# The Cataclysm ## Known Facts - The Breaking was a world-changing catastrophe. - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] is tied to The Breaking. - Craters around [[Tarin]] are connected to [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]]. - The campaign is currently set in 3030 PB, meaning 3030 years Post-Breaking. - The Breaking devastated nations, faiths, races, and the known structure of the world. - The Breaking was not only physical destruction and death. - The Breaking also changed what people became. - In the aftermath, once-good hearts and minds resorted to horrific things. - Many records from before The Breaking are unreliable, scarce, or lost. - [[Solland]] is one of only a handful of nations known to have survived The Breaking. ## Connected To - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] - Weaveglass - Old Gods - New Gods - [[Solland]] - [[The Great Purge]] - Ko’vatar - Yghelen - [[The Blight]] - [[The Order]] - [[The Brotherhood]] ## Open Questions - What caused The Breaking? - Were the Old Gods responsible? - Were they blamed unfairly? - Did the Architects cause or allow it? - Did [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] fall from somewhere, emerge from [[Tarin]], or result from the catastrophe? - Was The Breaking natural, divine, arcane, planar, or intentional? - Did The Breaking create the conditions for the New Gods to appear?