This term is used in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, where the Dawn War Pantheon was, for some reason, relegated to page 10 of the DMG rather than to Appendix B in the PHB.įor a complete accounting of all 4e setting lore and historical information, see here: Īlso, don't be so bold and so foolish to mistake this for Dawn of War. The Gods of the Nentir Vale setting are also known as the Dawn War Pantheon, as a result of this over-arching piece of lore. This meddling in their creation ultimately incensed the Primordials, who reacted violently to the intrusion.
In a nutshell, after the Primordials arose from the Elemental Chaos and created the mortal world, the Feywild and the Shadowfell, the Gods descended from the Astral Sea, stabilized these new planes, and seeded them with life, creating all non-elemental or immortal beings in the cosmos. Originating from Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, the Dawn War is an ancient battle from the World Axis cosmology, fought at the dawn of time (hence its name).
