Vessels of Hope

Some years into the Roaming Rage saw the rise of the first heroes. They were champions of the other essences, six in all, including a tiefling woman named Morwyn who regained control of her faculties, broke from the Rage, freed some of her most elite soldiers and joined the Vessels in stopping the Rage.

The heroes hunted and destroyed the tieflings of the Rage. On one side of the coin, they represented hope. On the other, they were proxies to a terrifying divine war without clear motives or purpose. To this day, scholars dwell on this time, searching for answers, trying to understand power and interests beyond their grasp in order to prevent these events from repeating.

After years of fighting, death and destruction, the Vessels managed to fracture most of the enraged tieflings. The Void's influence began to wane and the remaining tieflings regained control. With the fighting over, Morwyn pledged responsibility for her people in return for leniency among the circumstances of their loss of control. Granted the authority to handle the situation her way for her essential aid in stopping the Rage, Morwyn took her people back to Mal Oran, to live in peace and rebuild.

The land of Mal Oran, much like its people, changed forever due to the strange magic Naj left behind. Those who are not tieflings or without tiefling blood traveling through Mal Oran sometimes find their senses unreliable. Sight blurs, hearing distorts and taste decays.

With its power reduced, Naj was captured by the other essences and taken far away from the continent. Whatever transpired after that is still a mystery. There are records of thunderous sound and shockwaves felt across the world, but Naj's true fate is unknown. Some believe an Essence cannot truly be destroyed and if that is true, it means Naj is dormant again as it was before the rise of the barons. Others think the essences split Naj's power among themselves, which would mean that Naj is now a part of everyone. Countless other guesses try to explain those events, though they remain just that, conjecture.