LORE BIBLE — 5

THE SILENCE ERA**
“The Age When Gods Went Quiet—and Monsters Learned to Whisper.”

This era bridges the ancient world of dragons, saints, and Proven…
into the dawn of human kingdoms.

It is NOT peaceful.
It is quiet, and quiet is always more dangerous.

I. THE WORLD AFTER THE SEALING

When Saint Estes was sealed and the Sovereigns chained themselves to the Draconis Expanse, something unprecedented happened:

The world went still.

For the first time in known history:

  • No dragons circled above cities.

  • No Sovereigns razed landscapes with fire or storms.

  • No armies marched under a single saint’s banner.

Humanity had breathing room.

And that breathing room allowed something unexpected:

History. Culture. Memory. Forgetting.

II. MYTHIFICATION OF THE PAST

The horrors of the Dragon Wars became bedtime stories:

  • Krakos became “the flying man in the ice.”

  • Dragons became “fairy monsters of old.”

  • The Limitless Virus became “magic bloodlines.”

  • Estes became “the Ascetic Saint of old tales.”

  • Maester Wise became a nursery rhyme.

  • The Crimson Scale became “vampires of folklore.”

Parents simplified the horrors to protect children.
Children forgot the warnings as they grew.
Generations passed.

Fear turned into fable.
Fable turned into tradition.
Tradition turned into incorrect history.

This era is WHY modern Nova Prime believes dragons, vampires, and liches are fiction—even though they very much still exist.

III. THE PROVEN WITHDRAW

Ascended beings rarely remain on Nova Prime permanently.
They withdraw to Heav, the conceptual realm of ascension.

From there, they influence—but rarely intervene. During the Silence Era:

  • No Proven walked openly.

  • Shrines were still maintained.

  • Rituals continued.

  • Visions were rare.

  • Miracles almost never occurred.

To mortals, this seemed like abandonment.

In truth, it was a reset.

Without Proven guidance, humanity had to build its own systems:

  • laws

  • cities

  • diplomacy

  • authority

  • armies

  • philosophy

Mortals finally became the stewards of the world.

But they also became prey for what lurked in the cracks.

IV. THE BROODSPAWN COUNCIL EMERGES

With dragons sealed, their altered servants—the Broodspawn—had to evolve.

The most powerful among them formed the first true shadow government:

THE COUNCIL OF ANCIENTS

Their purpose:

  • maintain draconic interests

  • guard the Sovereigns’ legacies

  • ensure humanity stayed divided

  • prepare for their masters’ return

Each council member was tied to a Sovereign’s essence.

Known Members

• @Arch-Brood Varacius , The Ember Scion
Leader in everything but name. His molten ichor gave birth to the modern vampire mythos.

• The Pale Reeds
A drowned brood tied to Thalyssra, whispering necromancy through coastal cults.

• Nyxari Thrall-Mothers
Twisted oracles who consumed memories to maintain the Void Empress’s influence.

• The Stone-Furred Apostates
Broodspawn “templars” created from Korrath’s essence.

The Council rewrote folklore deliberately.

They seeded FALSE WEAKNESSES into vampire, lycan, and demon myths:

  • “Vampires fear garlic.” False.

  • “Lycans only transform at full moons.” False.

  • “Demons can’t cross salt lines.” Half-true.

  • “Dragons died out.” False.

Their greatest victory:
Convincing humanity they didn’t exist.

🌒 V. THE AGE OF QUIET EXPANSION

With dragons gone and Proven silent, humans began building:

Havenreach

Evolved from a refugee camp into a fortified trade hub.
The earliest proto-city.

@Arkos

Devastated repeatedly by Sovereigns and goblin migrations.
Reduced to desert tribes and oral tradition.

Coastal Kingdoms

Small fiefdoms rose along rivers and plains.

Valley Settlements

Isolated crop kingdoms that would later be absorbed.

Highland Bastions

Early fortresses built atop relic-stricken land where Proven battles once occurred.

Cities no longer feared fire raining from the sky…

…but they feared each other.

⚔️ VI. THE LYING YEARS (HUMANITY’S DELIBERATE AMNESIA)

Leaders realized something terrifying:

If people remembered dragons and Proven as REAL—
society would collapse into panic or worship.

So governments and temples quietly supported the mythification.

Historians intentionally edited out truths.
Temples softened saints into metaphors.
Kings called dragons “allegories.”

The Silence Era became a manufactured memory.

Humanity rewrote its past
to survive its own trauma.

🧿 VII. THE FIRST UNDEAD BLIGHT — @Julius Peppermint

Not all Proven withdrew quietly.

The Proven of Death, Julius Peppermint, remained partially manifest.

He was ascended, yes—
but terrified of a prophecy involving Lazarus Kane, a mortal destined to challenge death itself.

Fear weakened Julius.

And his weakness let something horrible slip through the veil:

undeath.

Pockets of cryptlands emerged where decay rebelled against nature:

  • bogs that whispered names

  • mausoleums that breathed

  • bodies that refused the stillness of death

The people of Arkos invented folklore to soften the horror:

“He comes on minty breath.”
“Don’t look into the peppermint eyes.”
“Death walks sweet and silent.”

Even today, children recite these rhymes.

They are not metaphors.

🔍 VIII. THE SILENCE ERA’S TRUE CONSEQUENCES

1. Mortals Became the Dominant Force

For the first time, humanity ruled the world without interference.

2. Monsters Learned to Hide

Goblins retreated.
Dragons slumbered.
Broodspawn embedded themselves into human institutions.

3. Nations Began to Form

Havenreach and its neighbors laid the groundwork for true kingdoms.

4. The First “Ages of Man” Began

Mortals had laws, kings, trade, and ambition.

5. History Was Rewritten

Not lost—rewritten.
On purpose.

6. The World Became Blind

To the shadows growing under its feet.