Many millennia later, the stalemate was shattered by the covert actions of mankind's mother goddess, Lilith, who sparked the extinct nephalem flame in a small group of humans. At these sacred places, the first formal mage clans were founded - the primeval Vizjerei, Ennead and Annuit. Individuals with some lingering power grouped together to colonise the ley lines, building great towers and circles of stone to channel the remaning energines. Only the strongest wills could muster more than simple parlour tricks. Within a few generations, the era of the nephalem was over and the Old Ages begun. To suppress these awakening powers, Inarius imbued the Worldstone with a dampening field that would forever limit the innate magical abilities of humans. The offspring of an angel and demon, the first humans - the nephalem - possessed certain powers that could prove to be a threat to the dominion of Inarius. What he really wanted to create was a world of worshippers. Inarius did not want an empowered third party in the Eternal War.
Some say the Worldstone may have a darker side. So much for the commonly accepted theory. Should the Worldstone fall, all of Sanctuary would be in grave danger. The Worldstone, created by Inarius to protect the world of Sanctuary against overt angelic or demonic influence, has often been the target of attacks by mortal emissaries of the Burning Hells looking to destroy the barrier. The tribes of the Arreat Highlands guard an ancient secret from the dawn of history.
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