BW PDF - Midnight Campaign

Cosmology & Forces of NatureThis first section outlines the cosmology of the world, the primal forces that allow it to be. The following sectioncovers a brief history of the ages, and then the rest of this chapter covers content that will more directly affectthe game, the nations and adventuring hooks that make up the Crimson Realms and the stories it contains.The FoundingWhat took place before and during the time of creationis wrapped in mythology, and great speculation is spreadby the religiously minded as to who was responsiblefor this event, but a few legends ring true, and havebeen documented thoroughly enough to be taken astheoretical history, at the very least.It is understood that before the world began,the universe was a mass of chaos, elemental andcosmic. A gathering took place between beingsknown as the Colossal Elders. Though their intentionwas unknown, and more the realm of philosophy thanhistory anyway, they met at the place where the worldwas to be, and then divided, spreading betweenthemselves the organized mass that is the knownexistence. It is not known how long this happenedbefore the first age of history, or how the first speciesbegan to populate the organized world, but allreasonable accounts of the founding of the worldlead back to these beings.153