The Devastation of Skyreach
The Devastation of Skyreach marks the cataclysmic destruction of the city by the Elven Sorcerer Vonketrol in 12 IE. Once the magnificent capital of the Imperial League, Skyreach was annihilated in a single, terrifying event of magical fury that left the world forever changed.
Vonketrol, an archmage of the former Kingdom of Halentha, and a master of arcane arts long forbidden, unleashed a spell of unprecedented power against the city. The exact nature of this magic remains shrouded in mystery, spoken of only in hushed tones by scholars and mages alike. Witnesses described an otherworldly light that erupted from the center of Skyreach, blindingly brilliant and as if a second sun had ignited at ground level. In an instant, the city was enveloped in a blistering wave of heat so intense that it melted stone and turned sand to glass, consuming everything in its path. The shockwave that followed flattened buildings for miles and sent debris flying at unimaginable speeds, vaporizing anything caught in its wake.
A great bulbous cloud rose out of the ground, towering over the ruins, its shadow stretching for miles and blotting out the midday sun. A toxic wind swept across the Velvet Coast, carrying ash and embers, and for days afterward, the air was choked with a strange, acrid fog. Survivors, those few who had managed to escape the initial blast, spoke of a creeping sickness that followed — burns that would not heal, hair falling away like autumn leaves, and a blight upon the land that lingered for years.
The city was left a smoldering wasteland, a hollowed shell where nothing remained but shadows etched into the walls, monuments to those who had been caught in the blinding flash. The ruins of Skyreach are now seldom tread, a place of eldritch horrors and death, where the land itself seems cursed.
Included under Conflict
Conflict Type
Covert Operation
Start Date
Noon 3rd of Halenfall 12IE
Ending Date
Early Afternoon 3rd of Halenfall 12IE
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