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:As the tide turned in the [[Cleansing Wars]], and the Goodly Races began to spread across the land, their interests increasing came into conflict with each other - sometimes violently or even militarily - until the Wars fizzled out under their own success rather than ending with the decisive end envisioned by the [[Demi-Pantheon]]. | :As the tide turned in the [[Cleansing Wars]], and the Goodly Races began to spread across the land, their interests increasing came into conflict with each other - sometimes violently or even militarily - until the Wars fizzled out under their own success rather than ending with the decisive end envisioned by the [[Demi-Pantheon]]. | ||
:The period ended when the Demi-Pantheon came together at the [[Great Convocation]] where they unanimously agreed they needed to retreat beyond the [[Veil]]. They gathered at the [[ | :The period ended when the Demi-Pantheon came together at the [[Great Convocation]] where they unanimously agreed they needed to retreat beyond the [[Veil]]. They gathered at the [[Black Obelisk]], the central monument in a mysterious, continent wide Henge left behind by the Eight before the [[Battle of Sacrifice]]. They retreated to the Outer Planes and their ability to directly influence the world was greatly diminished, although (intentionally or unintentionally) the Tapestry of Divinity tied the [[Demi-Pantheon]] to their earthly followers, who were still able to access a portion of that divine power for themselves. It is around these first high priests and other close followers of the [[Demi-Pantheon]] that the organized churches of the Demi-Pantheon formed. The Demi-Pantheon's influence through the rest of the period would be felt indirectly: through gifting great power on those favored and withholding it to those who earned disfavor. The wishes of the Demi-Pantheon were transmitted to their followers through the enigmatic visions and dreams of the child [[Oracles]] around whom great cults arose, controlled or contested by those claiming some form of high priesthood, analogous perhaps to the Oracle/Cleric tensions that still exist in [[Orthodoxy]]. | ||
:From the Prologue to the Testimonal of Steros: "Thirty kings gave the world to a thousand tyrants. Darkness and corruption reigned." There is, perhaps, some degree of bias in this assessment. | :From the Prologue to the Testimonal of Steros: "Thirty kings gave the world to a thousand tyrants. Darkness and corruption reigned." There is, perhaps, some degree of bias in this assessment. | ||
== 2. Period of Urbanization == | == 2. Period of Urbanization == | ||