Geological / environmental event
"The quake was bad, the sandstorm was worse." - A Strakan Citizen
In 1003 3A an unpredictable earthquake shook the desert of Ulb and its surroundings so viciously that some thought the world was ending. Buildings in Straka crumbled, the shaking shifted openings in the desert that caused massive sandstorms all the way in the Union state of Dracon, tidal waves were reported in Olbern. A continental estimated 5000~ people died and many more were injured in the the earthquake and its aftermath.