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Agartha was an ancient civilization who [[Sothis]] and the Children of the Goddess, also known as the [[Nabatea]]ns, shared their knowledge with, which allowed their people to create highly advanced technology and architecture. Over time, the Agarthans started to fight against themselves and bringing destruction across Fódlan, all while wishing to overthrow their Nabatean rulers<ref>{{cite web|quote='''Kusakihara:''' In that world, originally the race that could change into dragons, the so called citizens of Nabatea, were scattered about Fódlan in the different places/lands as governors (rulers) but, there were the citizens of Agartha who held hatred against the citizens of Nabatea… in other words, Those Who Slither in the Dark wanted to overturn this state of affairs (of the Nabateans as rulers) and as such, they devised schemes.|url=https://serenesforest.net/2020/03/24/three-houses-nintendo-dream-interview-reveals-first-route-claudes-real-name/|title=Nintendo Dream May 2020 Issue|site=translated by Serenes Forest|published=March 21, 2020|retrieved=March 25, 2020}}</ref>. According to a text located in [[Abyss]]—heavily implied to have been written by an Agarthan—it is also revealed they feared Sothis would retaliate against them due to their penchant for carnage.<ref>{{Cite|In the land of Thinis, where the old gods are said to live, the False God has awakened. (...) It will bring extinction to all children of men, and salvation to all beasts of the land, sky and sea. For the children of men who spilled too much of the blood of life, it promises only cruel retribution.|''Romance of the World's Perdition'' in the Shadow Library of [[Abyss]]|Three Houses}}</ref> All of these factors led the Agarthans to create "[[Javelin of Light|pillars of light]]", giant ballistic missiles powered by magic, which they employed to wage war against Sothis and her kin in an attempt to impose their hegemony, a battle they ultimately lost and resulted in the extinction of most of their civilization by the hands of Sothis in an phenomenon described as a flood called "Despair"<ref>{{Cite|Yet even still, the False God stands. And soon, a flood apty named Despair will drown this world. The children of men fled to the depths of the earth, beyond the sight of the False God, beyond the embrace of the sacred sun, and beyond the reach of the waters called Despair.|''Romance of the World's Perdition'' in the Shadow Library of [[Abyss]]|Three Houses}}</ref>. This forced the remaining survivors to hide underground alongside any remains of technology available. The Agarthans soon created their current base of operations, Shambhala, and plotted their revenge against Sothis and the Children of the Goddess for having caused their destruction and had taken from them what they believed was their right of ruling the surface world.

Many years later, they attempted to destroy [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] with another pillar of light, which the humans from the surface referred to as a "javelin of light". Unbeknownst to them, the Holy Tomb had a jamming spell placed by Sothis, which redirected their weapon into a village named Ailell, consuming it in flames. This created what it is known as the Valley of Torment, a place bathed eternally in lava the commonfolk believe it was born as a product of the goddess punishing the sinners who resided in that village. In a burnt report located in Abyss, it's speculated "those who slither in the dark" were involved with with the creation of the [[Faerghus|Holy Kingdom of Faerghus]] by aiding Loog's rebellion, providing him weapons, soldiers and possibly also his strategist, Pan.<ref>{{Cite|...The Faerghus Rebellion. I harbor doubts about the army Loog has raised. How did he recruit so many soldiers without raising suspicions in the Empire? How did he acquire those mysterious weapons, so like Heroes' Relics? What is the rumored identity of Pan, the tactician, rumored to have been integral to Loog's victories? And Those Who Slither In the Dark...|''Burn Remnants of a Report'' in the Shadow Library of [[Abyss]]|Three Houses}}</ref> Loog's rebellion was eventually quelled thanks to his victory over the Adrestian Empire in 751, leading the Church of Seiros to mediate between both sides and granting Faerghus its independence under the condition the Seiros' faith would be the kingdom's main religion. "Those who slither in the dark" then vanished once more.