Contact Apocalypse

The Contact Apocalypse was a dire event that occurred 10,000 years before present day. The northern rivals of the Seatopians, Chernaya, created a portal to the netherverse but lost control of the experiment. Their capitol, possibly the grandest city in the world at the time, was blown to ether in an instant. Pieces of the shattered city soared across the world intact, but where Chernaya had been was only a ravaged pit. Out of it came a plague on the world, Fel, which destroyed or drove away every ancient empire.

The Seatopians retreated beneath the waves, abandoning their former colonies.

The Contact Apocalypse ended when Khamron, the human world shaper and king of the benevolent Celestial Empire, led a desperate crusade into the heart of the nether. He sacrificed himself to stop the invasion, and he and his closest lieutenants sealed themselves into a tomb to prevent themselves from ever escaping in case they became corrupted. The incursions stopped, but the war continued for many years, with remaining demon armies still fighting or fleeing.