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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jaldaen" data-source="post: 2877063" data-attributes="member: 214">Nevermore Design Diary #5: Nevermore the Untold StoryNevermore was created for the fey as a refuge from the mortal world. Over untold years, it provided a place of rest and reverie for the fey, producing a golden age among them. However, envy entered the world with the sin of Queen Mab, and the seeds of discord she sowed thereafter fractured the fey into two conflicting courts. Open strife between the courts intensified as more and more fey shed their mortal coils, seeking a new life in lands unsullied by human hands. Nevermore’s ground tasted blood for the first time during this Age of Rebirth, and what had been a sanctuary for the fey, now became a battlefield.Enter the MortalsCenturies passed with neither side gaining advantage over the other, until humans and beasts fleeing a great flood in the mortal world entered Nevermore through the intercession of Poesi, Oberon’s son. The advent of men created a clarion call among many of the fey for a war against the mortals. Seizing this opportunity, the Unseelie court convinced some of the Seelie court to join them and marched upon men. Angered by the infidelity of his children, Faehalig, the god of the fey, granted Poesi the power to summon forth the waters of forgetfulness. The waters released by the prince washed away the Unseelie army and lulled Nevermore into a long and wistful slumber. Something Wyrd This Way ComesNo one knows how long this Forgotten Age lasted, but when the fogs of this era finally dissipated, the domain of the Wyrd surrounded the Heartlands of the fey, and within this new land, mortals held power. Unable to destroy the humans through force of arms, the Unseelie sowed the seeds of strife in the hearts of men. They prepared the ground for war with subtle schemes and cunning intrigues, until one by one the mortals began to battle each other. The Fruits of DiscordThe world ignited in war and woe, forging the legends of the Age of Strife. During these centuries of struggle, many dreamlords rose and fell as vast armies were summoned from the mortal world. The age culminated in a terrible crucible of forty years, which brought the world to the verge of tearing itself apart. The revenge and madness marred the very essence of Nevermore, giving birth to the Dreadlands and the nightmares that torment the world. This era would have destroyed the mortals, and perhaps Nevermore itself, but as the dirge was nearing its last note, the sacrifice of Faehalig’s son and the sound of a single child weeping for mercy amidst the cries for bloody revenge returned the land of dreams to its senses.The Calm Before the StormThe blood of Menhalig and the tears of Mergia swept away the nightmares of the Age of Strife, and in their wake, two new domains were formed, the Hedge and the Eye. These places have become sanctuaries for the inhabitants of Nevermore in the new Age of Serenity. Unfortunately, the pool of peace has dried to its dregs, and enemies, both old and new, are preparing for a darker and more tumultuous age.I hope this (very brief) history of Nevermore has whet your appetites for more as each of the domain books will be presenting the important highlights of Nevermores history in regards to that domain. The first domain book The Heartlands: Land of Reverie will include even more details about the origin of the dreamlands, the split of the Seelie and Unseelie fey, the Fey War, and the Forgotten Age that followed. Tune in next time as I give each of the dreamlands domains a quick run through in: Nevermore Design Diary #6: The Domains of Dreams and Nightmares.</blockquote>

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