In response to the Great War, dragons claimed the western lands, and gryphons claimed the central ones, abandoning the Barrens and the memory of General Daramor, who nearly destroyed the Continent with his army.

Their allies sailed home, and they began a period of peace and prosperity as the provinces of Navarre united for the first time behind the safety of their wards, under the protection of the first bonded riders.

In Iron Flame, Brennan mentions that something must have killed venin during the Great War and thus they are searching for the same weapon.