, reality was divided in three planes: Arcana (Realm of Gods), Mundus (Realm of Men), and the fractured veil between both, Nebula (Realm of Dreams). People began from scratch in this new order, but the everlasting lust for power was the same as in times of yore.
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1 Anno Lunare (Era Lunaris)
The time has come for the Silver Moonlight to be finished. Sir Leo holding the last ember of the First Light, and Amanda holding the last remmant of the First Shadow, the Ashen Sun. Lady Alenoire, Knight Jerome and Sir Edmond follow in as well with lesser lights and shadows.
When the time comes for Judith to , she suddenly rejects. She thinks that becoming a goddess should be her own choice, and lacks full faith that the new order of reality will be better than the former.
Eugene, although sad, understands this as a loving mother. Judith had been manipulated from the first moment to the last. She awakens Judith so she no longer needs to be an avatar of Quella, and tells her to head to the altar in Silverwood when she is ready.
Judith leaves Elyssea.
Eugene then commands Nero Maccius to head to Silverwood to await the return of Judith. Astrea wakes up from her dream afterwards, never to see her savior ever again.
Then Eugene fuses with the Silver Moonlight and she trascends while a Great Cataclysm takes place due to the unstability of the Ashen Sun.
A new order of reality is formed, where Gods and men rule in separate planes of existence. Elyssea eventually turns into the kingdom of Arcadia, and its inhabitants, yet still human, become nearly as powerful as gods.
The Silver Moonlight creates the two intended planes of existence Arcana (Realm of the Gods) and Mundus (Realm of Men), but the lack of stability through the Goddess of Dreams creates Nebula (Realm of Dreams) as a fracture in the veil between both realms. Quella stabilizes Nebula so reality doesnt become undone.
The Old Witch Yureith tries to link herself to the Silver Moonlight, but the fracture gets her and she is banished from existence. Only her voice reaches Arcana.
5 AL
Many new settlements have formed after the fusion of the Silver Moonlight. Although the world is a complete chaos, people are now free to start their own kingdoms.
Judith wanders aimlessly through the land, until she finds herself in the nordic settlement of Saunder, ruled by Siegfried and Sieglinde Skyhammer. The siblings take care of her and she tells them her own tale.
7 AL
Judith uses her blood to heal the worst wounds of those in the settlement. With time some are turned into wild beasts and cast away to the woods, but those who are able to resist are considered great warriors. People in Saunder are hunters and horse breeders, they live one day at a time.
Judith explains Siegfried and Sieglinde how the Silver Moonlight works, how it covers everything, and how to channel it through the understanding of the "arcane".
Sieglinde learns enough to forge her own moonlight sword, Munvere, in honor of Judith. She develops an alloy called moonstone, using a rare new material.
A cult starts to form around Judith, who seems to be "sent by the Gods".
8 AL
Judith and Siegfried fall in love. They marry and have three daughters: Minerva, Elisa and Yara.
39 AL
Judith understands her sin when not ing the Silver Moonlight, but as she doesn't feel ready, she decides to slumber eternally to "Heal the world". Although she is not a goddess, the use of her blood while she is slumbering has healing properties. Afer a short prayer, she apparently dies, her wrists open and blood flowing endlessly into the land.
40 AL
Elisa is cast out from Saunder for her wishes of reclaiming the Silver Moonlight for herself instead of ing it.
Before leaving, Sieglinde gives her the Silver Crest, and Yara gives her a pure moonlight stone, so it reminds her of Empress Eugene and she may one day go back to Her Light.
Elisa goes as far to the East as she can, never to return.
Siegfried leaves his elder daughter, Minerva, in charge of Saunder, while he and his younger daughter leave in search of Elyssea to bury the Saint in her mother land. Sieglinde also goes with him, leaving the sword Munvere as a relic for the successors of Judith.
45 AL
During his journey, Siegfried finds a strange pale tree in a vale of snows. The tree talks to him and tells him that she is the Goddess of Dreams, Quella, and that she wants her child back.
Siegfried buries Judith under the Tree of Dreams and builds a kingdom. Siegfried and Sieglinde Skyhammer become the king and queen of the Snow Vale .
Soon bloodstones appear, due to the influence of the blood of Judith under the mountains.
Due to the pressence of Bloodstones and understanding of the connection with the Silver Moonlight, people in the Vale can't die of old age. They can still die in battle, and there is a sacrificial ceremony where those who wish to die can leave this world peacefully before going mad on eternity.
The primitive settlements have grown into kingdoms, and the kingdoms will into empires. Now the survivors of future Valkenheim, Ashfeld and The Myre fight in a neverending war.
301 AL
Different cults appear, trying to reach and steal the power of the gods for themselves. Some great warlocks learn ways to access the arcane planes through the Dream World, but their ambition leads to the creation of the first Nightmares as a punishment. In these nightmares, those cursed revive the events that lead to disaster, forevermore.
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