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The [[Fifth Umbral Calamity]], also known as the '''Calamity of Ice''', heralded the end of the [[Fourth Astral Era]] and the beginning of the [[Fifth Umbral Era]], or the [[Age of Eternal Frost]]. Tribal legend and local folklore speak of a seemingly endless winter that brought with it bitter cold, raging snowstorms and giant rivers of ice. Without the ability to grow crops much of the population either perished, or were forced to flee to the south and it's more temperate climates. It is believed that for most of the era much of the [[Bloodbrine Sea]] was frozen solid, one one hand preventing fishing and decimating the populations of sea life, but on the other, allowing for the migration of [[Miqo'te]] Tribes from Southern [[Ilsabard]] into Northern Eorzea. The frozen seas allowed them to circumvent the massive peaks of [[Gyr Abania]] that had kept them from returning to the lands they had been driven out of almost two millennia earlier by the [[Allagan Empire]].


[[Category:Lore]]
The '''[[Fifth Umbral Calamity]]''', also known as the '''Calamity of Ice''', heralded the end of the [[Fourth Astral Era]] and the beginning of the [[Fifth Umbral Era]] or the "Age of Eternal Frost."
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==Causes==
 
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==Effects==
Tribal legend and local folklore speak of a seemingly endless winter that brought with it bitter cold, raging snowstorms and giant rivers of ice. Without the ability to grow crops much of the population either perished, or were forced to flee to the south and it's more temperate climates.
 
To avoid the calamity, the [[Lalafell]] natives of [[the Southern Seas|the South Sea isles]] escaped through a portal to [[the Ninth]].
 
{{see also| Fifth Umbral Era}}
 
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Latest revision as of 03:32, 2 November 2024

The Fifth Umbral Calamity, also known as the Calamity of Ice, heralded the end of the Fourth Astral Era and the beginning of the Fifth Umbral Era or the "Age of Eternal Frost."

Causes

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Effects

Tribal legend and local folklore speak of a seemingly endless winter that brought with it bitter cold, raging snowstorms and giant rivers of ice. Without the ability to grow crops much of the population either perished, or were forced to flee to the south and it's more temperate climates.

To avoid the calamity, the Lalafell natives of the South Sea isles escaped through a portal to the Ninth.

See also: Fifth Umbral Era

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