It was not just the great tree that burned down from the heavens and crashed into the world of Aurora that night, 497 years ago. The Rhyxians, nestled inside their living ship, brought with them not only weapons and dreamcreatures, but also their gods. Strange and new gods, all devoted to the darkest aspects of life... and destruction.
It was the compact between the Gods, the Ultima Carta, that saved both worlds that night, so many years ago. The Gods decreed that all magic would be denied to mortals during the cease-fire of 500 years. And, at the end of that 500 years, when both sides had prepared and readied themselves, then the battle would begin.
Only three years left to go...