Specie

The people of Specie were agrarians dedicated to “feeding the world” with their vast crop-producing fields. Arriving in the area in the 1850s, they immediately utilized weather-controlling magic (to assure proper rainfall and favorable temperatures) to increase their yields. The farmers and ranchers of this community became the breadbasket of the Netherese people.

Age of Discovery (2654-3162):

Specie attempted an irrigation project around Mill Lake in 2974. By 2988, the project was complete, but worked a little too well—the whole plain flooded and turned the land into swamp. The marsh became known as the Marsh of Deception (because the residents of Specie figured that it would be so deceptively easy to irrigate their fields with the river).

The Shadowed Age (3163-3519):

The lands around Specie gradually began producing less and less. Toward the late 3400s, the city of Specie had lost more than half of its population, its displaced farmers moving farther south and east for new lands.

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The Fall and Beyond (3520+):

When the enclaves fell from the skies, the land-polluting magic of the phaerimm quickly began ruining the area. Specie was totally abandoned to the desert in 3564.

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Town