Made up of six islands Zeb is one of the last realms where men and elves still live in relative peace. This peace was not always there. Centuries ago a great and bloody war raged throughout the whole realm of Zeb between all of the races. After 30 years of fighting the great leaders of each race called a conference. They set about to find a way to end the massive bloodshed. They agreed to assign an island to each race. Nailyn went to the humans, Foresti to the three races of elves, Lucta to the dwarves, hobbits, and lizard men, and Coryntus went to the orcish races. Holus being too cold to inhabit was left to the goddess Forestia to deal with and the last island Nib was reserved for high level magic users and immortals. Peace returned to the realm.
In the beginning each race kept to their own island fearing war would start again if the races didn't stay separated. Eventually, though, trust began to build and the races began to revisit the other islands soon trade flourished. Everyone still kept their distance from Coryntus because the orcish races like to have guests for dinner, and the dwarves never fully let go of their grudge against the elves.
The peace continued for decades, as far back as many could remember. One fateful day shattered all that.