Difference between revisions of "Second Umbral Calamity"

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| Name = Second Umbral Calamity
 
| Name = Second Umbral Calamity
 
| Type = HISTORICAL EVENT
 
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| Description = The [[Second Umbral Calamity]], also called the [[Second Umbral Calamity|Calamity of Lightning]], was the cataclysmic event that spelled the end of the [[First Astral Era]].<br><br>Despite the constant wars waged by kinds seeking to expand their domains  during the era, mankind thrived, its numbers multiplying with each passing summer. To house and feed the people, forests were felled and fields planted. To forge their tools and weapons, mountains were gutted and skied blackened. For countless years, nature suffered this wanton spoiling of the land until finally the scales were tipped. Mountains of fire belched forth ink-stained clouds which covered the skies and thrust the realm into eternal darkness. And from the skies fell an endless rain of white-hot levinbolts which razed fieleds, boiled lakes, and split the very walls of mighty fortifications. For a full twelvemoon and a day did nature's fury ring.<br><br>Fearful that the gods meant to purge the land of mankind once and for all, the people abandoned their homes and towns and fled underground into caves. Awaiting them there, however, was not salvation, but death, for the caves became breeding grounds for pestilence and plague. As the people sat trapped in darkness, watching their families meet slow, painful ends, they concentrated their efforts on the one path left to them{{emdash}}prayer. Theologians believe it is this mixture of desperation and focused prayer that gave way to the very first magical incantations.
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| Description = The [[Second Umbral Calamity]], also called the [[Second Umbral Calamity|Calamity of Lightning]], was the cataclysmic event that spelled the end of the [[First Astral Era]].<br><br>Despite the constant wars waged by kinds seeking to expand their domains  during the era, mankind thrived, its numbers multiplying with each passing summer. To house and feed the people, forests were felled and fields planted. To forge their tools and weapons, mountains were gutted and skied blackened. For countless years, nature suffered this wanton spoiling of the land until finally the scales were tipped. Mountains of fire belched forth ink-stained clouds which covered the skies and thrust the realm into eternal darkness. And from the skies fell an endless rain of white-hot levinbolts which razed fieleds, boiled lakes, and split the very walls of mighty fortifications. For a full twelvemoon and a day did nature's fury ring.
 
| Custom Period = Unknown
 
| Custom Period = Unknown
 
| Custom Preceded_by = [[First Astral Era]]
 
| Custom Preceded_by = [[First Astral Era]]

Revision as of 02:36, 6 November 2017

Mob19 Icon.pngSecond Umbral Calamity  HISTORICAL EVENT

The Second Umbral Calamity, also called the Calamity of Lightning, was the cataclysmic event that spelled the end of the First Astral Era.

Despite the constant wars waged by kinds seeking to expand their domains during the era, mankind thrived, its numbers multiplying with each passing summer. To house and feed the people, forests were felled and fields planted. To forge their tools and weapons, mountains were gutted and skied blackened. For countless years, nature suffered this wanton spoiling of the land until finally the scales were tipped. Mountains of fire belched forth ink-stained clouds which covered the skies and thrust the realm into eternal darkness. And from the skies fell an endless rain of white-hot levinbolts which razed fieleds, boiled lakes, and split the very walls of mighty fortifications. For a full twelvemoon and a day did nature's fury ring.
Period: Unknown
Preceded by: First Astral Era
Followed by: Second Umbral Era
Notes
  • Now fully aware of the land's boundless anger, mankind turned to the heavens for strength. Through prayer, the people of Eorzea discovered that hidden deep within words lies magic—magic that, when fueled by faith, can empower.
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