The Artifacts of Protection

Years ago, Atheria was struck by a great disaster. The gods who helped rebuilt the continent gave it four artifacts, Famine, War, Pestilence, and Plague. As long as they remained on the continent it was safe from evils. The Lizard people of Liva found out about the artifacts and, seeking to attack Atheria, knew they could not win while the artifacts existed.

The race was on and the players had one day to find and assemble the artifacts. Like something out of a bad movie, the sun arose and time was up literally a second before the final artifact was assembled, and all artifacts were lost. Atheria was no longer under the protection of the gods.