Eons ago, the world was in turmoil.

The first Ork'han united the wandering Ork tribes of the wastelands and turned against the lesser races whilst the humans, dwarves, and goblins fought amongst themselves. Aeson the Noble, King of the Elves, deigned to intervene against the wishes of his court. Victory after victory, the hosts of the Besire beat back the Ork'han's horde. Unable to replenish their numbers without captured females as hosts, the parasitic Orks found their armies shrinking. In the end, Ork'han laid dead at Aeson's feet, the great horde scattered, and the lesser races were allowed to flourish and grow.

For a moment(in elven time), the world was at peace. Humanity, short lived but proud and quick, settled the vast expanse of the world. The Dwarves enslaved the goblins and settled the inhospitable caverns and peaks of the valleys and mountains. Envious of their betters' abilities and lives, humanity sought to make the most of what little time they had, and developed portal magic to enable instantaneous travel. But humanity's newfound power had a price. The young race's abuse of the fabric of space and time tore a hole in the plane of the world, and magic flooded within. Humanity proved most able to channel the unbridled powers from this tear, and their mastery of these artificial powers soon exceeded inherent, traditional magicks of the elves and dwarves.

Aeson's daughter, Celile, fell for a powerful human sorcerer. His name is lost to history, but the seed he planted within her womb laid the ruin of the elven race. Their spawn, the first of the Druchire, carried the blood of human and elf, as do their descendants. Dark eyed, dark haired and pale, they were teased by their peers, but prized for their ability to channel the powers from the source. But it did not take long for the Besir realized that the Druchire were afflicted - afflicted with the same lust that overcomes humans. Fertile and fecund, the blonde haired and blue eyed Besir found their half-blood, magically inclined brethern multiplying in numbers that threatened their own.

The purges, the entanglement of alliances, and the wars that followed as the "Bright Elves" turned on the "Dark Elves" brought the world to the brink.