Period of Destruction

The period of time at the end of the Age of Unification and before the beginning of the Age of Rebirth in which the world of Mithilia was effected by a sharp increase in natural disasters, climate change, and plague, which in turn caused many groups and nations to resort to violent measures against one another. Both the Expanse and Southern regions of Magnamia had slowly been experiencing longer, warmer, and dryer summers prior to the official beginning of the period. The period began when the Death Growth plague originated in Kuurezan in South Magnamia and began to spread through the southern population into The Torso and beyond. The climate quickly worsened after this all across the world with Central and Southern Magnamia and Iona experiencing hotter dryer weather while northern regions faced colder winds and perennial snowfall.

The results of the period were catastrophic to most civilizations as entire populations died of famine or by war that raged on between tribes and nations vying for the limited resources during that time. The climate would eventually return to its normal levels in most parts of the world but it had an effect on the geography of some regions; most notably the Expanse which had been transformed by drought and the scores of people fleeing into the Expanse from the Torso and Southern regions in hope of finding new places to live. The transition from grassland to what became known as the Magnaran Desert, would be called the Western Fire as the land that had once been bountiful was now a dry barren land, unfit for anyone to live off of.

The Period of Destruction is also characterized by the Nolcennic Cleansing that occurred at its end which led to the death and enslavement of tens of thousands of innocent lives throughout the Torso and Southern region. The occurrences of the period had set the Magnamian nations back years but once over prompted a surge of reconstruction and re-population as well as exploration as civilizations feared another similar plight.