The Glaciating

The tribes of Koljorn trade many stories, histories and mysteries. And among them a story that has baffled many historians and naturalists is a story of how Koljorn came to be a cold place. There are many small variations of this story, but the mainline remains the same. A rebellion against dragons, considered gods by the people, led to an event known as the Glaciating. The entire region was essentially flash-frozen, and left in a state of cold darkness for years. Even thousands of years later, the entire region is unnaturally cold and has developed an ecosystem unlike any other in Estia.

Historians debate whether or not these stories are myths. Evidence has been uncovered through language and ruins that Koljorn hasn't always been frozen, which points to an event. Additionally, a strange location was discovered known as the Ice Whirl that has decidedly magical properties, but little else is known about it.

Another story entirely that doesn't have the same historic standing but Historians believe to still be more accurate is that an opening to the core of the world was opened, and the frozen center's effects impacted our world so severely that an entire region froze. Yet another theory suggests a great war, with powerful magic between the military powers in the region ended up creating an unbalance of the elemental magic in the region.

Type

Metaphysical, Divine