Unity Age

The Unity Age was the time between the proper construction of the Church of Abyssal and the death of Abyssal. This was the period of time when the Church controlled the Abyssal's world, economy, military, and society most. The world was truly "unified."

During this period of time, global peace was achieved. Wars were not fought, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone bad mouth the Church's laws. This could be because participation and belief in the Church's teaching were mandatory across the Abyssal. Very little in terms of records in other systems of belief exist. The Church has stated that the reason for this is that they've reclaimed these teaches and archived them to "keep the people safe from foul lies to sway the people's beliefs."

Going through records however, it was easy to find corruption in the corners of Abyssal that were difficult for the Church to control. Representatives of the church, known as Pathfinders, would often be swayed by greed and lust. These men would promise salvation and eternal peace in the Chasm of Light after death to prostitutes who would pleasure them and bankers and the rich who would pay them. People begun to notice the dishonesty that lies in the hearts of these men and the church as a whole. Small clubs in towns and cities would form to discuss these things, however, the Church would encourage the people to not pay attention to these vile skeptics.

Eventually, proper action had to be taken by the church, and so The Plunge of Faith was ordered. The Plunge of Faith was a night where the church's pathfinders were tested, by commanding platoons of the Abyssal Military, ordering these men to wipe out the skeptics. They charged into these people's homes and businesses and set them ablaze as they left these people to die. There is no clear number of how many people had died from the Plunge of Faith, because records of these people ever existed had also been burnt. People say the few survivors of The Plunge ended up reconstructing the Heretic society much later, but it didn't matter at the moment. People's belief in the Church was back to being unquestioned. Until 5 years later, when the Abyssal finally took his last breath.