Category:6th Age

 The Age of Monotheism, Spirituality, and the Fish: 1 – 2150 CE 

The Sixth Age is the age of Urthe's redemption.

Greater Powers of the Age include the good goddess of Magic; the Neutral Goddess of Naga; and the evil unified god of Death, Strife, and Tyranny.

In this, the current age, Aom banished the Powers themselves to live in mortal (but powerful) Avatar form on Urthe. The Powers set upon each other in what came to be known as the Godswar. The Powers of the Elder races sought communion with their people. It is from this event that the Common Era is reckoned as beginning. The Elves and Dwarves, in awe at this Supernatural crisis gripping the planet, and faced with their own Gods standing before them, declared a truce amongst themselves (Elves credit the Sea Elven King of the time with this successful negotiation, and name the Age for him, but both Elves and Dwarves are equaly proud of taking the high road, as deemed “befitting the nobility of the Elder Races”). But the wars of men carried on, and they often still do to this day.

The Godswar itself lasted 30 years, ending finally with the Martyrdom of the Power of Endurance in mortal form. Born on the Urthe as the Avatar Yehoshua (translated as “Aom saves”, in the Old Tongue) in the Age of Fire (Sunday October 20 in 5 BC is the Day that he was born in Bethlehem.), The Pwer of Endurance chose to be born as Yehoshua, an almost powerless mortal infant Avatar, and went to his death willingly on a day celebrated as “Good Friday," in 30 AD. When Aom raised the Power of Endurance again, an Immortal God once more, the Godswar had ended. The Ascension of the Power of Endurance happens 40 days after The Resurrection on Friday June 13 in 30 AD.

Some of the Elder Gods lay slain, and their portfolios were taken over by others. Many of the leaders of the nations of men renounced the Gods they had previously served, and Cults of Yehosua, known collectively as “The Annointed”, and minor cults of Aom swept across the Urthe. The Cults of Aom died out in the first century, but some form of "Annointed" faith become the official religion of many Human lands for many centuries to come. Although this widespread state of virtually monotheistic worship has persisted until this day, wars still broke out among Human nations over the years, often with different factions of The Annointed warring amongst themselves.

The Cosmic Event of 774

A great event took place at this time, the radiation of which is recorded in the tree rings of Urthe. Most sages attribute King Charlemagne with some responsibility for the event. Charlemagne began to subdue the whole region around Pavia in the early months of 774. Also known also as Charles the Great, an Annointed Paladin of legendary renown, Charlemagne was granted the powers of a Patrician in the spring of 774 by Pope Hadrian I in Rome. He likely used his new powers to defeat the last of the resistance.

No other Lombard dukes or counts made any attempt at relief and Desiderius made no strong counterattack. In the tenth month of the siege, famine was hitting Pavia hard and Desiderius, realising that he was left on his own, opened the gates to Charles and surrendered on some Tuesday in June.

Knowing these facts, it is likely Charles unleashed some magical force which left its mark for centuries to come to read within the trees.

Recently...

Recently, worship of the Power of Endurance has been waning, while other faiths are becoming resurgent. The great sages of the Urthe alive today see the signs all around them of the Age nearing its end, though no man alive today will likely live to see the next age emerge.