Ancient Race

The first physical species known to live, they succeeded the shadows. Some call them the first 'Utan', but they are no such thing.

History
Before the war between the Shadows and the Light escalated, they were the only species alive. They quickly formed peaceful societies, until the Shadows decided to interfere with their development, hoping to turn them into perfect soldiers against the various servants of the Light, as well as the new species that had also arisen.

The first great king of the Ancient Race, called in modern times Pellessar the First, began the Ancient Empire, based in what would be Arcadia. It is said he knew great wisdoms concerning mana and Mana Circuits. It is said that it was he who began the City Builders, though only in their basest form. With them he built his first and greatest city, Tigrath Pellesser.

After him, they first interacted with the main Races of the World. The Valkyries he fought in the north, and drove them to the mountains. He defeated the Elves and Goblins, forcing them to bring tribute yearly to his palace. The Humans he eradicated from his empire. He thought them weaker than all the other species, and thus they were not worthy to live.

After him, Pellessar the Second continued the expansion, but more slowly. The first dynasty died when Erudun the third died in battle when Valkyries invaded. The empire declined through the second, third and fourth dynasties, experience a great resurgence during the fifth, six and seventh dynasties.

During the Eighth Dynasty, the Shadows were decimated, and the source of their power was diminished. The Ninth Dynasty through the Thirteenth found themselves with the original land that Pellessar began with.

Finally, the last Pella, Pauser the Thirteenth, fled Tigrath Pellesser with a small force of loyalists. The city was too big to destroy, so the Elves, Goblins and Valkyries who captured it looted it, then Firmament the Wise, the greatest Elven mage who ever lived, modified the City Builders to build over it, and set its expansion to all of Pellessar's land, forming modern Arcadia's boundaries.

Pauser was lost to history at this point.

The Ancient race was left with a splinter kingdom in Sabbatholm that hid for a while, emerging in the Genesis Mythology as the Assyr.