The Forbidden Plains

The Raging Heavens

It was the year 874 when territorial disputes between Doma and Nekonia reached their peak, the conflict finally escalating into full out warfare between the two nations. Doma and Nekonia warred, oblivious to their neighbors and their responses, in a bloody battle which lasted for almost three years. The territory in question was the expanse of land today known as 'The Forbidden Plains.'

In the year 876, in the fourth month, and on the twenty-third day, the dragons intervened. Draconic beings, flames and and teeth flashing, were sick and ill at ease as a result of all the warring over what was long considered THEIR territory by a large portion of the resident elder wyrms and others. Setting aside their differences and, in a very un-draconic fashion, banding together, the dragons ripped the battlefield apart, forcing the Domans and the Nekonians to call a cease in the fighting. The dragons, urged on by their victory, pushed outwards, attempting to expand their domains further. The boundaries of both Doma and Nekonia were shattered, penetrated by the intruding dragons.

Meanwhile, a very disturbed body of celestials observed this feuding. The Archangel Christopher organized, against the will of the celestial council, a group to further intervene. The angelic forces, shimmering and burning with the lights of judgment, roared out of the Holy Planes and confronted the dragons. The current 'leader' of the draconic forces, the prismatic dragon R'hel, openly opposed the celestial forces, and the war known as 'The Battle of the Raging Heavens' began.

The Calm

In the year 893, the war between the dragons and the celestials had finally subsided. The aftermath left a territory consisting of a scarred, ravaged wasteland, and the blood of humans, nekojin, and dragons alike stained the earth. Neither side flew their banners of victory -- instead, the dragons meekly and distastefully crawled back to their territories, satisfied with what they had...and that they still were in possession of their lives. The survivors among the humans and others that still remained abandoned the territory, fearing it was cursed by the spirits of the deceased. Far too many had died there.

However, for a relatively long period of time, no major war ensued between Nekonia and Doma -- the celestials had gone, and the dragons were content.

Today

In modern times, most travelers pass through the Forbidden Plains mostly out of necessity. Few, if any, people choose to settle there, as the ghosts of the dead are still rumored to haunt the lands, and very few beings wish to stir up the wrath of deceased dragons.

-- Archmage144