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The Creation War

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“The ancient war that ended the Ergen Empire and made the Chandrian”

also known as Blac of Drossen Tor

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As a historical event the Creation War has no physical form, but the corpus surrounds it with vivid imagery: a war so terrible the world has never seen its equal, fought across the grand empire of Ergen, now faded so completely that even history books barely recall it. Its signature scene is the Blac of Drossen Tor, evoked through fan discussion as a battle against a black beast in black armor (or shadow), ending with the enemy driven beyond great stone doors. Associated visuals mined from the corpus include the buried four-plate door and rotting waterwheel of the Underthing, greystones standing as boundary markers, and the scorched ruins of fallen cities like Myr Tariniel and Belen.

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The Creation War is the ancient, world-spanning conflict that consumed the Ergen Empire and now survives only in stories and legend, so faded that even history books barely recall it. It was fought across the vast empire of Ergen, home to the first namers and shapers, whose contemporaries include Iax, Selitos, Tehlu, Aleph, Lyra, and Lanre. The theft of the moon by Iax drew the powers of the world into the war, which had already been underway for a long time when Lanre's story begins. Cities of the empire were burned, among them Myr Tariniel, the last and greatest of the great cities. The war's climactic battle was the Blac of Drossen Tor, where so many died the sea was choked with blood and great beasts were loosed; there 'the enemy' was defeated and sealed behind the Doors of Stone, a victory won at the cost of Lanre's death and his subsequent restoration to life. The sealing of the enemy turned the tide of the war. Its aftermath scattered the Ruach, who survived and dispersed into the peoples that followed, and it set the stage for Lanre's transformation into Haliax and the later cursing of the Chandrian. Felurian tells Kvothe that the one who stole the moon predates the Fae and is shut behind doors of stone, tying the moon's theft to the war's origins.

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  • Led To The Chandrian — the war led into the betrayal of Myr Tariniel and the cursing of the Chandrian
  • Set Stage For Haliax — its aftermath set the stage for Lanre's transformation into Haliax
  • Enemy Sealed The Doors of Stone — the enemy was defeated and sealed behind the Doors of Stone
  • Triggered By Iax — the theft of the moon by Iax drew the powers of the world into the war
  • Burned Myr Tariniel — cities of the empire were burned, among them Myr Tariniel
  • Wielded In Caesura — Caesura passed through many hands during the war, several of whom died at Drossen Tor
  • Combatant Lyra — Lanre and Lyra fought side by side at the very end of the war
  • Scattered The Ruach — the war scattered the Ruach, who dispersed into the peoples that followed
  • Climactic Battle Drossen Tor — its climactic battle was the Blac of Drossen Tor where the enemy was defeated
  • Consumed Ergen Empire — the world-spanning conflict consumed the vast Ergen Empire

Established facts§

  • The Creation War was a terrible, world-spanning conflict fought across the vast Ergen Empire long ago, now surviving only in stories.
  • The war had already been underway for a long time when Lanre's story begins.
  • Its climactic battle was the Blac of Drossen Tor, where 'the enemy' was defeated and sealed behind the Doors of Stone.
  • The theft of the moon by Iax drew the powers of the world into the war.
  • At Drossen Tor so many died the sea was choked with blood, and great beasts were loosed during the conflict.
  • The sealing of the enemy beyond the Doors of Stone turned the tide of the war, won at the cost of Lanre's death.
  • Lanre fell at the Blac of Drossen Tor and was restored to life.
  • Cities of the empire were burned during the war, among them Myr Tariniel, the last and greatest of the great cities.
  • The empire is named Ergen, and its first namers and shapers were the Ergenese people.
  • Contemporaries of the era include Iax, Lanre, Selitos, Tehlu, Aleph, and Lyra.
  • Lanre and Lyra fought side by side at the very end of the war.
  • The war scattered the Ruach, who survived and dispersed into the peoples that followed.
  • Felurian tells Kvothe that the one who stole the moon predates the Fae and is shut behind doors of stone.
  • The war predates and led into the betrayal and sacking of Myr Tariniel and the cursing of the Chandrian.
  • Caesura passed through many hands during the Creation War, several of whom died at Drossen Tor.

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