Time of the Eight

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The Time of the Eight refers to the period of history with the Eight Makers stepped down from the Celestial Halls to take an active role in the operation of the world in response to the incursion of the Dark Fiend. Although the earliest part of this age resembled greatly the Primal Age, as the Dark Fiend began to make its presence known and felt, it became a period marked by rapid metaphysical and technological advancement, as the acquisition of writing by the goodly races allowed, among other things, mastery of the arcane arts while the creation of the Tapestry of Divinity (aka the Veil, or the Planar Barrier) by the Eight Makers gave to them minute access to Divine power.

It is generally seen as a time of high sorcery, though of a particularly barbaric kind. The earliest stories come from this period, and feature epic heroics who do battle with dread and powerful creatures with only fist and spell.