A Brief History of Ozamore

Near a millennia ago, a number of dark and evil deities chose Ozamore for their domain. The unleashed upon the world a swathe of blood, horror, hatred, war, and destruction. These deities included Bane, Gruumsh, Torog, Vecna, and Zehir.

As many of Ozamore's people fell to despair, others rallied and fought back. They called for aid from other gods, both good and bad. Avandra, Pelor, Corellon, Erathis, Ioun, and Kord emerged into the Prime Material plane to combat the evil gods. While these gods made headway, there were some who didn't think it was enough. A hidden sect called upon Tharizdun, whose only goal was to destroy all of existence. Another released Asmodeus, Lord of the Nine Hells. These two forces turned on each other, absolutely determined to destroy one another.

Known as the Divine War, this conflict raged for many years  As more gods joined the fray, the Dark Marauders (the evil gods) were repelled, wounded, or banished. Last of them were Asmodeus and Tharizdun, who continued to rage against each other. They traversed continents, spreading demons and devils everywhere. They razed cities, burned forests, boiled lakes, not caring about any casualties.

Several of the Interposing Gods (the good gods) were wounded in the Divine War, and were unable to aid in ending this final conflict. Erathis, the goddess of civilization and law, was able to convince Asmodeus to work with the remaining gods, in order to banish and imprison Tharizdun, as long as he agreed to return to the Hells. He agreed to this on the condition that his mortal followers would be allowed to construct temples to him throughout the world. He, Pelor, Ioun, and Kord were able to banish Tharizdun back to the Abyss, and imprison him.

Following this, the gods remained on the earth to help reconstruct the decimated civilizations. For a couple of centuries, the world was full of divine glory, magic, and order. This ended in what was called The Dimming, as the gods gradually disappeared from Ozamore. It's not known why they left or where they went.

As time passes, it becomes more rare to find truly powerful people. Arcane knowledge is lost or hard to decipher, divine intervention is pale and rare, and in general, magic is less powerful and harder to find.