Cataclysm (Great Sundering)

The Great Sundering (also known as the Cataclysm) occurred when seven sorcerers wove a spell at seven stone crowns to cast the Ashioi out of the physical realm.

The sorcerers were successful in sundering the Ashioi lands from the rest of Novaria. However, a number of unintended disasters occurred as a result:


 * Many of the Ashioi who were not located on Ashioi lands at the time of the sundering were caught in between the physical realm and the aether. These Ashioi exist as "Shadow Elves" in the physical realm and are able to harm people in the physical realm without being harmed themselves. Time seems to pass even more slowly for these Ashioi than for those who were exiled in the Ashioi lands.
 * The vast cave networks of the Skrolin fell in on themselves, decimating the entire Skrolin population.
 * The underwater city of the merpeople was destroyed as a result of the oceans boiling.
 * The Akka tribe was transformed into the Eika when the dragons that had been slumbering underground sought to escape and, failing, were thrown to the ground. Their boiling, magical blood fused the Akka humans with the rock of their stone circle, creating the new species of Eika.
 * The sphinxes of the desert lands were suffocated under dunes as the result of a massive sandstorm.
 * Many of the lands inhabited by humans were destroyed, killing untold numbers of the people the sorcerers had intended to save.

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