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Shattered Cities (of Fallen Dundaria)
Steel Realms Timeline Event; recorded knowledge.
CY 5604 The Lich Lords employ a new power that “shatters” entire cities
In CY 5604 the Lich Lords employed a terrible new magic. The subjugation of the living of Dundaria was taking far too long at the pace they were moving for the first couple weeks. They created a means of breaking the morale and defenses dubbed “The Shattering“. It caused those in them to embrace the icy bargain of undeath.
Soon though, the cities became a slaughter grounds for their troops. The mist gave enough time to find safety for significant portions of the populace and the shattered cobblestones and paths played havoc on the skeletons that tried to recover bodies. Soon entire divisions were being wiped out – their own construct had become a killing field. Nonetheless, the psychological effect of an entire city crumbling amidst the sound of groaning stone and timber in moments was terrifying. The Order of Davros eventually constructed a ritual of Spirit-Wind to stop the mists before its worst had begun and the area of Shattered Cities came to an end a decade after it began and was never to be seen again.
In that decade though, the mist was able to travel farther than the armies of the Lich Lords and push into the western Hinterlands. Many Shattered Cities lie in its path, abandoned and forgotten. The places are often haunted by angry spirits and shadows even the Lich Lords minions could not control. The stone is even brittle and cracked on the inside, and virtually useless to re-use. They sit in heaps, being avoided.
The Shattering effect
It was a mist that would creep over a city, town, or village, soaking into every pour, and then hardening into ice at their command – literally shatter a city or town in moments. Walls toppled, and it laid terrible waste and it was a primary factor in the Fall of Dundaria. It was said to be the offspring of the Fangedfrost. This effect is sometimes confused with a Change Storm/Chaos Storm, but they are clearly manifested in different ways.