“Ghor, Quintra and Denday are no longer on Eonil to force their rule. With the absence of our gods for the first time in history of our planet we are completely free to do what we want ourselves. As a high priest of Quintra I can still feel her presence, though it’s a whisper compared to what it was. Yet she still blesses me with her gifts. If only they were as powerful as they were when she still walked among us. Then we might have been able to drive the night dwellers from our shores for good.”

The Fourth Era is known as the Age of Darkness. This is one of the few references that survived from that time. Few documents remain, as most were destroyed in the great war that began when the Night Dwellers banished Quintra from Eonil. What little evidence survives suggests that some followers still claimed to receive blessings from their gods, though diminished, and so they clung to their faith.

The war between Light and Darkness devastated Eonil. With Quintra and Denday gone, their blessings weakened, leaving mortals vulnerable to Ghor’s lingering corruption and his creations. Faith waned, and the gods’ power seemed to fade with it. In this chaos, slaughter spread across the lands.

It was during this age that the first cult of Ghor openly appeared. No longer was his will only expressed through corrupted beasts, but through mortals who chose to follow him. Warlocks, necromancers, and fanatics rallied in his name, forming an elite group that hunted down Waykeepers and destroyed waygates. They even slew the ancient dragon who had first taught mortals the secrets of travel. Only through the combined might of the Amazons and the druids of the Ee’dornil were these cultists finally defeated. The surviving waygates were placed under heavy protection, while others were abandoned or lost to time.

The Ee’dornil and other mythic races withdrew from the wider world, returning to their own continent or vanishing into hidden sanctuaries. Though they remained neutral, both Quintra’s and Denday’s followers tried to force them to choose sides, often resulting in bloody clashes.

This was also the era when the Marked began to appear openly. Though their bloodlines stretched back further, survival had been nearly impossible in earlier ages. In the Age of Darkness, however, they endured, proving they were not servants of Ghor but people resisting his corruption. Their counterparts, the Revenari, showed the world what happened when that corruption fully consumed a soul.

At the same time, whispers of vampires began to spread. To mortals they were simply monsters of the night, blood-drinkers cursed to prey upon the living. Few knew the truth — only the terror that came when the sun set.

The Age of Darkness stretched on for centuries, perhaps longer. It left scars on Eonil deeper than any before — scars of blood, faith, and shadow that would shape all who came after.