Here are some of the defining events of Kovaud including the creation story of Kovaud itself.
Before Time Itself
Many eons ago before time itself, before there was nothing, there was an all consuming light that shone on forever. In the very heart of this light was born the divine goddess Kovia, the one above all. This light was soon replaced with the void that came after. The only thing in existence was Kovia in all of her glory, a radiant light in a sea of darkness.
Kovia took the light within herself and used it to fashion the lone world of Kovaud. From the echoes of the creation of Kovaud came the different planes of existence that each acted as an afterimage of Kovaud. To keep Kovaud company she created a great sphere of light known as Kovia's Light to burn forever after and from this light Kovaud drew warmth, from the leftover light from the creation of Kovaud she fashioned a moon that the people of old called Kov, and lastly she fashioned smaller spheres of light she scattered across the void and these lights were called stars.
Some of these stars became as Kovia was in the early days of the world and became the gods of old. They had none of the warmth of Kovia but were instead filled with the cold grasp of the void. From this harshness would come their will to domineer and corrupt Kovaud for their own means. From this cold domination they drew forth from Kov a stone with which they wiped clean the great beasts of old, that Kovia had herself created, from the face of the world. In the ashes of the world, they began to twist it into a landscape of darkness.
Kovia a being of pure light and creation was angered by the atrocity the gods of old committed and in her wrath did what she knew all to well. From the ashes of the ancient beasts, she created a race of people who would inhabit this new world and would eventually be the downfall of the old gods. These were the first children of Kovaud, the first mortal race to grace the face of Kovaud.
A Land Once Whole, Now Divided
In these early days, the gods of old ruled with an iron fist and they sought to subjugate this new race of people that Kovia herself created. They saw the warm light within the people of old, the light that they themselves lacked and were jealous. For their very existence, they punished the first children of Kovaud. They brought upon them storms, eruptions, and meteors from beyond. These first children proved to be resilient however and withstood the destruction that the gods of old sought to unmake them with. The first children of Kovaud were powerful mages and highly skilled craftsmen as they much like Kovia were made from the warmth of that first light in the dark. With their skill they crafted artifacts of unparalleled power, the Artifacts of Heroes. These artifacts were gifted to twelve of the greatest heroes of the age. With the power of these artifacts they created and powered massive constructs to be piloted by twelve great heroes of old.
To first make these constructs the people of old wrought forth life of their own and created the warforged. A race of master smiths and skilled warriors that worked unceasing. The greatest of these warforged smiths was granted the Crown of the Forge Lord. An artifact of great power that held the power of a thousand stars within it. With the combined effort of both the people of old and the warforged they created these constructs capable of slaying the gods of old.
Together these heroes pulled the gods from their high thrones and slew them one by one. The gods as a parting gift called down a meteor upon the world. As it struck the world the world was shattered, and the continents were torn apart. The people of old were separated and had almost been completely annihilated, causing them to completely rebuild from scratch. When the gods of old were slain the heroes of old ascended to take their places as the new gods.
A Great Wyrm from Space
Unbeknownst to the people of the world, the meteor that the old gods wrought upon them carried an egg of the first and greatest of all dragons. Upon the Worlds Edge, it sat incubating for many years while the world rebuilt. The people of old evolved and changed to become the races of the world that we know today, thanks to the need to adapt to the now varied and hectic environments they found themselves in. Eventually, the settlers of the land of Secyla, which bordered upon the Worlds Edge started to report tremors coming from within the Worlds Edge. An adventuring party was sent out to investigate, and they came back beaten, battered, and having lost a member of their adventuring party. They reported of a dragon that was the size of a mountain range and would soon be there to rain upon them fire and death. This dragon was dubbed Juturu the Great Dragon. In an effort to put a stop to the march of death it would surely bring upon them, the people of Secyla banded together and constructed an enchanted wall keeping Juturu at bay. By doing so they cut the world off from ever seeing the Worlds Edge again.
What Yet Lies Ahead
There are many futures that may come to fruition. Any number of doomsdays could come about, or none of them at all. There are many adventures to be had. With those adventures comes laughs, and if you're a particularly good DM, tears. What will happen now? I do not know, but I can take a guess. Dear reader, the world of Kovaud is now in your hands.
