Age of War:
Age of War (17,000 years ago. Also known as the "Thousand Year War").
In the Northlands, The Sister City was attacked by the Zendahr and the Veleighen. The conclusion to that war in the Northlands ended in the vanishing of the Sister City. Some claim to have seen it sink into the depths of the sea, though this is only legend.
Upon the Zurkel Mainland, the City of Knowledge was invaded and destroyed by the Humans of a land. With his power, the Knowledge Master sealed up the library; it was never discovered.
There were many speculations as to what happened to it.
No one could locate it within the ruins.
Race turned upon race, and blood painted all the lands for a thousand years.
During this tragic Age, The Shattered Lands were violently forged upon the land. See: "Rocky Region" in the Regions Book for a brief history of this region.
Also, during this age, Talc Eerie, the palace of Vannar, leader of the Jahtha, came under attack by many upon the earthen plane, aided by traitors and powerful inhabitants of the Underworld. In this power struggled for domination, the greater sections of Talc Eerie, the city of Ironese Crystal was shattered. Its destruction destroyed the enemies of Vannar, but at a terrible price. So violent was this retributive strike against the legions of the Underworld, the fragments of this once grand city was hurled through the dimensions and planes of Utaemia . . . the cost of freedom for Vannar and his allies was a terrible price which, to this day, has not been mended.
Vannar welcomes any who discover these fragments to his palace treasury, to trade items of power in return for the crystals found. Talc Eerie has been half rebuilt, but there are many Ironese Crystal shards and pieces still at large, scattered far and wide.