Intermezzo I
History is filled with dragon, elven and human legends that talk of heroic, fantastic and strange feats of certain individuals.
However, there were no such things as “monster legends” on the western continent until recently. You either killed a monster or a monster killed you.
Since the fall of Old Dark, humans, elves and dragons struggled to contain the monster population for generations, with varying levels of success. Monsters roamed the world, feasting on magic and harming anyone in their path. Dragons masked the entrances to the aquifer for this reason, and monsters, finding themselves choked out of the most vibrant magical areas, turned their attention to cities.
Living with monsters was a way of life.
When traveling outside a major city, one had to be careful to av
