# The Breaking’s Long-Term Effects
## Category
Historical Cataclysm / Continuing World Phenomenon
## Known Facts
- The Breaking occurred over 3000 years ago.
- The current campaign year is 3030 PB.
- The Breaking devastated [[Tarin]].
- It destroyed or transformed nations, races, records, faiths, and societies.
- [[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]].
- [[Solland]] survived The Breaking.
- The Ko’vatar vanished after The Breaking.
- The Yghelen dematerialised or were destabilised by The Breaking.
- The unnamed beastfolk are believed to have survived in reduced numbers before likely going extinct.
- The Breaking did not only cause destruction and death.
- It also changed what people became, causing once-good hearts and minds to resort to terrible things.
- [[The Great Purge]] was one major post-Breaking consequence.
## Known Effects
- Scarcity and loss of reliable history.
- Collapse of nations and races.
- Rise of New Gods or new religious dominance.
- [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] craters and impossible effects.
- Post-Breaking moral and social collapse.
- Solland’s militarisation.
- Hidden survival of ancient beliefs.
## Known By
- Scholars
- [[Sol Spire]]
- Party, through archive research
- [[Solland]]
- [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]]
- [[Free Thinkers]], possibly
## Connected To
- [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]]
- [[Solland]]
- Great Purge
- Old Gods
- New Gods
- Architects
- [[Ko]]
- Extinct races
- [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]]
- [[Free Thinkers]]
## Open Questions
- What truly caused The Breaking?
- Was it divine, arcane, planar, natural, or deliberate?
- Did the Old Gods cause it?
- Were the Old Gods blamed unfairly?
- Did the Architects intervene?
- Was [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] a cause, result, or remnant?
- Could something like The Breaking happen again?