Zithalid

The Zithalids are technically not their own race, but a subrace of Artan. Zithalid is the forgotten seventh artan kingdom. This was located in the general Artan area (labelled Artan on the map). Zithalids were (and probably still are the most powerful of the Artan kingdoms). The Zithalids specicalized in magical experimentation and were the most advanced race in Ancient Eloria due to this. They are the only race to have tapped into the power of the Void to fuel their magic.

Zero
Zero was the most powerful mage in the world, possibly the strongest mage ever to exist in Eloria. Zero was first to tap into the magic of the Void and was able to infuse himself with its power in a way no one since has been able to. He chose the name Zero due to the fact that when he calls on the Void's power there is nothing left where he aims that power afterwards. Using this power Zero was able to take over as king of the Zithalid, but that wasn't enough for him and he eventually turned his aspiration to becoming high king of the Artan. Upon the death of the previous high king, Zero nominated himself as the new high king, the other six kingdoms all decided that the Vasum King, Reitas, should be high king.

The Forgotten War
After losing the title of high king to Reitas, Zero declared war on the other six Artan kingdoms who united under Reitas. Even with the six kingdoms united, the was looking bad. Zero's power was so great that he could almost win the war single-handedly. The Sivanoid, Chronnacs, and even the Umanites realized the threat Zero posed to the world and joined forces with the Artan to combat the Zithalid. Still the war was going badly. Reitas sent an envoy to Raaq'tos, king of the Vichian to ask for help. Raaq'tos understood the threat and helped. The Vichian support turned the war around and the Zithalid were forced to retreat to the Dark Continent. Zero then used his power to remove all traces of the Zithalid from the world's collective memory replacing the whole war with The Great War in Eloria's history. His magic was so precise that it even changed written history with the only remainders being a few references to the seven kingdoms.

The Dark Continent
After the Forgotten War, the Zithalid retreated to the Dark Continent. Shortly after Zero vanished. His replacement decided they needed more Void mages if they were going to take back their kingdom and conquer Eloria. He began experimenting with infusing Zithalids with void energy. They have formed an empire specializing studying the Void. There are currently a total of 10 void mages, but since the void infusion is not stable the subjects tend to lose their memories, though personality remains. These mages are given numbers instead of names in honor of Zero in the order that they were successfully created. One is currently the ruler of Zithalid and is considered the third strongest void mage (Three being the strongest; Eight is slightly weaker, but is only 8 years old and will likely be the stronger when she is older).