The World Storm

Details

• •The meeting of Elves, Humans, and Orcs at Almanus within a fortnight of the World Storm.
• •The seventy-day, four-way war for the mountain of Drakengard.
• •The eleven-day battle at Ormagas where Goblins utilized mysterious glyph-based coordination.
• •The convergence of Humans and Dwarves at the ruined metropolis of Furigos.

Description

A recurring motif representing the forced meeting of disparate civilizations and the resulting inevitable conflict or alliance following a cataclysmic event.

Narrative Function

It serves as the primary catalyst for conflict, forcing interaction between races that would otherwise remain isolated and highlighting the failure of their traditional doctrines in a new world.

Evolution Of Meaning

Initially viewed as a catastrophic 'World Storm' or 'Sky's Lament,' it evolves into a series of 'lessons' in arithmetic and adaptation as factions realize the world does not care for their individual doctrines.

Factional Perspective

• •High Elves: A disruption of their peace and study, requiring the restoration of stillness through distance-based combat.
• •Humans: An opportunity for legitimacy and the establishment of law, though often resulting in lessons paid for in blood.
• •Orcs: A chance to prove strength and legend on fields others did not want.
• •Dwarves: A territorial claim to ancestral ore-seams like the Emberdeep Vein.
• •Goblins: A practical necessity for survival and a means to fuel dark sorcery.

Philosophical Conflict

The struggle between maintaining isolationist traditions and the necessity of adaptation or alliance for survival in a shared, alien landscape.

Symbolic Manifestation

The violet light of the sky's wound, the convergence of different faction banners on a single field, and the presence of ancient spiral glyphs beneath the feet of warring armies.