The Old Ones believed that the race they called Man was too primitive to learn, but they were quickly surprised at the speed Mankind adapted to its surroundings. They demonstrated the secret of forging runes to the Dwarfs and to the Elves they taught the mastery of spellcasting. Gathering together the wisest and bravest individuals of each race, they taught them magic and other skills. They forged an island paradise where the sun shone bright and the crops flourished. Little is known of their settlements for few have ever visited Albion, let alone returned from this mysterious place. In time, the Old Ones chose the island of Albion as one of the locations to build their homes. It is said that even the great Dragons were mere playthings to these godlike beings. The races of Elves, Dwarfs and Men were like children to them, whom they nurtured and taught.

Legends tell of how they manipulated the ebb and flow of magic to mould the land to their will and of how they sowed the seeds that would form into the vast forests that cover the world. In a time long before Man first discovered the secret of fire, millennia before the first Elf learned the art of the bow, a race known only as the Old Ones forged the world.

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