Before the days of kings and empires, before the banners of great nations flew across the skies of Mezolith, the lands were ruled by brutal warlords and fractured tribes. This was over three centuries ago—precisely 333 years back—during a time of endless skirmishes and shifting allegiances. Yet even further back, nearly half a millennium ago, whispers of the Necklace of Qirith began to surface in arcane texts and oral traditions. No historian could pinpoint its origin, no scribe could decipher the true nature of its creation. It simply was—a relic older than civilization itself.