User:Zone Descriptions Project/Faydark

The first records of Faydark that have come down to us originate during the Scattering of the Races sometime between the years 1700-1100 BF. These scant accounts - mere sketches really - were written by the chroniclers of the Halfkin and the Elves, who first explored and colonized the New World. Here is a section of their writings, courtesy of Lorekeeper Edwa, "Eighth day since landfall. We have encountered a vast and dark forest. The trees seem to glisten... the virginal purity of the whole place is beyond compare... Many in our troop, particularly the band following under the Great High Elf, seem most drawn to the place..." Little is known about their initial colonial years; only that they encountered Orcs (which they defeated) and founded Athica (then called Felwithe).

For more than a millennium the people of Faydark lived relatively peacefully, until the ill-year 94 BF, when Kaezul entered the forest. With rancorous might, he slaughtered and emptied the forest of its inhabitants. For several decades the forest was quiet. Then during the Return, it was swiftly, and surprisingly, liberated. The "ease" by which the refugees defeated Kaezul's forces has been debated in Erudin. It's been postulated, since Kaezul first subdued the New World, his methods were imperfect and therefore easier to remove than elsewhere. This postulation was strengthened when Kelethin, the treetop city, was liberated from the Mist in 63 AF.