Timeline

The Time of Gods

Before Loam, before stars and planets, life and death, before anything- There were Monsters. Inconceivable beast gods not bound by laws of existence that had yet to be created. Driven solely by an all consuming need to devour, the endless cycle of consumtion and rebirth was inescapeable. That is, until things changed. Over eons and eons, reality became more solid around these beastgods of chaos. The first rule to solidify, that all things alive must die, broke the cycle of the gods. No longer able to be reborn, they slowly died out until only one remained, destined to starve alone in the cosmos. The rotting corpses of these gods broke down into the stardust that formed the universe and everything inside of it. Given enough time, particles originally belonging to one beastgod will narturally be drawn to eachother, creating deposites of godhood.

The Old World

After billions of years, life crawls it's way out of the seas of Loam, Eventually forming two distinct species of sentiant life; humans and the amphibious merfolk. The early days of their history are less important than the events that lead to their collapse- and the end of the world. The entire, singular, continent of Loam slowly was engulfed by one megacorporation and their corporate cities. LIVcorp dominated all sectors of life, as the singular mind behind every buisness and production line, there was no alternative. The companies massive growth funded a seemingly unending technological revolution, which in turn created massive demand for power. As the conventinal methods of fossil fuel dried up, LIVcorp started looking into a new, renewable energy source- a strange mineral deposite located deep under the heart of the megacity. The result of their experiments would be disastrous.

The Aftermath

The explosion killed the vast majority of life on Loam and turned the centre of the continent into a near uninhabitable wasteland, but perhaps the most important outcome was how it fundamentally broke reality. As the rules of existence became weaker, it became possible to weave the fabric of reality how you saw fit. This with came rapid evolution that would create the many weird and wonderfuly creatures and people that inhabit Loam. Life was hard and dangerous, but people find a way and civilizations slowly crafted themselves back together. Nearly all information from the Old World was lost during this time. Any remaining scraps are often hoarded as important religious artifacts.

Breaking Point

As magic grew more and more commonplace, the holes left in reality by its users became greater and greater. Bigger, more volatile spells became possible; strange, impossible phenomenon start happening as reality collapses inwards on itself. Life still flourishes at the end of reality, in many strange and wonderful forms that previously would not have been remotely possible.