The Pact

The Pact is a name attributed to a binding agreement with the minor gods, the event in which the gods made said agreement, and the time in which that event took place. The agreement came at the end of a bloody and unpredictable period of history during which the world was nearly destroyed multiple times due to the excess and unrestrained use of magic. Magic being so often provided to mortals by the minor gods, angels, and demons, a meeting was held during which the gods agreed to restrict themselves. Magic was limited severely under specific laws crafted by the gods over time. This allowed magic to be exhausted more easily and prevented the rise of mortals capable of rampant mass destruction. This Pact did not remove the temptation, however. Many gods continue to wish to supply champions and servants with undue strength, and a number of magical items exist still that were forged in the centuries before the Pact. To prevent war in the heavens, the gods enlisted a mortal arm of the Pact to hunt down any dangerous items and any attempted violators of the Pact on Earth. The Knights of the Round Table, founded by King Arthur of Caerleon, took up the duty of acting as this mortal arm. As such, history since those days has been rather less peculiar.