Dark Millenium

The Dark Millenium is the period after the Great Catastrophe, when the world was in a state of absolute chaos. Civilization everywhere is almost completely obliterated, many species of plants and animals do not survive, and the greater gods are forced to intervene. It takes hundreds of years for the works of the gods to take hold, and it takes even longer before civilization begins to reappear. Life during this time is brutal and hard, and for a time, the savage species of the world rule.

The Dark Millenium is followed by New Empires Era.