History of Tumiun

The History of Tumiun is a complicated tale, with many differing opinions on how, when and if certain events transpired. What follows here is the history of the world as the Order of the Quill describes it in their tome The Book of Leaves, A History of Tumiun.

Ancient Times
The world began eons ago, when the Worldmaker fell from the Skies and shaped the Walls of the World, birthing the world of Tumiun. A world of fire turned to stone, as stone turned to sand, and sand to grass. But according to the Dwarves it was in fact Titanos, the Firstborn, who awoke many millions of years ago to shape the world as we know it. He formed the seas where he walked and shaped the mountains with his mighty hands. Many other cultures believe Tumiun came to be in wholly different ways, but there are too many tales to tell them all.

If Titanos was indeed the Firstborn, the Secondborn would be the Allfather, which sprouted sometime in the long years after the forming of the world. The Allfather's roots grew long, reaching from the heart of Berenost to all the ends of the earth, and all the trees are its children. Life began to grow in all lands, amid the trees and grass, and in the deepest depths of the seas. Insects and animals first, and only after came the people.

Who first awoke is unclear, the Silaman say it was them who first walked the world, along with the Hirumai. The Silaman awoke amid the grass in the fields of Ambaronau, while the Hirumai awoke in the dark caves of Berenost. But the Dwarves also think of themselves as the first people, they had been living under the ground in the north of the world before Titanos opened up the ground and showed them the sun and sky. The Elves may have awoken next, as they are children of the Elventree, one of several of the first Lifetrees that sprouted from the Allfather.

Kataklysmus
When the war between the Hirm and the Silm was at its peak, their armies met in the middle of Maratos. It was here where their magic forces showed their distructive power. Their battle destroyes most of the continent Maratos, transforming it in a gloomy wasteland engulfed in dark magic.