Red Mages were born out of a long conflict between the nations of Mhach and Amdapor. Upon the remnants of their arts a new discipline was built, and the first red mages stepped forward with rapiers in hand to fight back against the rising tides of destruction.

These sworn enemies buried their history for the sake of the future, and cast aside their vestments of black and white. The survivors gathered from near and far, and amongst them were refugees of the sorcerous cities of Mhach and Amdapor. It is in these elevated lands that people took shelter, when a burning star guided them away from the Sixth Umbral Calamity's treacherous floodwaters. On the eastern edge of Abalathia's Spine lies the mountainous region of Gyr Abania.