The Eruption
Mt. Thantis erupted approxiamtely five hundred years ago during the height of the
dwarven kingdom's reign.
Surviving historical accounts describe frequent earthquakes occurring in the days leading up the eruption, a sign of what was to come that precious few heeded as such tremors were likely as common then as they are today.
The violent eruption sent ash and volcanic stone high into the air, creating a towering cloud that is reported to have been visible from miles around. The ash and stone soon fell on the surrounding area, burying settlements like the city of Taneth and entoming any poor soul that had failed to leave.
The burial and devastation was so complete that reports from scouts sent to assess the damage failed to even find where Taneth was supposed to be!
Short-Term Effects
The ash and stone laid such a thick layer over the surrounding area that mapmakers of the time noted how charts of the rock islands of the region needed to be redrawn to account for entire swaths of new land over the desert's sand.
Much of these crust layers have since fallen away with time and wear, but there are still accounts today of unwary travelers falling through what they had thought was solid ground.
Legacy and Long-Term Effects
Scholars have theorized that Mt. Thantis's eruption is what lead to the venting of gasses that made the
Thantian Sand Sea the treacherous landscape it is today.
Once the city of Taneth was partially unearthed by a particularly strong earthquake, it was discovered that the ash and stoned that had buried the city had preserved much of it from the ravages of time. Scholars and archeologists alike have deemed the cite one of, if not
the most important historical find for learning about dwarven culture.
Today, Taneth is one of the most famous active archeological sites on the continent with academies from all over sending students and professors to assist with escavating the city and studying the relics of the dwarven people.
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