Millions of years ago, a massive volcano, near the southern border of the valoria country, erupted with a fury that sent shockwaves through the land, causing a cataclysmic earthquake.
The ground split apart, and the largest peak of the surrounding mountains crumbled, taking countless lives with it. The disaster didn't stop there—shortly after, the Sapphire Sea, the largest body of water where seven great rivers converged, was struck by a massive tsunami.
One disaster after another followed in a terrible chain that lasted for an entire decade across the whole world.
their human forms retained remnants of their beast-like features. Beast ears, tails, and, for the bird-like beastmen, wings. But after those disasters, the evolution took a strange turn. The abilities and features that had once defined them faded away, as if the disasters had drained the magic from the land. Beastmen could still transform, but in their human forms, their unique traits were lost to time.
