War of the Black Rain

One of the most destructive wars the world has seen. The war started when a sudden and unexplained rift opened and endless hordes of demons overran Sozrun, the ancestral homelands of the tieflings. The demons quickly spread as more gateways opened, invading further south towards Vostral and east to Edhenon and Arakraic. The long war between Vostral and the neighboring dwarves and elves had barely ended on a tense peace and they were unable to stop the fiend’s advance.

The tieflings made one final push towards the first rift and managed to push back the demon lord whose powers were keeping the gateway open. They were however forever tainted by the influence of the fiends as was their homelands, a black rain falling over the place they called home.

As the demons weakened when their connection to their plane was cut they were pushed back and banished by the joined forces of the elves, dwarves and the remnants of Vostral’s armies.

Vostral had been dealt a decisive blow, their king was dead, their capital was in ruins and still haunted by straggling demons. The elves used ancient magics to form a barrier around the city to prevent anything from entering or leaving, as well as diverting the Red river from its original path, away from the city. Ravaged by the fiends and in disarray the whole nation of Vostral was once again divided into many small kingdoms and tribes.

Though the exact reasons for the opening of the rift were never fully known, the mages were blamed. Vostral’s mages were especially thought to be the cause as they had resorted to spells of unimaginable power to fight the war against Edhenon and Arakraic, though many also believed part of the responsibility lay with the elven archmages and druids. This led to the ban on high magic that still holds to this day, an accord signed by all mages of importance and enforced by a pact they made with Vordormir.