Battle of the Cindered Lair

"In their hubris, the Firstborn believed that they could slay a god. What they thought would destroy Paragon instead became their demise."

- The Attestation, 7.7:31

The Battle of the Cindered Lair was the culmination of a centuries-long conflict between the Firstborn and the Paragon, which took place at the Heart of Maerlandayr, located in the very core of the Maerlandayr Galaxy. A massive Firstborn fleet engaged a paracausal star-sized artifact and destroyed it, itself being annihilated in the process. The battle marked the beginning of an end of the Firstborn Empire, which fell into disarray shortly after and disintegrated completely just a few decades later.

Following the discovery of Paragon's interference in the integrity of their empire, the Firstborn begun to organize a military expedition, whose goal was to destroy the anomalous Heart of Maerlandayr, which they presumed was Paragon's source of power. In just a few years, they amassed at least 5 million military spaceships, nearly the entirety of their power, and then embarked towards Oron, the Galaxy's core. The Firstborn suffered a fatal defeat at the hands of the Paragon, who was only wounded by the Heart's destruction.

The total destruction of the Firstborn military forces might have enboldened various revolts, uprisings and coups, which took place en masse following the defeat. More importantly, the destruction of the Heart caused a sudden degradation of life all across the galaxy. Some Firstborn, now remembered as The Hidden, have gathered under this realization to try and stop this process from continuing. They were successful and thanks to their determination, the damages caused by the largest fleet in Maerlandayr's history have been reversed.