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- | ====== The Day of Solar Wrath ====== | ||
- | **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' | ||
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- | 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 four thousand years apart. | ||
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- | ===== Events Throughout the Day ===== | ||
- | ==== Zenith of the Red Sun ==== | ||
- | The day of Led 21 seemed normal until midday in the north. Those in [[settings: | ||
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- | ==== The Wrath Reaches Dahabu ==== | ||
- | In the north, the Day of Solar Wrath resulted in an uncomfortably hot day, but few fires in the environment happened. The green flames that burned on the flailing bodies of dying elves didn't spread, and other than anarchy and chaos the celestial event itself seemed to have little effect. This was the case for most nations. | ||
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- | However, Dahabu itself was not so lucky. The pyramids, cities, and lush forests caught aflame just like the citizens, and the land burned for nearly a week after the red sun first rose. When the fires eventually died out, Dahabu would be entirely scorched, with the River Aset dried to nothing. With the region about entirely desertified, | ||
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- | ==== Sunset ==== | ||
- | As the chaos of the day raged on and passed, twilight eventually came. Reports attest that the souls of dead elves congregated into massive ethereal storms, flying about the bright moon Dipha and eventually dispersing into the sky. From there, the sun rose normally the next morning... and every morning after. | ||
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- | ===== The Aftermath ===== | ||
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- | 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' | ||
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- | === Divine Wrath === | ||
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- | After all, little but a god could bring destruction with this specificity and on such a scale. However, high veneration of the gods was common and sometimes mandatory within the Dahabi Empire, so scholars debate on why exactly their ire would have been attracted by the Empire' | ||
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- | === 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' | ||
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- | Leylines are known to be an effective conduit for all types of magical energy, even being harnessed for long-distance communications in the modern day. However, this theory lends no explanation as to why the appearance of the sun was affected, and why the sun's light seemed to be the catalyst for death. | ||
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- | === Demonic Influence === | ||
- | Learned demonologists point out the similarity of the green flames which burned on the victims to the Fel Flame of the [[settings: | ||
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- | They believe that a strong demonic contract may have been responsible for the event, as a way for the patron to harvest souls. However, this doesn' |
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