Editing DissidiaTemplar West Marches/The World (section)

= The Coagulation Period=
Solitary scavengers skimming through the scree of once-cities.
Some survivalists skulking across the landscape.
Strong-arms setting upon those unfortunate enough to be seen. 
Several skills dissappear 'After', simply not useful as hard-scrabble. 

Eventually small groups begin to collese, like single cell organisms clustering.
For strength in numbers, for mutual protection, for possible futures.
The small groups merge into larger bodies, 
sometimes as welcome additions of knowledge & labor,
sometimes consumed as food & resources.

Structure and culture begin to reappear after basic needs are met.
Some tribes continue to roam benignly, starting trade.
Other roamers prey on those they encounter, marking out territory.
Some tribes settle in one spot. Agriculture expands. Craft trades
and specialized skills develope. Knowledge again becomes useful to have.
Popluations grow, colonizing the surrounding land.

Government, or at least controlling entities, enforce their version of cultural values.
Conflict arises between neighbors when those values differ,
sometimes minor things pushed by strident voices.
Other major differences are accepted as actually unimportant in the greater scheme.

The body of society has re-formed from its scattered parts.

== The Slosh Ring Year 210==
As the curtain rises, it pushes people back but a certain species takes a very different path. One of '''The Gennsishydra’s''' own monsters, the '''Primordial Ooze''', lived well within the underground caverns below. These primordial single celled masses of pure hunger, slowly slosh their way through life, looking for their next meal to grow and divide. After years of fighting the underground threats, the semi-intelligent Ooze species is pushed to the edge of the Curtain. With the other species afraid of the '''Curtain of Death's''' grasp, the '''Primordial Ooze''' are forced to confront it and to everyone’s horror, most of them are unaffected. Content to survive on what is outside the '''Curtain of Death''', the Ooze eventually form a ring around the outside of the '''Curtain of Death''', now dubbed the '''Slosh Ring'''. Now this Ring consists of few Oozes, as life around the '''Curtain of Death''' is minimal but full of artifacts that the Oozes could not digest as well as unusual cavern structure that give the Oozes the upper hand in their own territory.

== The Extinction of the Heizun Tribe Year 220== 
With tribes rebuilding, one tribe in particular ran into issues with the space available to them beginning to push against the '''Curtain of Death'''. The people of the '''tribe Heizun''' were haughty, tall, slender, and beautiful with very dark skin (in my mind I would compare their culture to that of ancient China). They had a natural affinity for many types of defensive and divination magic, and a sort of natural sense of pride which led them to believe that they were far superior to other races. This didn't exactly earn them a lot of allies, and once they felt any remote sense of tension, they looked into fleeing. After some study, they were convinced they were equipped to pass through the curtain of death unharmed. 

When the time came, they packed up their belongings and prepared for a journey to lands unknown. And as it turned out, their magic did nothing to help them against the curtain and 90% of them died immediately. The 10% who remained were not able to survive on their own, and many speculate that most of those survivors died from either infighting or aggressive enemies who either made it through the curtain or were already there. Their fate is ultimately unknown, but it is mostly accepted that the Heizun are extinct as one has not been seen since. Their old cities stand ruined and abandoned, bleak reminders that the curtain of death is not something that can be thwarted. No one has taken up residence in the cities since, believing them to be cursed.

===Yana and the Curtain of Death Year 222===
Yana, greatest swordmaster in the world admits that even his godly powers cannot allow others to penetrate the current consistently, this convinces Mezoberanu's predalect to keep his people put, even if they will be overrun by the oncoming Krovorian barbarian hordes.