Apocalypse
A Great Sin
Cymur was furious, and called all the other gods together for a discussion. Together, they decided that the act of Belial was a great sin that needed to be punished. They searched for Belial, but could not find him because he had learned how to hide. Thus, Balor decreed that Melchior and Elbahn would return to Aagos and gather an army of all nations and all peoples, to bring war on Belial and the Nature he had created. It was done.
When the armies of Melchior and Elbahn arrived in the place where Belial had dwelt, they found a people unlike any other which had yet been seen—mortals no longer mortal, the children of Belial’s new, immortal Nature. The war began immediately.
The Children of Belial
Though far outnumbered, the Children of Belial were very strong in both mind and body, and moved on the field like gods themselves. Even when they were surrounded and cut down, they would not die. Instead, they would simply rise and continue to fight, recovering from their wounds quickly. Belial himself was surely there, fighting, but hidden; though the armies of Aagos would call out that they could see him, that he was terrible to look upon, Melchior and Elbahn could not, and thus struggled to bring their full powers to bear against him. The situation became dire.
Furious, Cymur and Balor watched, arguing between each other over what action should be taken. In their anger, as if to spite each other, they ruled that the world should be destroyed without mercy. Surely, Belial and his children would be lost with it, and Ylessa could be asked to create a new one.
Apocalypse of the Eye
Thus, the war ended in the Apocalypse of the Eye, when the suns of Cymur and Balor aligned, destroying nearly all life with floods and fires, breaking up the one continent into many. Melchior and Elbahn survived by the grace and quick-thinking of their mother, and the Queen of Death found her city filled to overflowing.
In the aftermath, it was discovered that signs of Belial still remained, and that his clan continued to exist. Sykala begged his god-ancestors not to completely destroy the world, and argued that the Sin which Belial committed would still exist despite, because it was made of the stuff of gods, and not mortal. The Twin Gods, Cymur and Balor, relented, and allowed Aagos to remain.
Vek’pem Ahyre
Having little else to do, the gods together sent a strong curse to the place where Belial dwelt, and limited his power with the sun of theirs. The gods pronounced then that none should speak of the lost god’s old name; forever, he and his children would be called Vek’pem Ahrye (which means ‘cursed, hidden and removed’).
With that, Cymur declared the ordeal as complete as it could be, and the world was allowed to move on. This was the end of the Second Age.
Over time, Aagos recovered. Its people slowly rebuilt their civilizations, but they were never quite the same. Gods and demi-gods were less involved in the growth of these societies, having learned their lesson. Although the other races of mortals received, sometimes, the guidance of gods, the Elves were left to themselves because of the Sin that was near them. Thus, most evolved into the nomadic Tir, forced to wander and teach themselves.
This time is known as the Third Age: the end of creation, and the beginning of history.
