Editing DissidiaTemplar West Marches/The World (section)

=The Cornian/Fenmark Secret War Period=
'''Fenmark''', being to the East of the continent in question, was safe from the probing of '''Cornia's''' scouts until they routed themselves around the '''Curtain of Death'''. Named for its many dales and larks, it is a land 'blessed by the gods of nature'. Fonts of magic infused the stone and water in ages past and so the land is home to fantastic and impossible geometric shapes, labyrinthine caves, floating islands and waterfalls that flow upwards. It is no wonder that it is also the ancestral home to the peaceful '''Gaephlings''' and resourceful '''Lombax'''.
After '''Emperor Tazzit the Fourth of Cornia''' ordered a successful invasion of '''Gaz''' and the '''Lands of the Medites''', he turned the proverbial eyes of the '''Empire to the Far East'''. Scouts first found the cursed lands, and its dread Curtain. And so for a hundred years or so they thought that side of the world inaccessible, and left it a shrouded mystery on their maps.
Then, a stranger from the dark shores came to '''Cornia''' with strange powers and dire threats. She made waves in the monarchy and stirred insinuations of great wealth and danger from beyond the curtain. '''Thebius the First, Ol' Thunderhead''' spoke out and inspired his war-eager generals into action: the jewels of the East would belong to '''Cornia'''.
But before the wings war could fully unfurl themselves, tragedy, or perhaps fate, struck. '''Emperor Thebius''' was assassinated at the declaration meeting by one of the '''Shadow folk.''' 
It was never proven that the '''Stranger was Fenmark''', nor that '''Fenmark''' had sponsored the assassination. But the new oligarchy that formed in the vaccuum of the emperor's demise (for he had no remaining sons, some thought he had found immortality), had no intention of caring out war they were not nearly as zealous about, and certainly not without their indomitable grand general. Instead, they chose to fight subtlety with subtlety. Spies from the deserts of the '''Land of the Medites''', noble saboteurs from their own ranks and even agents that represented the interests of far-off '''Nex''' were all employed.
Despite that they found themselves countered at nearly every turn. More '''Shadow folk''' were discovered in a twenty year span within the country than at any other point in time, the lack of magical understanding meant that '''Cornia's''' rulership and military were being run circles around in terms of developing their strategies and resistances. It didn't help that the average '''Cornia''' citizen didn't even know who or what they were facing across the world, merely the threat and importance of national secrecy.
In the end, interest in '''Fenmark's''' wealth waned and the public became disgruntled and demand a cease in activities they didn't see as worth the trouble. Although the aristocracy had the power, it's more than likely they were infiltrated fully and either corrupt of represented enemy interest when they gave up the conflict - more than a dozen noble families moved from the city, fled, or otherwise disappeared from the capitol afterwards.

==The Kaio Sphere Year 820==
The three individuals of monster kind that survived many years among the '''Cornians''' and were great allies to the '''Cornians'''. 
The ancient '''Grom Ocilus''', protected by his natural electric energies, is a floating Eye with a great intelligence. Seeing fit to collect and store the knowledge of the world, he established himself at the top of the Mountain Range now named after him. There he sits and shares his wisdom with any who travel there, enjoying each other’s company so much so that he has allowed a group of monastic individuals to establish libraries within his “realm” to share with the world. 

The second, '''Wolcano''', a giant Turtle with Magma for blood, patrols the '''Eastern Sea'''. There he has vanished into obscurity but some historians observed him creating islands within that vast ocean. 

The third, '''Thanatos''', is the most prominent and has the most known about him. Helping the people to settle a desert, his strength was about spent, and he collected a group of Adventurers and told them his last wish. His wish was for them to use him as they saw fit, as he did not believe in an afterlife, his body would provide a great use to them. So, without a home to call their own, they name the Black city after him and began working. Eventually, '''Thantos’'''s black scaled dragon body, was emptied for food and tools. His wings clipped for weapons and armor and on his back the '''Cornians''' would make as the foundation of their city.

==The Creation of the Living Islands Year 830==
The merfolk were beginning to grow tired of ships from both nations traveling through their waters, while both nations would deny the existence of said ships. While it was fairly easy for the merfolk to take down a lone ship at this point, they wanted to have better control of their waters. 

The merfolk made a deal with a stranger in order to magically build their own weapons to fight back. While little is known about who exactly helped them, it is rumored that they allied with a Monsterkin who would go on to be a part of the many headed cult. The merfolk used their newfound power to create gigantic creatures from rocks and stones from the depths to act as sentinels for their sacred lands. Some more creative merfolk were able to use islands themselves, though these were always too small to be inhabited. 

At first, it worked. Neither Cornia nor Fenmark knew how to handle such a creature and many ships were lost. Eventually it was discovered that the magic holding these creatures together could be fairly easily disrupted. Relatively few of these creatures still exist, if any at all.

==The Light's Beacon is Lit Year 840==
As shadowy agents began to infiltrate and corrupt the once-bright nation of Cornia, suspicion and distrust ran rampant among the people. Anyone could be the enemy, and neighbors were taking this witch-hunt as an excuse to remove those they did not favor. It was a dark time, one in need of a Light.

Kainan Paravel, a solider in Cornia's army, prayed for some way to bring peace back to the nation, for the power to reveal the truth without fault and serve justice without corruption. The god Tirian, the Lightbringer, answered his call, granting him the powers of the Light. Kainan could see the darkness in the souls of men, and where his Light shone no shadows could hide the truth. He could discern lies with near-perfect accuracy, and by his hands the courts were made level once again.

Saint Paravel the Just, as he became known, restored a sort of balance to Cornia, establishing a cathedral to his patron deity which he named Light's Beacon. Some even asked to aid in Kainan's mission, and they too were granted the powers of the Light. 

Saint Paravel died in battle against a monstrous entity which the shaken survivors only referred to as "The Darkness", within an ancient cairn called Saering's Rest. It is unknown as to whether or not Paravel actually defeated the creature, though to this day the cairn is sealed with symbols of the Light. A small fraction of Tirianites watch over the cairn, but they give the place a wide berth.