Quote Originally Posted by Zohar_Lahar View Post
Can we even be sure any of the currently known spoken races were around in the first astral era?
It's likely that they were. Racial tension could very well been the arguments that caused the First Umbral Era, ending the Age of Gods. We do know that legend says the Twelve ended it when the tribes began to war with one another, which could be done easily between races that were only then "tribes." The conflict could have caused them to spread out across Hydaelyn, and forget about one another for a while at least.

Kind of a side note: We also know the Ascians take credit for that Calamity, so maybe they caused the arguing or at least helped it along? Twelve Ascians taking credit of the Calamity, the Twelve ending the Age of Gods... I feel like there's a connection somehow... But I don't know in what way...