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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]] | |||
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== | |||
The '''[[War_of_the_Magi|War of the Magi]]''' during the [[Fifth Astral Era]] is largely believed to be the primary cause of the 'Fifth Umbral Calamity.' | |||
After over three hundred years of magic-based warfare, the land's Aether had become dangerously drained, and its elemental balance was thrown off, heavily favoring water. The land had become decayed and twisted, and spells had lost the strength they once had. | |||
==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. | |||
It is believed that for most of the era much of the [[Bloodbrine Sea]] was frozen solid, on 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]]. | |||
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Revision as of 23:21, 3 October 2022
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
The War of the Magi during the Fifth Astral Era is largely believed to be the primary cause of the 'Fifth Umbral Calamity.' After over three hundred years of magic-based warfare, the land's Aether had become dangerously drained, and its elemental balance was thrown off, heavily favoring water. The land had become decayed and twisted, and spells had lost the strength they once had.
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.
It is believed that for most of the era much of the Bloodbrine Sea was frozen solid, on 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.