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== The Ancient Empires ==
Rapidly mastering the Mirrors, the first human civilizations created runes to channel magical energy from the Ethereal Realms. The Golden and Shadowy Mirror were drawn from in equal measure, as Men's greed became apparent. The ones known as the Blightlords settled at the very center of the World and decided scorch it of all other life. They made the Desert and spawned the Shifters from the Mermen. In the north, the Builders of the Dark Citadels understood the journey their spirits undertook through the cycle of death and rebirth, and through a dread ritual they would sever their souls and use an unnatural connection to drink deep from the Source. The Tower-kings dug deep and built high, channelling the essential power of Reality left by the Essence at the moment of Creation, using the runes to shape these immense energies.