The most important pursuit at this stage is the exploration and documentation of the world, still shrouded in a shadow of mystery. Large-scale adventuring groups are gone for years - some returning with grand tales, foreign materials and documentations of their travels, while some never return at all. Maybe lost to the wilderness, or maybe they simply found too much enjoyment in their newfound, unexplored corners of the world. 

Around year 400, the first rough yet reasonably accurate maps of Aymenia are finalized and spread across the world - a huge step for Aymenian society. Travel becomes easier and trading expands significantly as roads start being built between important locations to ease navigation between the regions.  

As the layout of Aymenia becomes common knowledge, more and more people are drawn to two particularly mythical locations - valleys in the Nimath-neighboring mountains with an abnormally large population of dragons, as well as the floating islands at the Eastern borders of Aymenia. Although neither particularly friendly or inviting, the people's love for the unusual and legendary is strong. 

At the eastern islands, communities of inventors, farmers, and explorers begin experimenting with ways to adapt to the unintuitive environment. With carefully crafted technology combining delicate magic and unique inventions, special bridges able to withstand the extreme distances between the islands as well as the weight of hundreds of people at once walking on them are connected between the mainland and the closer floating islands. The early settlements are fragile and simple, but they establish the foundation for what will one day become Mirol.

On the opposite side of Aymenia, communities of people intrigued by the dragons are setting up simple settlements in the mountains, and a cautious co-existence will slowly develop as the humans ever so slowly and carefully advance closer towards the dragons.  

In a particularly harsh winter, a brave group from one of the towns in the mountains brought an offering of some of their food and resources to the edge of a dragon’s territory. Not even sure it would have gotten acknowledged, the group was elated to see their offerings all claimed when they returned a few days later to check on it. What they did not expect was the repayment. A week or two later, the village awoke to the carcass of a wild animal on the outskirts of their farmlands, undoubtedly burnt by fires, yet not unsalvagably so. Naturally, they first assumed it was a threat or warning - but upon closer inspection of the corpse, they realized the only parts damaged were the inedible ones. It all felt too intentional, well-timed and auspicious to mean something else - the dragon had not only accepted their gift, but also paid them back. This moment will later become known as The First Offering, and marks an infinitely important chapter in the history of Mistpeak and the relationship that will one day define it.

In the early 1600s, a girl named Euna is born to a talented inventor. She ends up having a natural talent for being able to understand - and later on, manipulate - the winds around her, forcing them to aid her rather than disrupting her. Her ideas and methods spread quickly throughout the area, and the priorities and approach to making the islands inhabitable changed; people shifted towards a more natural approach, building to guide and enhance what was already there rather than working against it. As if the area itself hummed with approval, the winds around the islands grew stronger, the air carrying more strength to those able to learn how to wield it. Euna naturally took on a leading role as the one who knew the winds better than anyone, and after decades she learned to manipulate the winds to carry her through the skies - and she shared all her knowledge back to her community, slowly teaching them the balance of trusting the wind to hold you, yet forcing it to do it right. She never intended to become a symbol or leader, but her people would naturally look to her for guidance.

When Aymon returned to Aymenia, they recognized the persistence and consistency of this community who had learnt to live in this unintended, hostile environment. Intrigued by this willpower, they wanted to award and acknowledge this ever-ambitious community and their naturally chosen leader. She was not created to lead, and yet she did - chosen by her people, someone who had grown to be worthy of their trust and loyalty.

In the year 1983, Mirol was officially named a region - and instead of creating a god for this newly founded community, Aymon embraced the one they already had. Euna, born as an ordinary human, was, together with the official recognition of her region, also appointed as and ascended into the goddess of the region, the islands of windsong. Of course, a victory for the people, never expecting this level of acknowledgement from the creator of the world - but it also formed a curiosity and, for certain individuals, a goal. The ascension of Euna was the revelation that the gods were not exclusively reserved for being created by Aymon, but were something that could be achieved and awarded to an ordinary mortal if they proved themselves worthy. This discovery was something that would change history forever, as many mortals realized the true extent of power they could achieve if only they did it right.

The communities in Mistpeak continue slowly advancing their connections to the dragons through offerings and trade, establishing a trust that can only be found in something nurtured for centuries. As the rest of the world advances in magic and technology, the citizens of Mistpeak remain in simplicity - the beauty of the region being their dragons and their love for them. Their progress is slow and small, but steady. Around 2800, the humans make their first physical contact with the dragons; the next large step for their society. From this point, their progress accelerates. The dragons have fully grown accustomed to co-living with the citizens of Mistpeak, and those not appreciative of the company have emigrated further north. They start trusting the humans to regularly bring them food and care for them, slowly growing fond of the admiration and their lavish living conditions. The main direct caretakers of the dragons, who would spend most of their days in their presence, begin noticing slight changes in their own abilities and appearance. Their eyesight improved, their eyes looking more similar to those of the dragons. Scales started appearing on their bodies, and eventually they even started developing small horns.

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In 3518, Mistpeak became an officially recognized region. But with their dragons placed on such high pedestals, Aymon found it more fitting to create a new god for the region rather than ascending one - the people of Mistpeak did not have such dedicated leaders in the way that Mirol had. Furthering the natural phenomena of the dragons’ essence rubbing off on the people they had special connections to, Aymon made the god half-dragon and half-human. This unique mix later becomes known as a Dragonal, though arguments regarding where the line is to be classified as one are argued over. The people of Mistpeak are overjoyed at their recognition, and their worship of their new god Astreus is instantly strong.

The earliest groups that will one day become Crownhawk begin forming, settling down in the southernmost parts of the Springwoods. Unlike later Crownhawk ideology, these people are not necessarily opposed to magic - they are simply interested in proving that both survival and achievement are possible without it. People who want their name to be known purely for their own accomplishments. This ideology attracts a surprisingly large variety of people; although first and foremost warriors, people such as craftsmen, artists, and others within the creative circles were also drawn to the beliefs.