The Exodus

The Creator Gods felt their involvement in mortal conflict was to blame for the cataclysmic damage inflicted upon Aondor. They knew while the divine gateways were left open, the prison planes that held the banished Forsaker Gods would remain imperfect and temporary.

Thus, in hopes of ensuring such ruin would not befall Aondor again, they left their children to fend for themselves within and beyond the walls of Provenance. The Creator Gods returned to their own realms, dragging both Betrayer and Abomination with them and sealing the pathways to the mortal realm behind them with the Divine Gate. Only in this way could they prevent their corrupted brethren from physically returning to the material plane. Sadly, for the Creator Gods, this action also carried with it a self-imposed sentence of exile. They would henceforth never be allowed to visit Creation.

The disappearance of the gods is known by many names: “The Second Spark” for those who study the arcane; “The Penance” for those who seek closeness to their gods; but the most common name for this time of warfare and separation is “The Divergence,” and it marked the end of the Age of Betrayal.