The Shatter

Disaster / Destruction

The shatter occurred in the dead of night on the 66th day of in the year Osrun, 888 PD. Nobody knows how it was initiated, but there are rumors that it occurred somewhere in the east during a large party taking place in the country of boundary. At the scene of the party, a few oddities where found. The remains of a small human man, and the corpse of a massive red fiend. This fiend was apparently the cursed form of a powerful ally to the state of Brinkala. Every lord and leader in the continent of Crismalia was instantly killed, left with a horrifying look of terror on each of their faces. Each provincial lord was incredibly well preserved - as if covered in some plastic substance. Magical lands, provided by The Overseer, were immediately destroyed in bursts of magical flame. The largest of these events was the destroying of Reshka's enchanted forest - which resulted the sudden explosion of thousands of trees, across hundreds of miles. Not many survived this event, as smoke suffocated any panicking residents of Oreshya or the forest. One of the only survivors is known as the wraith of the burnt plain by any who wander in. A giant man-like form that crawls in the mud and the ashes, muttering words about protection. The wraith seems natural enough, but his terrifying appearance is ghastly and memorable.

The Shatter was an event - foretold as an inevitable happening that would destroy all important aspects of Crismalia. Provincial Lords would die, enchantments would be broken, leaders would perish along with their lords. It was to be disaster.   It happened in the late evening, in a dark day in the middle of Grandatio. It was a Perendie, soon to be a Relinque. The middle of the week. Somewhere, over in the town of Boundary, a conflict was stirring. What the conflict was, nobody seems to know, but the aftermath was clear. Two shattered souls - one man and one orc. Their resting and decayed bodies lain to rest outside of the courtroom of Gendrick Prist. But Gendrick was not to be found inside the room - instead: massive red fiend.   Whatever had happened inside was bloody and messy, and only the skin of Gendrick was found on the ground. Whatever had occurred - it was clear that the shattered man attacked the guard while on official business from a neighboring country. This was enough, in The Overseer's eyes, to shatter the continent.   As foretold - death ensued. Thousands died. The forest of Reshka went up in flames and became the The Burnt Plain, as miles of miles of burned down trees were all that remained. Anarchy ensued. In Nordala an uprising ensued, as the residents of The Skeld rose up to start murdering the nobles who put them there. This is another event, known as the The Skeld Revolution.     Needless to say - every single life in Crismalia was effected by The Shatter. All except for Margaret Tubewood, who remained alive by some unknown force.