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== A General History ==
Nobody knows how the universe began. Not even the material gods and their saints know. The devils claim to know, but they’ve never proven that claim. Only the High Gods seem to really know. 

Back at the beginning of history, there was a disaster. This disaster caused the destruction of the Genasi Empire. The forces of Sin arose under the leadership of the Dorcha Arex, a mortal with the blood of Sin running through their veins. It was then that the great wizard, Caerwyn, led the forces of the Rings against Sin. He created the Vindicar and was about to achieve victory. He won three decisive victories at the Battle of the Burning Sea, Battle of Fawn Creek, and the Battle of Drask. Each one more impressive than the last, Caerwyn eventually sat poised to push the Dorcha Arex into the Sea of Glass.However, at the city of Nerdica, the Dorcha Arex’s forces made their stand. It was then that the Vindicar abandoned Caerwyn. 

In a desperate act, Caerwyn fought the Dorcha Arex in single combat with the power of all the gods, low and high, flowing through him. When defeat seemed inevitable, Caerwyn called down a pillar of starlight and destroyed Sin’s army, the Dorcha Arex, and himself. 

Caerwyn’s best friend, Clovis, took his legendary torvian after the battle and added it to his own hand. Clovis went on to found the Clovian Republic after this event. To do this he took Caerwyn’s severed hand and attached it to his own body. This hand was the most powerful Torvian ever discovered. With it, Clovis was able to build the new nation which stretched from the Glass Sea to the Roaring Sea. Yet, it was eventually lost from the Clovian line and history. Currently, the hand is missing. 

The Clovian Republic lasted for more than seventeen-hundred years. However, like all empires, it eventually fell apart. Infighting and nobles weakened the republic. The hammer blow was the rise of the Mind Flayers in the Dark Ring. After many years of failing to handle the threat, a great Mind Flayer raid occurred. Not feeling safe, many baronies broke away. 

Everything collapsed during an event known as the Last Night. Riots raged throughout the republic that night. The capital city of Clover was set ablaze. During the chaos, many nobles and barons officially announced their secession from the Clovian Republic. Near midnight, the sitting consuel of the Clovian Republic, Aquila Photalon, went missing. By the time dawn came, the Clovian Republic was no more. It was a jumbled mess of baronies and city states struggling to survive in the chaos. 

Year zero is the fall of the Clovian Republic. From this point, the next six-hundred years of history sprouted. 

In the decades that followed Zell, an old Saint of the Clovian Republic, rose to the status of a material god. He brought in many surviving remnants of the Clovian Republic and formed the Nation of Zell. Since that point, the Nation’s goal has been to retake the lost lands of the Clovian Republic. 

Other nations like Kovorov and Breoa came to prominence in this time. Aquar was founded and grew. In time, society rebuilt to the point where the large cities could repel Mind Flayer raids. 

Zell’s influence spread to the edges of the Barrow river. Many thought that in time, Zell would reconquer all of the Clovian Republic’s land. Then, a new god arose in the West. Ark, her beauty and grace causing an explosion of life. Her followers' faith only grew as Ark granted miracle after miracle. 

Eventually, the troops and officials of Zell were thrown out of the new country known as Arket. This angered the nation. As a show of force, Zell sent the largest army ever assembled since the burning of Clover to quell the rebellion. But instead of forming their own army, the followers of Ark prayed. What happened next shocked the Rings. 

Ark and her Saints called forth an earthquake so massive it rocked all of Ramesh. Zell’s army was swallowed by the earth. Cities throughout Zell crumbled as buildings with foundations made of ancient stone crumbled. After this show of strength, all the beasts of the wild within Ark tore into the survivors in the Zell army. They fled in shame from the new country. Now Zell’s dominance is in question. 

It has been 700 years after the fall of the Clovian Republic and the world is primed for a time of great change.

=== Languages ===
The following are a list of languages in the Rings of Meropis

Collective (Common)

Dwarvish

Elvish

Giant

Gnomish

Goblin

Halfling

Orc

Abyssal (Demonic)

Celestial

Draconic

Loxodon

Aquaian

Sylvan (Fey)

Elder Speech

Infernal (Devil)

Primodial

Drow (Undercommon)

Arcane Script (Magical Writing)

Fell Script (Dark Alchemical Language)