Small conflicts that had started in the Silver Age began to escalate, as the
powers of neutrality were no longer able to keep the opposing forces of law
and chaos, good and evil from each other’s throats. Small disputes escalated
into larger and larger wars, eventually sucking in all the peoples of the
world. Terrifying weapons scarred the face of Annwn, and it is said
that at the final, terrifying conclusion of the conflict, the gods themselves
walked the earth to do battle with one another. This later came to
be known as the Godswar, and ended in a final, apocalyptic confrontation
between the gods resulting in Ragnarok, the utter obliteration of the entire
pantheon, as the gods completely destroyed one another.
One rumor states that one god only survived the apocalypse, although it does
not state which. Most scholars dismiss this as mere wishful fancy by
a fallen deity’s followers, written in the dark times that followed. In
any case, the 3rd ages were brought to a conclusion by the death of the gods,
ushering in the 4th age, better known to most as the Dark Ages.