Cataclysm
From The Thalassan Sphere
Day Zero
4916 FYA: In the last days of the Vestari Empire, the Lich Emperor called a conclave of kings to resolve the issues threatening to tear the empire apart. While that conclave was being held in Tearra, there was a massive explosion that ignited the emperor's magical armories, destroyed the city in gouts of multicolored fire, and blew a hole in the plain half a mile deep.
The Rain of Filth
4916 FYA: Over the next twenty-four years, a frequently thick, sludgy rain falls all around the world. It's heavily polluted and contains millions of spell fragments from the Lich Emperor's vaults. Where it lands, it transforms the land, the people, and many other living things. Also known as goblin rain.
