Sijn

Sijn (si-jin) is the world created by the god Akram at the dawn of time.

Dotted by kingdoms and empires of various sizes and home to many races, there were three main continents settled by their people. The western continent of Nylia was home to the nations of Anantara, Arakraic, Claendath, Edhenon, Essardath, Orriun and Vostral. On the eastern continent of Ukiuhan were Jaqsmer, Murandao and Uade, while the southeastern continent, Susun, had Ammaremu, Dharidwa, Hadnaka and Kiritai. Almost in the middle of the continents was the island nation of Taiden.

The Downfall
Though the history of the world is long and bloody, Sijn had been in an age of relative peace for over a century under the guidance of the Six.

Then in the autumn of the year 1226 of the Ensalan calendar all prophets, seers and other diviners received the same portents: the world was going to be destroyed in a mere week's time. The news were met with suspicion but the situation was worsened by the sudden silence of the gods, which made even the priests believe something was very wrong. As kings and queens consulted their mages, a solution was offered by the mages of Essardath: they could perform a ritual that could transport entire cities to a demiplane so they would survive the end of the world. Many kingdoms heeded their advice and hurried to gather the needed rare materials for the ritual while some chose to weather whatever came or even disregarded the prophecies entirely.

On the day the world was supposed to end those that had prepared for the ritual gathered their mages to save themselves and the world ended as they escaped, just as promised. Now only fragmented remains of the old world remain, floating in the vast emptiness of the starry void.

The ritual had worked however, and the capital cities of the fifteen surviving nations had been transferred to fifteen separate demiplanes. The massive influx of refugees from their surrounding areas and even other nations prior to the Downfall and the 12 years of isolation pushed the now diminished nations to their limits. After more than a decade of famine, disease and other miseries the mages managed to connect the planes to each other. Soon massive permanent gateways were constructed, one on each city, to allow trade of food and other necessities. There also had been unforeseen complications, assumed to be a side effect of the untested ritual.

It would take a total of 129 years until a connection was established with the remnants of the old world, the one the survivors had assumed completely annihilated. The island of Two-Sky was soon settled again, divided by the nations and a massive reclamation project began to rediscover and settle the other islands.