Pre-discovery

In ancient times it's said that the gods would often wage war with one another, using human magicians as their primary foot soldiers. Some were given divine blessings for their victories in battle, while others had their nations rewarded with bountiful harvests and good fortune. However, the one known only as the creator god despised how the gods operating, believing their methods to be an insult to the integrity and the testament of man. When the creator god looked down on humanity, they couldn't help but pity them. For so long as the gods held influence over humanity, their creativity would be stifled, and their free-will insulted. With yet another war on the verge of breaking out due to the disagreements of the divine, the creator decided to intervene.

In their final act of creation, they chose to give humans the ability to forge and shape their own destinies, as opposed to being nothing more than puppets to the celestials. The act itself was a risk, as with too much power one could find themselves influencing the world on the same scale as the celestials. This was a risk the creator of all deemed worth taking. On this day, they created Aetherium, a magical renewable source of energy who's only limit was it's wielders imagination. Before they disappeared into the Aether forever, their most powerful aid, the archangel Seraphim, was tasked with preventing the other divines from directly influencing the world. This lead to the divine creating avatars, allowing them to interact with and influence their followers, as opposed to having any true grip on the world at large.

For hundreds of years humanity had time to develop and create various means to warp and bend mana to their will. Several nations have sprung up, claiming various continents scattered throughout the world. While several small scale battles have occurred during this time, the people of the world have known relative peace, often fearing the beasts of the land more often than they fear one another.