Endless Winter
Disaster / Destruction
In the wake of the Shattering of the World that defined the beginning of the Shattered Era, the world had to deal with the aftereffects.
Initial Impact
The Kingdom of Amalthea was directly in the way of Worldbreaker as it descended, and in a single moment its impact cause the kingdom to cease to exist. Hundreds of thousands of citizens died, some instantly, and others minutes later as the flash wave of destruction seared everything within hundreds of miles. The blasted plains deformed and sent shockwaves that split the mantle and caused massive lava-filled rents to open up, separating the single central landmass into three distinct continents: the mountainous realm of the dwarves in the northwest would keep its common name, Harar Bayith; the northeastern section would be named after one the few surviving nobles houses that died out during the catastrophe named Yridia; and the southern continent would take the name of the kingdom that disappeared, Amalthea.
On top of this, the earth rebounded up into a truly massive volcanic mountain that would become known as Mount Ventax. Mount Ventax belched fire for weeks that continued to illuminate the surrounding, blasted countryside and spewed massive amounts of dark smoke and silt into the atmosphere that would spread out and darken the sky.