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Ashan is a
fictional fantasy world created by
Ubisoft for their current and future
games under the
Might and Magic brand. It replaced the
old
Might and Magic universe, which
consisted of many different worlds and was used by
New World
Computing until its dissolution. According to Ubisoft, it was
done because the old continuity became hard to manage, and to avoid
confusing newcomers .
In contrast with the old universe, which
incorporated
science fiction elements, Ashan is a pure
fantasy world. The first game it was featured in was
Heroes of Might and Magic
V, followed by
Dark Messiah of Might and
Magic.
History
Ashan is a world where
dragons are worshipped as
deities. Actually, dragons played a vital role in creating the
world as it is known.
Genesis
In the beginning, there
was nothing but the eternal Void. The Void spawned the Cosmic Egg,
which, upon hatching, released two Primordial Dragons —
Asha, the Dragon of Order, and
Urgash, the Dragon of Chaos. (While Asha is a
dragon, she is known in many forms by different cults; for example,
the Necromancers worship a spider goddess form of Asha.)
Asha
created the Earth, Ashan, and the six Elemental Dragons, among them
Elrath(Haven), the Dragon of Light,
Sylath(Stronghold), the Dragon of Air,
Arkath(Fortress), the Dragon of Fire,
Sylanna(Sylvan), the Dragon of Earth,
Malassa(Dungeon), the Dragon of Darkness, and
Shalassa(Naga), the Dragon of Water. They were
worshipped by the mortal races of Ashan, while Urgash was the deity
of the
demon
race.
Eventually, a war between the demons and the races of
Ashan broke out.
Sar-Elam, the first of the
Wizards and the first mortal to reach Asha's conscience, sacrificed
himself to seal the demons in an underground prison known as
Sheogh. For his deeds, Sar-Elam became known as
the
Seventh Dragon, despite not actually being a
dragon, and the year of his sacrifice started the modern calendar
of Ashan, becoming known as the year 0 YSD, where YSD stands for
"Year of the Seventh Dragon".
Almost at the same time as the
Wizard faction, the
Falcon Empire was founded by
Falcon the Great; at that time, Sylath was its primary deity
instead of Elrath, who is worshipped in its modern counterpart, the
Holy Griffin Empire or Haven. This order lasted for about forty
years, until the Wars of Fire in 28-40 YSD - the first demon
incursion. Most of the
Angels, servants of the Dragon of Light,
perished in the wars, and the remaining ones took refuge in the
Empire. Eventually, in 48 YSD, Emperor Brian Falcon gave absolute
power to the
Church of the Dragon of Light,
renaming the realm "
Holy Falcon Empire".
The
elf race, which also suffered a
lot in the Wars of Fire, retreated to the remains of their forests,
burnt away by the demons, and started restoring their homeland - a
process that took more than two centuries, eventually ending in 260
YSD, resulting in the creation of their kingdom of
Irollan.
The year 62 YSD laid foundation
Necromancers, who were originally one faction of
the Wizards that seceded during the
Schism of the
Seven, a split between the followers of Sar-Elam; another
faction went to the southern desert, where the
Seven
Cities, the first kingdom of Magic, was established.
Necromancy itself, however, was not discovered until much later,
namely 461 YSD. In this sense, the Necromancers are among the three
younger political powers in Ashan, along with the
dark elves and the
orcs.
Later history: dark elves and
necromancers
Shortly after experiments in necromancy began
in the Seven Cities, the orcs - originally created by the Wizards
to fight the demon army, but then enslaved - started a rebellion
against their masters, which lasted from 467 YSD to 504 YSD reached
the borders of the Holy Falcon Empire. As a replacement for the
orcs, the Wizards eventually (in 512 YSD) created several
beast-people species, including
minotaurs,
centaurs and
harpies.
528 YSD marked yet another major schism
in the history of Ashan, when
Tuidhana, the ruler
of a border territory between Irollan and the Falcon Empire,
declared independence from the elven kingdom. This move proved
almost disastrous 540 YSD|twelve years later, as Tuidhana's kingdom
was caught in the middle of the War of the Bitter Ashes, a conflict
between Irollan and the Empire. In a desperate attempt to ensure
their own survival, Tuidhana's elves struck a deal with the
Faceless, establishing a cult of the Dragon of Darkness, Malassa,
becoming dark elves and retreating to the
underground.
Eventually, the independence of the dark elves was
recognized in 548 YSD by both the Empire, which paid extensive
reparations to both elven factions, and Irollan. The newfound peace
was called the "
Peace of New Spring", but it did
not last long. In 566 YSD, a massive fire consumed Syris Thalla,
the capital of Irollan, killing the High King and Brythigga, the
Mother of Elves. This day became known as the "
Day of the
Tears of Fire".
The dark elves were offered with an
ultimatum: to be exiled, or to face death. Tuidhana chose the
latter, not willing to leave her kingdom, but most of her people
chose exile. Later, after it was discovered that the fire was set
by a demon spy, the elves of Irollan declared amnesty on their dark
brethren and offered them to return, but their apology was
refused.
The last major faction to emerge in Ashan were the
Necromancers, openly practising their dark magic in the Seven
Cities, whose numbers were growing throughout 610-660 YSD. The
coexistence of the Necromancers and the Wizards continued for over
a century, until, in 751 YSD, a civil war broke out, lasting until
770 YSD, destroying the Seven Cities and devastating the land. Thus
began the modern period of history.
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