What followed the Godswar is a period of complete
and utter anarchy, the 4th age of the World, better known as the Dark Ages.
Civilization as it had been was destroyed. The gods were dead (or at
the very least, banished to another plane of existence), and their creations
were utterly without guidance.
Most civilized scholars view this as a period utterly devoid of technological,
artistic. or arcane advances, and many believe that many of the skills learned
by the races prior to this time were lost during this period. Certainly,
no beings now approach the powers alluded to by the ancient texts, although
some scholars believe it was not a backwards slide so much as an intentional
destruction of magicks the races found had proved to be far to dangerous to
control during the GodsWar.