The Sundering

Disaster / Destruction

A great cataclysm is unleashed upon the world, and the lands are rent asunder.

In the effort to create a glorious homeland for their kin, elven High Mages unleash a torrent of magical energy across the globe that washes away hundreds of cities, leaves thousands dead, and reshapes the once great land mass into several smaller ones, the largest of which becomes known as Faerûn.