The Sundering ¶

Summary ¶

The Sundering was the catastrophic event that tore through Thalureth a century ago, splitting reality itself and giving birth to the Great Scar. It marked the end of a prior age and the beginning of a fractured world, where nations were divided, truths were lost, and the balance between radiant and shadow forces was irrevocably broken.

Details ¶

The Sundering occurred in a single, devastating moment.

At the Precipice of Malice, the combined efforts of the world’s guilds failed to prevent a catastrophic collapse. What followed was not an explosion, but a reversal—an eruption of energy from the ground upward, as though gravity itself had been undone.

Witnesses describe the sky falling as the “Heart of Gold” was sundered, and in its place, a violent column of energy tore through the world.

In that moment:

• The land split
• A storm of energy and fog engulfed the world
• Entire regions were severed from one another instantly
• People watched loved ones vanish beyond a wall that did not exist seconds before

The Scar formed in the wake of this rupture, sealing the divide between the surviving nations.

No one knows what became of those on the other side.

And perhaps more unsettling—those who remain wonder if the same question is being asked of them.

Even the great draconic beings that traverse the skies lost all knowledge of their kin beyond the divide. The Sundering did not just fracture land—it severed certainty.

In the century since, knowledge of the event has fragmented:

• It is taught in schools and monasteries as history
• Survivors and witnesses are now rare, their accounts fading into myth
• A hidden guild is rumoured to study the Scar and the truth behind the Sundering

The most dangerous theory is whispered, not taught:

This was not the end.

It was the first fracture.

Hooks / Notes ¶

• The longer players remain near Scar-affected zones, the more severe and unpredictable consequences become
• Magic use near the Scar may trigger reactions or manifestations tied to its energy
• There may be surviving civilisations beyond the Scar—or something else entirely
• A secretive guild studies the Sundering and may know more than they reveal
• The “Heart of Gold” may not have been destroyed, only broken or displaced
• If the Sundering was the first step… what is the second?