Age of Devils

The five point barrier system worked well, but was not perfect. If all five pillars were attacked at the same time by a strong enough devil, the entire barrier would fall. While The 108 Saints knew of this weakness, they knew that Devils are selfish and self-absorbed and would never cooperate long enough to complete such a fete. However, that very thing did happen. A relatively young devil, Lleda, wanted to break that barrier badly enough to work with others to exploit this weakness. He spent time finding four other devils, Lrahal, Oam, Zerotavlav and Ailik who could cooperate at least long enough for a coordinated attack. On the night of a lunar eclipse, the five devils surrounded the island and unleashed a massive attack that destroyed the five obelisks and exposed the island to evil once more. This night became known as “The Darkest Night.” The residents of Sidterra tried to resist these devils, but centuries of peace had dulled their blades and in a matter of 6 months, the devils had total control of the island, having killed anyone who tried to resist them. However, while these 5 devils could cooperate long enough to take control of the island they couldn’t do it long enough to share this island they had worked to take. They didn’t want to fight with each other since they knew that would be a hard fought battle which, even if they did win, they would be so weak they could be taken down by the people of the island afterword. This conundrum didn’t last long however as Lleda seemed to already have an idea on how to settle this. He proposed that they divide the island evenly five ways including the population spend some time training them up then have them fight their war for them. The winner of this war would get to keep the island and the other four would just have to abandon it. While they did spend some time arguing over this “game’s” rules they all ultimately agreed to it and divided up the land to begin.

Each of the devils went to their territory, bringing along 3 of their demons to act as generals for their armies. They devils spent time building fortress like walls along their borders which met at a tall tower in the middle. They also set a magic border around the island, allowing them to know if anyone was approaching or leaving the island, which would always result in death. After the borders were officially set, the devils began to train their people to turn them into a formidable force and granted all of their people a demonic boon. The 5 Great Devils each had their own methods and spent 10 years training up the people making them into hardened soldiers. To begin the war, all five armies would try take control of the tower in the middle of the island. The devils convinced their people that having control of the tower would be such a huge advantage that they could end the war quickly. And while Center Mater took the tower first, it was quickly taken from them by Murk Pitch who then soon lost it to Great Brave. The tower kept changing hands until people realized it might be easier to attack the other lands to make the tower easier to capture. In about a year, the lands stopped trying to take the tower and just attacked the other lands directly.