First Wars

The First Wars began shortly after the world was created and populated. It was started by The One-Eyed and his orcs, who first attacked the dwarves and then the elves and dark elves. Shortly thereafter, the followers of The Scaled, Thissereen began attacking gnomes and halflings. Gnomes generally fought back, but halflings generally fled and took to a life of travelling, trying to avoid areas of battle as much as possible. The First Wars weren't just fought by mortals on Sitiath, but also by the gods. In one such battle, The Elf Father struck The One-Eyed such a stunning blow, that it permanently cost him his eye and almost killed him (and all orcs). Orcs throughout the world were forced to retreat to their cavernous homes, and this ended the orcs (and presumably the dwarves) involvement in the First Wars. As for the elves and dark elves, it wasn't long until they started to fight each other, as The Dark Mother sent her children against those of The Elf Father, and these battles raged until The Elf Father, with the help of The Lady of Peace and the other elven deities, was able to banish The Dark Mother and the other dark elf deities from not only The Great Tree, but also The Grove. Defeated and homeless, The Dark Mother had her children retreat to the dark places beneath the water, in what is now known as the Undersea. As for the gnomes and the children of The Scaled, some believe that with the defeat of the orcs, dwarves came to the aid of the gnomes and together they were able to defeat the followers of The Scaled, and this is the reason that the two races have always gotten along well. While the aid of the dwarves is not known for sure, what is known is that the gnome gods and their allies were able to defeat The Scaled, but that he defied death by fracturing himself into five pieces, forming five new gods, and his children on Sitiath also fractured into five new races. The First Wars continued for a time after this, but with the defeat of The Scaled, the First Wars were effectively over.

The First Wars were followed by Rise of Humanity Era.