The long war

As humans grew in number, the other races began to take a disliking to them. Although the majority of humans were without powers, they believed that the world belonged solely to them because they had been created in the images of the gods. Many other races, sick of humanity's arrogance, decided to wage war, believing it to be best if the weaker race was obliterated. Several races pitied the humans, believing the race to be helpless. When the war began, some races decided to stay out of it, preferring to watch, while a select few joined the humans, claiming them to be more valuable than others thought. To everyone's surprise, the gods decided to intervene; taking the humans' side in the war, making the sides grossly uneven in terms of power. After many losses on both sides, the war was called off, though it had already lasted for many years, hence the name, "The Long War".

After the war was called off, the demi-humans—races that had human DNA, but were not completely human—decided to help the humans to build settlements so that they could all live together in peace. Since the humans had had the greatest loss of life from the war, many other races assumed that humanity would know its place below them. However, many years later, after trust had been restored within the races, the humans created their own monarchy, which saw the demi-humans and other supernatural beings as a great threat to the survival of humans and ordered them to be driven out of towns and villages or to be slaughtered. As the humans' fear grew, they decided to cast out anyone who practised magic regularly, worried that the mages would threaten their newfound safety.

In Evalond and Aston, they acted like this for decades, with Selos eventually following their lead. In comparison, Nerva continued to accept supernaturals and other beings into their towns and cities, making it the most dangerous place to visit because of all the dangerous creatures that hung around outside of the Nervian walls.

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