The Age of Darkness

The Age of Darkness was a point in the history of the world where, much like the Dark Ages of our world, the world went through a drastic regression in society and life in general. It also is an age of strife, discord, and bloodshed. The current calender of the world begins roughly where the Age of Darkness begins.

Most believe that the Age of Darkness began the day when the current Demon King, Taranoch, was released from the Abyss into the mortal realm, after the death of the last of the Divine Five. With no one powerful to combat the demon, the empires of old fell and the world was punged into chaos for a millenia. Kingdoms rose and fell throughout the chaos, heroes and villains alike lived and died. Creatures were born of the chaos, and some were driven into extinction due to it.

Eventually, in the latter part of the Age of Darkness, the Divine Church was created. The priests of the church, hailing from across the land, gathered up the divine objects of power left behind by the Divine Five and attempted to seal Taranoch in the Abyss once more. The Vigilant Order, as it is now called, was called into service in this endeavour. The group of hunters used the divine objects, and drove Taranoch and his hordes back into the Abyss. Afterwards, the Church (with the help of some angels) crafted a binding spell which made sure that the creatures of the Abyss would never again be released upon the world. The spell was linked to the divine objects of power, and each of them were scattered across the land. Hidden so that they might never be used to free Taranoch and his minions from their prison.

Demons still found ways around the binding spell, escaping through summoning and other methods, but Taranoch never found a way through it. Even with his immense power, he failed to break the spell. The world returned to an age of relative peace and prosperity, even with the creatures left behind from the chaos, and the Age of Darkness came to an official end.