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====== The Day of Solar Wrath ====== | ====== The Day of Solar Wrath ====== | ||
- | **As the sun reached its zenith on Led 21st, 4524 SF, the sky burned red.** | + | **As the sun reached its zenith on Led 21st, 7524 SF, the sky burned red.** |
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The most notable thing the Day of Solar Wrath is known for is killing 90% of Cahyali' | The most notable thing the Day of Solar Wrath is known for is killing 90% of Cahyali' | ||
- | Some believe it was caused by a runaway Dahabi experiment, causing a magic-boosting agent in Dahabi elves' bodies to catalyze and kill them. Others believe it was retribution from the gods, who had decreed the Empire should come to an end. Still others think it has some link with the Elvesbane plague of Jaernian history, as both had similar effects despite occurring almost | + | Some believe it was caused by a runaway Dahabi experiment, causing a magic-boosting agent in Dahabi elves' bodies to catalyze and kill them. Others believe it was retribution from the gods, who had decreed the Empire should come to an end. Still others think it has some link with the Elvesbane plague of Jaernian history, as both had similar effects despite occurring almost |
===== Events Throughout the Day ===== | ===== Events Throughout the Day ===== | ||
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===== The Aftermath ===== | ===== The Aftermath ===== | ||
- | Milphite crystals are thought by some superstitious folks to be the crystallized souls of elves who perished in the calamity and were unable, one way or another, to escape into the storms seen at sunset on that day. Some doubt this theory. One way or another, though, the immense potential power of milphite seems to have something to do with the Day of Solar Wrath, as it is found most commonly in the sands of Dahabu, and only appeared after the Empire' | + | [[lore: |
- | With 90% of its citizens burnt to ashes, the Dahabi Empire had no feet to stand on. In most places, it was overthrown in a matter of months, with the nations' | + | With 90% of its citizens burnt to ashes, the Dahabi Empire had no feet to stand on. In most places, it was overthrown in a matter of months, with the nations' |
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+ | ===== The Cause ===== | ||
+ | There is no theory as to the Day of Solar Wrath' | ||
+ | * **Divine Wrath.** Many [[settings: | ||
+ | * **Experiment Gone Wrong.** Some scholars in the Abundant Expanse and Sublime Veld investigate why the deaths only struck Dahabi citizens, concluding that they may have taken some soul-affecting substance to enhance their magic. On the Day, some experiment from Dahabu rippled through Cahyali' | ||
+ | * **Demonic Influence.** Learned demonologists point out the similarity of the green flames which burned on the victims to the Fel Flame of the [[settings: |