The Awakening

The Awakening devistated Duenis and brought an end to the Godling Empires.

The Dragons wake.
 Since Io's death in the Dawn war the dragons had been in a deep sleep. As the rising Godling empires had spread over the land the knowledge of dragons had passed out of memory. Five hundred years after Io's death this came to a catastrophic end as the dragons wake and Io's mighty war engines now free of control destroy all around them from their pent up fury at their creator’s death.

 Cities fell, and Dwarven holds were pillaged for their riches. The Eladrin fearing the dragons finding their way to their cities in the Feywild sealed off their Cities in Duenis and left the occupants for dead. The dragons now left to their own devices started founding lairs and gathering treasure hoards. The fledgling Godling empires were shattered and Duenis’s races lived in fear.

== The Gods act. ==

 Upon seeing the destruction wrought by Io's creations the Gods knew they had to intervene or risk the destruction of their own creations. Bahamut and Tiamat saw themselves as the inheritors of Io's folly and they tried separately to turn the dragons to their cause. The dragons saw Bahamut and Tiamat as little for than pail reflections of Io and refused to heed them. Angered by this Bahamut and Tiamat were drivern to co-operation for the first time since the death of Io. They knew the Io had made the dragons too powerful and while they had that power they would never listen to the Gods. They worked together to undo part of the great spell that Io had woven to create the dragons.

 The great spell cut the power of the dragons in half and as it rippled over Duenis  Bahamut and Tiamat parted ways and when to gather the now weakened dragons to their causes.

== Fallout. ==  With the dragon problem neutered the races of Duenis rebuilt as best they could, however some things had far reaching consequences. Many Dwarven holds had fallen and those that didn't were now vulnerable to the attacks of Orcs, Goblins and Titans. The Eladrin would never again maintain a substantial presence in Duenis. The Eladrin they had abandoned became the Elven tribes that now inhabit most forests in Duenis.

