Enter a world that remembers…

For nearly five thousand years, Khassid flourished beneath the guidance of the gods. Civilizations rose, mortals pursued greatness, and the divine shaped the world through their influence.

Over time, that balance began to fail.

Mortal ambition grew unchecked, divisions widened, and the influence of tyranny, betrayal, and greed spread across Khassid. The gods turned inward, consumed by rivalries of their own, while those entrusted to guide creation became complicit through action or neglect.

Wars spread. Alliances failed. Oceans raged, mountains fell, and storms crossed the skies as the strain upon the world deepened. The Wild—the living essence flowing through every forest, river, and living thing across worlds and planes without end—felt each act of destruction inflicted upon Khassid.

Khassid stood at the edge of collapse.

Judgment ended the conflict among the gods, but Khassid remained broken.

The pantheon returned to the purpose it had abandoned. Together, the gods restored the land and seas, steadied the forces thrown into disorder, guided the dead to rest, and brought wild magic back under control. Forests rose again, rivers returned to their courses, and mortal civilizations began to rebuild.

Restoration alone, however, could not prevent another Cataclysm.

Aeru established the Divine Accords, binding the gods to restraint, responsibility, and the preservation of balance. Divine power would remain, as would rivalry and change, but none could again be allowed to endanger creation without consequence.

Khassid survived, but it did not fully heal.

Fractures remain in the world: strange storms, lost forms of magic, forgotten places, and unnatural events that still carry the influence of the Cataclysm. The old divine order ended, and what rose in its place was built upon the knowledge that balance must be maintained.