The people of Roo live among the remains of an older world, but their own age has already lasted for thousands of years. Its history is remembered through religion, surviving records, ruins and stories that do not always agree.
The Vanir–Aesir War
The Age of the Vanir ended in a catastrophic war between the Vanir and the Aesir. Some Vanir died, some were captured, and the Vanir disappeared from the world. The exact date is unknown.
The world fractures
Chaos followed. With the Vanir gone, humanity entered what became known as the Age of Man. Kingdoms and powers struggled to impose order on a world whose older structures still stood around them.
Drianor
A figure named Drianor emerged with an almost messianic reputation. He tried to unite people and taught them to stop killing and stealing. He could also activate and control Vanir mechanisms — an ability that later generations would struggle to explain.
Drianor was killed by an empire that still exists in the present era. His true nature remains objectively unknown, even though a growing religion now regards him as divine.
The empire and the Time Flood
The empire that killed Drianor worshipped the Aesir and came close to conquering the world. A catastrophic event remembered as the Time Flood shattered its dominance. Humanity reorganized into smaller kingdoms, and over time some of those kingdoms grew into new empires.
The Moonless Sky
The moon disappeared from the sky. Seas rose and became violently unstable. Different peoples remember the disaster by different names, including the Moonless Sky and the Time of Aegir.
Many believed Njord was punishing humanity, and sacrifices to the gods increased. The seas eventually calmed, but Roo had been cut off from the wider world.
Roo in isolation
Dangerous seas isolated Roo for almost two thousand years. Elsewhere, kingdoms and empires continued to develop while Roo's knowledge of the wider world faded into fragments.
The sea opens again
The sea became broadly navigable once more. Contact was possible again — but two thousand years of separation could not disappear in a century.
The wider world returns
Roo is reconnecting with the world while rebellion, slavery, royal authority and ancient ruins become increasingly difficult to separate from one another. A powerful fleet from Varren has arrived, carrying people who possess records and questions Roo itself has largely forgotten.
A history with missing pieces
The central mystery of Roo is not whether the ancient world existed. Its ruins are everywhere. The mystery is why it ended, what the surviving mechanisms truly are, and how much of the accepted story is memory, religion or misunderstanding.