History of Martapa IV

The Wizard Wars happened around 3382 AC, after years and decades of wizards rising in power. This is sort of misnomer for not only are wizards fighting wizards, but mages are also fending off their darker counterparts at the time. Wizards were building cabals to consolidate power. Some of the groups were called Order of the Raven, the Dark Alliance, Kahalla's Children, and Rising Dark. All of these groups were competing for dominance to not only rule over all wizards, but the world of Martapa as well. After all, the only good thing about power is to rule over other people, at least in their eyes.

The mages were fighting valiantly against all sects so as to keep the Balance in line. Some power groups of mages at the time were Targon's Lance, Mages of Light, and the Balance. The most powerful group of mages was from the Mage College named Dragon's Fire. The college was about learning magic, but it also had a very strong militaristic wing as well.

The wars went on for nearly a quarter of a decade and ended in a small, unnamed village in eastern Taina where a large contingent of the Wizards literally blew themselves up with so much powerful magic unleashed in one area. Many mages were lost as well, but their numbers were small compared to those of the Wizards which were lost.

One of the wizards who escaped was an elf who returned to her home in Qalataqa She blended into society and had children, and they had children until one of her descendants who was not a Warrior fell in love with a Wolf Warrior. When I get to the Warrior history and workings I will explain why a Warrior could not have or beget an unsanctioned child. But needless to say, a child was conceived several thousand years after the wars and when the child was born the wizard returned to her dark ways, teaching her descendant to use the dark magicks. This was the beginnings of my antagonist in my original series (which will never see the light of day if I don't rip them apart first). So the Wizard Wars, though long before the setting of my first series is a vital turning point in my world's history.
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