Starts at the end of the Divine Calamity (year 0). The year is 2489
An era of largely peaceful coexistence between the people of the world, underpinned by the constant barrage of the wilds. A nevertheless relatively stable, if stagnant, era.
The gods now
The Gods no longer walk amongst the mortals in the mundane realm. By order of the Bright Mother, the Decennial Pact allows that they only pour power into the world on their once a decade cycle (at the Stonewake Festival) and spend the next decade replenishing. Blessings around the world are restored, along with Blackstone, and the cycle repeats.
The decade cycle
The cycle defines the economy and migration of people across the 10 years:
- Migration patters for merchants, pilgrims, etc (and the economies they create as they travel) cycle around coming and going to the festeval
- Years of prosperity and then hardship often follow the cycle as stores of Divine Illumination are replenished and depleted.
- They say wilds push even harder as the cycle ends