The origins of Zobenxia are shrouded in myth.
Legend says it was once an unbroken continent before a great war between the ten dragons fractured it to pieces. Mountains cracked and crumbled into dust as massive tsunamis crashed inland, flooding fertile soil and lush forests beneath the ocean’s depths. Gazing upon the aftermath of the damage they had wrought, the dragons came to an agreement: each would choose a region of this new landscape to be their home, and no dragon would interfere with another’s domain.
Peace came to the fractured continent as the dragons tended their lands, healing the scars and restoring them to their former abundance. Millenia passed, and the land flourished. One day, a small group of sails on the horizon heralded a new age in Zobenxia. They called themselves the Wanderers; clans of humans, halflings, elves, orcs, goblins, and all other sorts who had traveled across oceans seeking a new home.
When they first encountered this new land, it seemed perfect. But that perfection came at a price: the dragons demanded the fealty of all who settled on their shores. Some Wanderers chose to serve willingly, pledging themselves to the dragons best suited to their beliefs and establishing the first farms, houses, and villages. Others preferred to continue sailing the waves, free from the dragons’ influence.
Centuries passed as the settlements became cities, and the cities became nations, each embodying the ideals of their chosen dragons. As the nations grew and flourished, conflict waxed and waned among the new denizens of Zobenxia. Little by little, the dragons released their control of daily affairs. Their disappearance is, to this day, a mystery; perhaps they grew bored of their worship; perhaps they passed on; perhaps they are simply in hibernation, waiting for a worthy soul to awaken them. The Ten Nations are currently in a time of relative peace and prosperity that has lasted around thirty years. Although each nation still upholds their founding dragon's ideals, no one in living memory has seen them.