Khavaria has been infested with monsters due to an unknown cause, and the country has been overtaken by them. This happened about 2 months ago
Khavaria and Drachus have been enemies since their creation, so when Khavaria was mobilizing troops through Prexegary to get to Drachus, Prexegary declared war on Khavaria. The war was declared 5 years ago.
A new mass of continents were just found about 25 years ago on the other side of the globe, known as Candeloria, Krafos, Ezrun, and Skjord.
Magic started to falter for about a 1 month period 25 years ago, but the problem mysteriously solved itself. This has put some of the world leaders on edge, could this happen again, what caused it, why did it fix itself, is magic a finite resource?
The great purge war was a war that happened about 150 years ago where Drachus, Prexegary, and Khavaria tried to root out any outcast races. A lot of the races fled to places where the countries decided it wasn't worth it to chase them down, or found hiding places in the countries and established underground communities. The great purge wars ended 50 years ago, however many outcast races are still weary of the other races, and the other races still have some prejudices.
Drachus and Prexegary have had war declared on each other for 200 years, but only fought outright for the first 100 years or so. The last 100 years have just been small skirmishes at the border, and the occasional sabotage of trade routes.
Tritus and Elderwin got in a war for territory around 250 years ago, and Elderwin won. It is still a sore spot for the citizens of Tritus.
10,000 years ago humans waged war against the tyranny of dragons and won, any remaining dragons went into hiding, making dragons rare, yet still fearsome.
Near the dawn of creation, the primordials ruled over the earth, and humans fought back with the help of the gods, defeating the primordials and locking them in in their planes of existence. The primordials strongest champions were sealed away.