The First Ones

[Ted]

Scattered across Phlyndir are ruins of an ancient civilization known as the first ones. Ehrui scholars believe that this ancient race is older than any other civilization on Phlyndir. They also believe that this civilization predates even the events of the cataclysm. Though most of what the first ones are is still shrouded in mystery, it is no secret that this ancient civilization is far more advanced in the use of magic and technology that even the Kod-Mezu and Nu'Kyoabe. Their massive ruins are filled with ancient runes that even the world's foremost rune masters cannot begin to comprehend and their mechanisms are beyond the reach of the greatest mechanics and engineers. Not only did these ancient structures show how techno-magically advanced the first ones were, but, it also boasts of quality to stand the test of time itself. An example would be the massive sky bridges that connect parts of the continents together. Though created by the ancients, it still is being used by the present occupants of Phlyndir.

However, for all their power, the first ones are now no more. Ehrui scholars aren't totally sure about what led to the dying out of the ancient race but it had to be an event affected the whole world. The prevalent theory behind the extinction of the first ones is a plague. A sickness that spread throughout the land that not even their magic or technology could cure. The Scholars believe that the plague came during the events of the cataclysm; a virus born out of hundreds of thousands of years of organic matter buried beneath the surface that finally got free during the shattering of the world.

[Hureciel]

I don't know about this idea. The big problem here is the extinction process. For one, the plague idea would leave a lot of plotholes.