Year 0. The Fall of Hazliah brought the end of the Old Dominion and, in time, the rise of Theism and Deism.

Commissioned by the late Count de Lerac after the events in Riismark, to serve as a warning to the Conclave about the rising tensions with Haustellum.

Detail from the commissioned piece by the late Count de Lerac after the events in Riismark, to serve as a warning to the Conclave about the rising tensions with Haustellum.

Young dragons assault the Skyrion Spire during the first known war between mortals.

Riismark, 657 P.R. First recorded battle between Spire and Men since the Fall.

While the points of view and flavor differ, we continue to find the same repeating factors in all Genesis mythologies: a force of Creation and a force of Destruction held in check by a third force, one of Balance, usually presented as the ideal. - Sophides, “Rational Faith”, 482 P.R.

Detail from the commissioned piece by the late Count de Lerac after the events in Riismark, to serve as a warning to the Conclave about the rising tensions with Haustellum.

Commissioned by the Paeneticum, which later burned the artist as a heretic, for the added detail of the mother shielding her child.

A gift from his father, King Willem of Brandengrad, the portrait displays the fabled Battle of Lions of 284 P.R., reminding his glorious lineage to his son.

Guarding the Pass of Aus, the founding place of the Orders and headquarters of the fabled Order of the Ashen Circle.

Pray, stranger, tell me, where lies the seat of the Empire?

The Merchant Prince Chemistry Variant, known as the Alchemist of Nepenthe, plans his response to his enemies’ next moves.

Haustellum, Devil’s Finger, Nepenthe, Cnidaria. It is unknown whether the different types indicate different ages of Spires or adaptations to their environment.

"How..? How are men supposed to fight such monsters?" - Inga Khlaus, Man-at-Arms

The memory of the Dheureghodh, the Breaking of the Chains in the Deep, is the defining moment of Dweghom history, that changed not only the race itself, but the face of the entire world.

Archive, Judicial Court, Record Keep, Proving Ground and dwelling of the Mnemancers, the Memory Holds are the beating heart of each Dweghom Hold.

Artist's rendition of the Dweghom Hold in northern Braeonia. No actual depiction exists.

Speculated to be abandoned, Ardaum may either be further proof that the Dweghom often abandon higher levels as time passes, sealing all buildings behind them, or just extremely aptly named.

"Break the earth where he stands" he said. "Break the earth deep, break it until he falls to the lava pits below".

Known as the Pale King of Twice Darkness, Bharregh is one of the few ruling Kings known to Men.

Humans have translated "Ghleulgas" as "It Cries Joyful", based on the whistling sound the wind makes as it passes through the Hold’s tunnels, resonating in the surrounding mountain slopes. For the Dweghom it means "To Our Joy, It Cries".

Once the home of the Aesir and the Vanir, a place fit to house Gods, Yggdrassil today, while still standing, is but an ashen, faded image of its former glory.

The clash of Einherjar and Jötnar at the end of the Fimbulwinter shaped the fate of Mannheim, leading not only to the liberation of the humans, but to the subjugation of the giants.

Many were the titles given to this painting: Dark Cry, the Landing, the Fall of the Legion, the Invasion, the Throne of Steel, a Dozen Silent Deathcries, Steelbreaker, the First Wave. In the end, one title sufficed.

"It’s true, then. It only takes one of us to scare those southerners." – Eingos the Merchant, upon seeing the Lone Huscarl.

The old seer Hungar urges on Kløn the Ogre, who wants to pick flowers for Bruhilde.