Second Age

There really is not much to tell about the Second Age. The status quo was generally maintained. The Dwarves built their great mountain strongholds. The Elves retreated into their forests.

Most of the major religions became established during the Second Age. Most of the major religions developed their hierarchy, structure, rules, and norms during this period. Most religions developed a belief that the gods had a direct influence over their area of control. For example, the Ceraltian (Certrium) god Donocull is the god of agriculture, as such; he has direct influence over anything related to agriculture. The Dormond (Nortrium) are the exception; in the Dormondian religion the gods have interest in certain areas and work to promote certain ideas, beliefs, or activities; however, even though they are very powerful, they do not directly influence their area of interest. For example, Angroth is the god of metalworking; he works to promote blacksmiths and the art of metalworking but does not directly control metalworking.

The Second Age was also the period when the understanding and use of magic became more widespread. Previously, magic was only commonplace in Elven society. While the other races knew off and occasionally used magic, it was not regularly used by them until the Second Age. It was during the Second Age that magic users organized magical energies into schools such as Divination, Summoning, Alteration, and Necromancy.

The 28th of Malath in the year 2A 4583 was the last day of the Second Age. That was the day of the Cataclysm. On that day, land masses were altered, mountains arose in areas that had previously been flat land, rivers changed course, cities collapsed, forests that had existed since the First Age disappeared and others appeared where none had been before. Halflings appeared for the first time with no memory of where they had come from. A stretch of land that ranges from 30 to 50 miles wide fell into the ocean and created the island of Lyarth. The land that fell into the ocean included part of the Blue Mountains. The Dwarven stronghold, Morgonothal, was in that part of the Blue Mountains; there were no survivors and the entire stronghold, and all of the treasures that were in it, still sits on the bottom of the ocean.

The next day, the 1st of Moroth would have been the first day of the year 2A 4583; instead, it was the first day of 3A 1.