Adovias

Adovias, also known as Miodith, Keorunoth, or simply The Continent, was the largest continent in the world and the birthplace of Mankind. The term Adovias was also commonly used to refer to the Known World in its entirety, including the neighboring subcontinent of Jotura and the mysterious lands of Sethuria. The Continent was extremely varied in climate and geography, and was very hospitable to organic life. Its vast lands were generally divided into several geographic and cultural regions. In popular understanding, Adovias was divided between the Western Nations and Eastern Nations along longitudinal lines at the eastern border of Midaria and through the Sea of Aldera. The Northern Nations of Jotura, though commonly understood as comprising their own separate continent, were also generally divided between east and west along similar lines.

History
During the ancient and mysterious First Age of the Calendar of Aerodran, Adovias was populated by dozens of strange, magic-wielding races, the most numerous of which were the Elves and Dwarves. The land was plunged into a state of constant, incredibly destructive war when magical catacalysms struck the world, mutating large portions of the Elven race into Drow and unleashing the twisted energies of the Nether Plane. Many of the sentient races on Adovias were corrupted and bent into Daemons, and the exponential growth of their numbers allowed hellish beings to enter the world from the Nether. The uncorrupted Elves, aided directly by their personified gods, were able to close the Nether off from the world in a Great War that killed most of their gods and wiped out the vast majority of the pure Elven race. Even with the rifts sealed, Adovias was nonetheless infested with Daemons and hellbeasts of unimaginable horror, and the Elves lacked the numbers and blessings to fight them off themselves. In this time of fear and blood, the mysterious, godlike being Edos appeared and created the race of Mankind, beginning the Second Age. With Edos as their leader, Man spread swiftly and unstoppably across Adovias, fighting for the Creator in his Great Conquest. The innumerable armies of humankind waged this war of genocide against the Daemons and corrupted races of the world for two millennia, wiping nearly all traces of Daemonic corruption from the Continent. With the Great Conquest brought to an end, the Thousand-Year Empire of Man took root in Adovias, and mankind would rule over the continent for Ages to come.

Despite its divine nature, the Thousand-Year-Empire did not last, crumbling with the inexplicable disappearance of the Creator God at the end of the Second Age. Edos' departure allowed the nature of Man to prevail, and a great power struggle between His lieutenants ensued, splitting the domains of Adovias into the Three Great Empires of Anderia, Aldera and Ibbathis.