History VideoGame / GodherjaTheDyingWorld

Eventually, enough became enough. After thousands of years of slavery, humanity learnt the secrets to magic that the aelfir had used to brutally oppress them. As one across the world, [[ScrewYouElves humanity rose against their masters]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens and strove to]] [[{{Gotterdammerung}} free themselves from Aersanon]]. The war was brutal, [[TimeDissonance by the time Aersanon even noticed]], the aelfir were almost completely extinct. Aersanon attempted to stop the slaughter, only to be [[GodIsDead killed]] [[KillTheGod by their own creation]]. [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore The world changed]] with the death of its creator. Continents were reshaped, colors changed their hue, animals disappeared and reappeared, [[TheEndOfTheWorlda sWeKnowIt and almost all humans died.]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt "Zig Zagged": While the end of the world can seem imminent, by the last start date, the fog has barely moved in 50 years. This is due to the Fog being a mysterious force, which the mechanisms of are unknown. After the final startdate there is no set canon other than what the player want's, with this applying to the Fog. This leaves the end of the world ambiguous.

Eventually, enough became enough. After thousands of years of slavery, humanity learnt the secrets to magic that the aelfir had used to brutally oppress them. As one across the world, [[ScrewYouElves humanity rose against their masters]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens and strove to]] [[{{Gotterdammerung}} free themselves from Aersanon]]. The war was brutal, [[TimeDissonance by the time Aersanon even noticed]], the aelfir were almost completely extinct. Aersanon attempted to stop the slaughter, only to be [[GodIsDead killed]] [[KillTheGod by their own creation]]. [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore The world changed]] with the death of its creator. Continents were reshaped, colors changed their hue, animals disappeared and reappeared, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and almost all humans died.]]

* TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt: "Played with" While the end of the world can seem imminent, by the last start date, the fog has barely moved in 50 years. This is due to the Fog being a mysterious force, which the mechanisms of are unknown. After the final startdate there is no set canon other than what the player want's, with this applying to the Fog. This leaves the end of the world ambiguous.

* DistantEpilogue: [[spoiler: A planned, semi-canon bookmark. It is 1799 and nearly the entire world has fallen under the fog. Only a few cities remain, one on the continent and twelve on the Forgotten Island. Protected only by a failing barrier and still having the various problems of humanity to contend with, like greed and bigotry. Every day the barrier comes closer to failing and a single mistake could led to the complete extinction of humanity. The few ships that dare go outside the barrier to scavenge the dying world most often never come back, and when they do they are often empty.]]

* RecursivePrecursors: After the Godherja happened, the world of Aeras has gone through multiple stages of civilizational development and civilization having been reset to the stone age enough times to make the timeline after the Godherja a complete mystery, with the world being filled with ruins of not only the Aelfir but also previous civilizations. Atleast one of these civilization's is implied to have gotten to an industrial level, leaving behind mysterious metal machines to be found by the Kathraddi empire. Despite intensive study with magic the Kathraddi couldn't animate them, due to not realizing that these machines weren't magical but mechanical.

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: While the lore makes the end of the world seem imminent, the mod itself lasts over several hundred years in order to give players time to actually enjoy the game.

* RecursivePrecursors: After the Godherja happened, the world of Aeras has gone through multiple stages of civilizational development and civilization having been reset to the stone age enough times to make the timeline after the Godherja a complete mystery, with the world being filled with ruins of not only the Aelfir but also previous civilizations. Atleast one of these civilization's is implied to have gotten to an industrial level, leaving behind mysterious metal machines to be found by the Kathraddi empire. Despite intensive study with magic the Kathraddi couldn't animate them, due to not realizing that these machines weren't magical but mechanical.

** Various fauna from earth's last Ice Age share the setting with the Dark Age level humans

* CannibalTribe: The Fog-Eaters eat the dead of their enemies among their many other oddities.

* KeystoneArmy: The Sjalvoji Imperreich, led by Cenware Witch-Breaker, appears utterly unstoppable to the Aversarians, conquering massive swaths of territory without much effort and mustering massive amounts of soldiers. However, despite his [[TheChosenOne favor from the Gods]] and [[PlotArmor his immense physical and mental strength]], a simple [[AssassinationAttempt murder plot]] will gather enough support from those within the Imperreich who wish to see him dead that it will [[TheHeroDies almost always succeed]], and if it does their union will fracture into infighting.

The mod is currently still in development under the lead of user [=ThePinkPanzer=], who was also the lead developer of ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', a ''[[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron IV]]'' mod with a similarly grim tone. The mod's community can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/godherja/ on Reddit]], [[https://discord.gg/WwCr9QC and on Discord]].

In a time before [[CreationMyth memory]], [[TopGod Aersanon]] created the world. Aersanon was one of many [[TheOldGods gods]], but only [[GodInHumanForm they]] possessed traits we would now consider human, and they were the only god humanity ever knew. Aersanon, tired of his experiment and wishing for beings to converse with, created humanity. For a time, they were content to enjoy the presence, but eventually they began to covet power, and so Aersanon demanded [[GodEmperor the fealty of their creation]]. Humanity consented, and Aersanon seemed to rule in benevolence.

But humanity was not perfect. [[PunyEarthlings They were incapable of the great feats he was]], their [[HumansAreMorons primitive]] [[SurroundedByIdiots minds]] struggled to keep Aersanon's interest, and [[WeAreAsMayflies their short lives and rapid reproduction]] confused the god. Aersanon decided that humanity was imperfect, a failed experiment, and so created a new race in their image. The result, was the [[OurElvesAreDIfferent aelfir]].

To Aersanon, the aelfir were a far superior experiment. They lived for millennia, they rarely reproduced, their minds were keener and they craved invention and beauty. Not only this, but their very blood was more alike to Aersanon's, and their ability with magic far outstripped their lesser counterparts. However, like Aersanon they did not truly understand humans. They did not have views on morality like humans, and saw Aersanon's first experiment as nothing but animals in comparison. Humanity was soon [[SlaveRace enslaved]] by the aelfir as they built great empires and kingdoms on the backs of human labor, under the sight of [[GodIsEvil Aersanon]], who did not care that his first children suffered in such a way as long as the aelfir used them to create mighty monuments in Aersanon's image and worship as they deserved.

* AmbiguousGender: It is unclear if Aersanon is a man or a woman, or if those terms can even apply.

* BadassDecay: In-universe, High King Gardfrei den va Seignon was considered a fine High King and one of the greatest fighters in the world at one point, but his obsession with his mysterios quest began to border on insanity and he soon allowed his entire realm to collapse.

* CruelMercy: When the Illyrosi tribes were subjugated by the Aagiokratia after a long war, their king begged the Aautokratir for mercy. They got it, in the form of the entire culture being enslaved for the rest of history. [[RoaringRampageofRevenge Don't worry, they got their payback.]]

** The Lyrossi are based on Illyrians, seafaring tribals who inhabited the West Balkans in antiquity.

** Aersanon may be considered one depending on how close he was to his creations.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Ilyrossi tribes rose up after almost a thousand years of slavery by slaughtering their masters and embarking on a campaign of destroying the Aagiokratia in revenge.