A Short History of Nearly Everything

In the beginning there was nothing but chaos and disorder, the savage races warred with each other and worshipped demons and participated in vile rituals, then the 6 Archetypes arrived bringing stability and wisdom. With their great powers they made war against the demons, the war was long and violent but in the end the Archetypes prevailed and imprisoned the demons within the earth. With the demons gone the Archetypes were able to awaken the true potential of the world, and thus gave birth to the first Psionics. At first the established races were awakened, then offshoots appeared, the blues and half giants appeared in the mountains, The Dromites arose from under the earth ,the Maeneads began to swim the sea, the Ophiduan   settled in the swamps, and the Xeph ran on the plains. Their great work done, the Archetypes settled themselves down to rest. Then the Duregar came, fashioned by the demons they came from the deep depths where even the dwarves feared to dig. They came and subverted the peoples of the earth, turning them against the Archetypes. They Archetypes saw this and knew they could not turn their powers upon their adopted children, so they created the Elan, to lead those peoples who stayed true. The war raged for many years for the while the Elan were powerful their numbers were small, and the Duregar were many. And so the Humans were created in the shape of the Elan but with less powers they proved to be a formidable foe. Soon the Duregar were driven back in the depths and the humans were praised as the heros of the world.

The Archetypes withdrew again leaving one of their number behind to watch over the world. They now use the Elan to scout out promising individuals to join them in their cities in the clouds. Being ‘uplifted’ is a dream of many and so contests of both intelligence and psionic power (both highly praised by the Archetypes) are held at “Turn Over”

 The Festival of “Turn Over” is held every 20 years, it marks the occasion when the Ruling Archetypes retires and the next presides over the world.