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One by one, the Colossi fell. Their massive forms stained the earth, their cries shaking the heavens. We thought it victory, but it was merely the prelude to our exile from innocence.
—from "The Chronicle of Rivenness," an anonymous account (Magic University archives)
The Great War was a cataclysmic conflict that shaped the foundation of civilization as it exists today. At its heart, it was humanity’s desperate struggle against the children of Asag, primordial beings that terrorized Midworld with their immense power and insatiable rage. These monstrous progeny, including the Colossi and the dragons of the Brood Mother, held dominion over the earth until humanity, scattered and divided, united to overthrow them.
The Lords of Men, once a collection of rival chieftains and petty kings, set aside their differences to form an unprecedented alliance. Under a single banner, they waged war against Asag’s children, driving them into the Northern Wastes where their monstrous forms were petrified into what are now the Fields of Woe. The Colossi, towering giants of flesh and stone, were struck down in battles that leveled mountains. The Brood Mother’s dragons, immense serpentine creatures imbued with elemental power, were either slain or forced into hiding in the frozen reaches of the world.
Though humanity emerged victorious, the war was not without its costs. The lands were scarred, entire peoples were wiped out, and the first Lords of Men ascended to power on the backs of these sacrifices. This era also marked the first inclinations to form the Lords’ alliance with the High People, who arrived in Midworld shortly after the war’s conclusion, offering their aid and wisdom to rebuild the world.
The sages of the Library of Ambion question the mythologizing of the war, suggesting that many accounts were altered to glorify the Lords of Men and diminish the complexity of the children of Asag. Some believe the Colossi and dragons were not purely malevolent, but ancient beings of balance whose destruction destabilized the natural world. The most reliable accounts are thought to reside in the archives of the Magic University in Muraius, though accessing these records is now impossible after The Fall.
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