![]() ![]() The surviving Elves also appeared from their concealment, now that the threat from the quickly multiplying men was gone. These mutant human races were given names from man's ancient fairy tales: Troll, Dwarf, and Gnome. New races appeared, genetically mutated by radiation from the Great Wars. Except for the ruins of man’s greatest cities and monuments, the world as everyone had known it had disappeared. The nations of man were destroyed, and the environment and climate in many places was made entirely barren.īirth of the Four Lands and The First Council Īfter an extremely long amount of time, the Earth had more or less recovered from the cataclysm of the Great Wars. Sometime in the early 22nd century, mankind all but destroyed itself through nuclear, biological, and chemical holocaust. ![]() The Elves and their magic remained hidden, as memories of their existence become nothing more than “Fairy Tales”. Thousands of years passed while man and science ruled. The Elves still existed, but quickly found themselves few in numbers compared to the quickly growing human race and decided to go into hiding. Thousands of years later, the age of man came into being. As long as the Ellcrys lived, the Demons would remain locked away. The integrity of the prison was upheld by a magical tree known as the Ellcrys. The Forbidding locked the demons away in an alternate universe from which they could not attack the Elves. When the Demons tried to eradicate the rival Elves altogether, the Elves proved victorious by creating a magical prison called the Forbidding, to which they banished the Demons. For example, the Elves used their magic to care for the earth, while the hateful Demons used theirs to dominate and destroy. ![]() Like any power (be it wealth, technology, or physical strength), magic was used by some for good and some for evil. History of the Shannara World Age of Faerie Īt the beginning of time, in what was known as the "Age of Faerie", the Earth was inhabited only by Faerie creatures most or all wielded magic. 3.9 The Dark Legacy of Shannara Trilogy.3.7 The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy.1.4 Birth of the Four Lands and The First Council. ![]()
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