War of Black Ash Eruptions

Geological / environmental event

The eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano, which started both a mass extinction and a war between dragons, humans, and the omnia.

Between year 5,892 and the early 6,000s, volcanic activity rose extrodinarily due to the rise of the God of Fire, Vega. Vega's activity resulted in massive flood basalt eruptions across the northern hemisphere joining Eurasia and Africa, and as the god moved east, the creation of hundreds of islands across the Pacific. The largest of these volcanos erupted by the god was Yellowstone, plunging the world into darkness of thick, black ash. While the caldera filled and created a sea in the middle of the United States, mass extinctions occured as plant life was choked out by ash blocking the sun. Desperation for food was high, with many nations crumbling under the stress and anarchy of their populations in panic. During this period, the dragon's power waned, as they too, starved. Populations dwindled, both mortal and draconic, and life itself was in peril nearly on the level of the Permian extinction. During this period od chaos, the omnia under the dragon's control revolted, slaying their masters or fleeing into the harsh wilderness on the brink of volcanic winter. The war raged for 50 years, as desperate nations struggled for resources in dwindling supply. Food was scarce, water sources poisoned by volcanic gasses, and population centers largely abandoned. Those who survived most often did so in small family groups, and this period saw the largest population of omnia since their creation, thanks to their semi-immortality. It's estimated that 75% of all living beings in this period were omnia or draconic in nature during the War of Black Ash, though not very powerful. All the largest had died off or gone into hybernation, to wait out the disaster until the world had recovered. As mortals began to recover and adjust to the forming ice age, cities rose again, although slowly. Most arose around the oceans, where food remained somewhat plentiful, even if just as carcasses washing on the shore of species unable to cope.