"The world broke," Kang nodded. "A nation called Istar formed, and it became an empire. Mortals became too proud, and angered the gods. One, the Kingpriest, tried to rid the world of all that was evil. He tried to exterminate entire races that he deemed not good enough, and even attacked the magic-users in his fear of anything he didn't understand. The gods, all of them, tried to warn him, but he misunderstood in his hubris and demanded to be made a god as well, to assist Paladine in the fight against evil. He didn't seem to think Paladine was doing a decent enough job."

He smiled wryly. "The gods threw a fiery mountain down on Krynn, completely destroying Istar and turning it into a sea. No place in the world escaped unscathed; new mountains were formed and port towns ended up hundreds of mile from water."

"She's always been good at finding loopholes that suit her purposes."