The Corruption of the Realms

The Corruption Of The Realms

This book is written in an ancient elvish script, that is difficult to fully translate. Spending some time studying the book, however, reveals the following general information....

Back in the year 460 DR there was a total eclipse of the sun in Faerûn which had been long predicted by shamen, but was unusual in that it lasted many days, rather than the usual minutes of such an event, due to a celestial anomaly.

Day became night, people panicked in the streets, thinking that a great calamity had befallen them. Kings and Lords lost control, civilizations were disrupted, clan truces fell apart and, in places, mass suicides inflicted family groups.

Creatures of the night took advantage of the extended darkness and rampaged across the land. Lycanthropes were the most intelligent of these, and, with the help of other beasts, overthrew cities and empires. This period was known as The Cleansing by those responsible, but as The Corruption by those that were overthrown – those that survived at any rate.

It was discovered that the main intelligent driving force behind the takeover came from a savage lord, and suspected lycanthrope named Malar. His successes were undeniable, his skills in leadership enviable, but his evil nature grew, twisting his mind and body. Over the course of a week of darkness his power grew immensely, elevating his status to Godship, and, as part of a deal to reduce his power in the Material Plane, the existing Gods agreed to accept him in the Pantheon of Gods for eternity.

This deal enabled the forces of Good on the Material Plane to survive and grow. In the decades following this almighty battle, Good slowly regained strength, and in the end reclaimed its control over the cities, with evil crawling back into the shadows, though never completely retreating.

In fear that the rise of evil will come again, and be bolstered by historic reports of the Cleansing/Corruption, all records of this event were destroyed, excepting a few reports and manuscripts  that were not found and may be located in some disparate, and generally ancient, parts of the world.