Between 30 AD and 844 AD, a series of religious and military Crusades were conducted in the name of Arahan the Prophet, to consolidate and spread the Arahanic faith around the known world. The First Crusade aimed to establish Venium as the Holy City, resulting in the Heladians being ousted from their stronghold in 88 AD. The Second Crusade established the Arahanic Empire, a theocratic power, under Quintus Spiuso the Pious and his successors. It converted most of the continent of Valasea to Arahanism at the point of a sword by 632 AD. The Third Crusade commenced in 738 AD with the Battle of Carn Tywyll, which gave the Arahanites a foothold on Doregal. Between then and 844 AD, they expanded ruthlessly, converting the people, taking over the Ysionic temples as their worship infrastructure, and conducting blood rituals known as the Sundering on Aethyrborn across the world, destroying their immortal souls and binding them to cycles of reincarnation. This is the key event that sets the scene for my stories at present.