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Existence is defined not only by the things within it, but also by what surrounds it in the other planes. Of particular note is the plane of Uvast, revealed unexpectedly and with a great deal of fanfare during the Malefic Shift thirteen cycles ago. The Divines all trace their origins to this realm of uncompromising order and unfettered creation, a place where inspiration blooms and becomes the components of the dreams of mortals.

The increasingly-frantic conflict with the Riftspawn had, in recent cycles, pushed many mortals toward belief in powers greater than themselves, if only for the fact that their homeland was under siege by depraved monstrosities that cared only for the satiation of their hunger for chaos and death. This presented a rare opportunity for the Lesser Divines, formerly confined to inglorious minor roles in the grand schemes of Uvast, to finally make their presence known and become the embodiments of small, yet significant aspects of life on the Last Continent. So it was in the case of Atrunor, one of the first Lesser Divines to openly declare his support of the Greater Divines’ war against Tornorus and the Rift…

Existence is defined not only by the things within it, but also by what surrounds it in the other planes. Of particular note is the plane of Uvast, revealed unexpectedly and with a great deal of fanfare during the Malefic Shift thirteen cycles ago. The Divines all trace their origins to this realm of uncompromising order and unfettered creation, a place where inspiration blooms and becomes the components of the dreams of mortals.

The increasingly-frantic conflict with the Riftspawn had, in recent cycles, pushed many mortals toward belief in powers greater than themselves, if only for the fact that their homeland was under siege by depraved monstrosities that cared only for the satiation of their hunger for chaos and death. Leading the charge were the Greater Divines, those five deities who remained of the original six, charged by an authority beyond mortal comprehension to safeguard the Last Continent at any cost. Each one was born to fulfill a role that could be performed by no other, and some have speculated that even Tornorus, the fallen one himself, continues to serve a purpose that eludes the understanding of religious scholars…

So, you see that the cost paid that fateful day may very well have been worth it. You will come to learn exactly what was paid, and to what effect, but the time for that has not yet come. Fate amasses many debtors, and we shall follow a few on their journey.

This is their story.

This is not a story I have chosen to tell lightly. The Last Continent, as it has come to be called, is a haven of light in a world of darkness, but it is also the fate of light to cast shadows wherever its gaze may fall.

Below the reach of a mortal gaze, in realms unknowable and through trials unimaginable, try to imagine a place of pure, adulterous chaos. It is a broken fragment of reality, the sliver of glass under the feet of the material world of Existence. There it is, in your mind's eye... Tempest, and I have never seen its equal, nor do I ever wish to.

Now... it's beginning. Look. Listen. Learn the fate of this world and those within it.

A verdict was reached that day, one that would forever alter the course of history for the Last Continent. To be sure, history had been lengthened, and a fate far worse than any could conceive tends to change the narrative, but a cost must always be paid.

This is the story of those who paid that debt.

This is not a story I have chosen to tell lightly. The Last Continent, as it has come to be called, is a haven of light in a world of darkness, but it is also the fate of light to cast shadows wherever its gaze may fall.

Now... it's beginning. Look. Listen. Learn the fate of this world and those within it.