The history was quite literally written by the party and how the story develop session to session over eight years.
That's really cool! I love it if i as a player have lived and breathed the history of the world...it's the best way to get a real immersive setting. It takes (a lot of game-)time, i know, but if you can "afford" that, it's so worth it.
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars