The Founding of the Freljord is a historical period stretching over a thousand years that encompasses multiple events leading to the unification of the Freljord. This event speaks of a selection of Freljordian Demi-gods who stood against the rising civilization of Humanity and the emergence of the True Iceborn.

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On the slopes of the Broken Mountain, under Ramhaurg's Hearth-Home, a group of humans later known as Hearthblood created a settlement, dedicating their lives to crafting various weapons, tools, and other objects as worship to Ramhaurg, who they considered their patron with the goal of reaching his idea of perfection.

It was around this time that the Three Sisters were born, being Avarosa, Serylda, and Lissandra. Born in a world of wilder magic, the three dedicated their lives to search for a way to control the powerful, magical forces of the world. Serylda attempted to command the heavens above them, but lost her voice to the first twilight, Avarosa faced the twisting dark beneath the world, and was deafened by its emptiness, but Lissandra stood against the wild magic of the world, seeking to control the natural magic of the Demi-gods themselves.

One of the most warlike Demi-gods, Valhir, was vocally angered by the Three Sisters' defiance and their conquest for power. While other gods sought to reason with the sisters, such as Ysjarn, others like Valhir and the Iron Boar wanted to destroy them for their defiance against the Old Ways. To prepare for war, Valhir requested his older brother Ramhaurg, with the help of his followers, to forge weapons and armor for the Ursine army. Ramhaurg, however, refused to do so, disapproving of the Ursine's savagery. Furious with this denial, a destructive and horiffic fight erupts between the brothers, ending with Valhir cursing his brother's name and stripping himself of his rune-inscribed armor, as well as the destruction of Ramhaurg's devoted followers, the Hearthblood.

Empowered with rage by his previous battle with Ramhaurg, Valhir confronted one of the sisters, Lissandra, in vicious battle. Eventually overpowering her, he struck her down and slashed her eyes, blinding her in front of her army.

Now blinded and having lost her conquest to control the powers of the Demi-gods, Lissandra resorted to the art of Dreamwalking and managed to communicate with the Watchers. Through Lissandra and her mortal mind, the Watchers saw a chance to invade the material realm through manipulation. And so, unknown to her sisters, Lissandra struck a deal on their behalf with the Watchers; they would grant the sisters and their followers near-immortality and the power to take over the Freljord in exchange for preparing Runeterra for the arrival of the Void. With their new-found power, the Three Sisters unite the Freljord and begin their conquest to defeat the Freljordian Demi-gods.

Though the truth is unknown, there is an old Freljordian myth centered around this time period that involves the construction of the massive bridge above the fabled Howling Abyss, where the Frostguard Citadel would later be built. It is said that the Three Sisters, still young with their quest to rule the Freljord, sought out Ramhaurg to build the bridge for a possibly unknown reason, but one tale implies the bridge's true purpose; to keep the Watchers from escaping the Howling Abyss. Ramhaurg begrudgingly agreed to the task, using a hammer constructed from a meteor gifted by the sisters.

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Meanwhile, a Freljordian marauder named Ivern the Cruel, an avid follower of the most warlike Demi-gods, grew displeased by the Three Sisters. Thus, he and his warband set out to sea in search of a means to stop their rule, traveling to the fabled First Lands, rumored to be the source of all magic. Here, he and his fellow warriors pillaged their way to Omikayalan, where the God-Willow stood. Ivern and his warband battled against the ancient tree's guardians, the Vastaya. Surrounded by death on all sides, Ivern struck down the tree in an attempt to shatter the Vastaya's resolve. As the tree fell, he was undone, as he was turned into the sapling of the next God-Willow.

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