The Skopere had ruled over the Sleeping Mind for millennia uncounted. The sole possessors of the power of creation, The Lords of Creation wandered space and time, fertilizing once-empty worlds with seeds of life. This They did as one, unified in Holy Dream and Purpose. None led, None followed. The life they brought to these worlds were in turn unified in the pursuit of the Holy Dream. Their wills and souls were bound to its completion. It was their sole purpose.
Thus it was until Forrae, The Covetous One, sought to create life independent of the Holy Dream. For he falsely believed that his own Dream was superior to that of the other Skopere.
While The Lords of Creation continued to realize Their Holy Vision, Forrae wandered the Sleeping Mind, searching for a portion untouched by his Kin so that he could bring his False Dream into reality. In this way he discovered the primordial world of Verden. Unlike other worlds in the Mind, Verden was not dormant. A great ocean raged across all its surface: Evig, The World Sea. It was in the primordial depths of Evig that Forrae sensed a power greater than any held by the Skopere. The Covetous One set a design to harness the essence of Evig and channel it into works made in his own image. In this way, Forrae believed he could surpass his Kin and supplant their Holy Dream with his own False Dream. To this end he sought to create an army.
Before Forrae could create his army, he first needed to create lands for them to inhabit. Channeling the currents of Evig, he raised great landmasses from the sea. The largest of these he named Hjem. Here, his firstborn would awaken from his Dream. He spent the next millennia populating Hjem with all manner of beasts, trees, grasses, fruits, and vegetables to serve as food and materials for his firstborn to consume. This we call The Age of Fertility.
When this was done, The Covetous One brought forth the Firstborn races of Elves, Dwarves, and Men from his False Dream. Each were given a purpose; the Elves were to serve as generals in his army and gifted eternal life. The Dwarves were to be craftsmen and engineers, ordained to create engines of war fit for the destruction of Forrae's Kin. Finally, the race of Men, most numerous of all, were to be his soldiers. In addition to purpose, Forrae imbued his Dream in all of them, such that they could channel his power and his will through their bodies. As the firstborn awoke, each were directed to begin their work toward his False Dream. This we call The Age of Building.
As the millennia passed, Forrae's Kin took notice of his absence. His Brother Fodel sent forth his servants the Aasimaari, angelic beings of immense power, to find The Covetous One and lay bare his designs upon the Holy Dream. So while Forrae toiled, the Aasimaari searched the Sleeping Mind. It was not overlong before the power of Evig drew their gaze towards Verden. Disguising themselves as members of The Firstborn, the Children of Fodel walked amongst the races of Elves, Dwarves, and Men to gain an understanding of Forrae's False Dream. As the designs of The Covetous One became apparent to them, they sent word to Fodel. Outraged by His Brother's betrayal, Fodel charged the Aasimaari with putting an end to the False Dream and bringing Forrae back amongst his Kin so that he could be judged for his crimes.
Knowing that they could not alone hope to overcome the power that Forrae wielded through Evig, the Aasimaari determined to set his own Children against him. Kaeon and Anthelmos, the most powerful of Fodel's Children, showed The Firstborn that they were slaves to his False Dream and that in challenging him they stood to gain freedom to join the Holy Dream of the Skopere. Thus The Firstborn joined forces with the Aasimaari and marched upon Forrae to lay him low.
But The Covetous One could not be so easily overthrown. For amongst his Firstborn he had selected lieutenants loyal to him and they had brought word of the Aasimaari's plot to undo him. As the armies of The Firstborn approached, Forrae awoke the lesser races to combat The Children of Fodel and their new army. Though weaker than The Firstborn, the lesser races were far more numerous. Thus vast hosts of orcs, goblins, and all manner of beastly creatures rode out to meet The Firstborn on the field of battle, led by the Tieflings, demons made in Forrae's own image. A great war began, one that saw the other lands of Verden sunk back into the sea and left vast stretches of Hjem's land a wasteland.
While war raged, Kaeon and Anthelmos convened with the greatest of the Elves and Dwarves to turn the power of Evig against Forrae and banish him into the endless void of the Sleeping Mind so that he could be judged by The Skopere. In the bowels of the Underdark they created great stone structures capable of channeling the ocean's power how they saw fit. On the eve of Forrae's defeat, they rose like great pillars from the earth, their tips reaching into the Sleeping Mind itself. Forrae could do not but watch in amazement as his own Children wielded the power he'd used to create them against him. Under the influence of The Pillars, Evig took Forrae in its grasp and flung him into the void where he could face the judgement of the Skopere. With The Covetous One's defeat, the Aasimaari charged the Firstborn with upholding the tenets of the Holy Dream. So long as they did this, they would be allowed to continue their existence upon Verden.