The Dark Times were the period between the Golden Age and the Time of the Great Travelers. After the fall of the Golden Age during the War of the Heretics, the world was plunged into darkness. Uneducated and illiterate, the surviving populous in the Lands soon reverted to their primitive states, and lived isolated and obscure lives. The teachings of the Ancients were soon forgotten and the ancients themselves soon passed into myths and legends.[1][2]