The Sundered Realm

A world split in twain by means lost to time, the Sundered Realm is a world designed with D&D Fifth Edition in mind.   On the bright half of the coin lies the Sunshard Wastes, a harsh environment eternally locked in bright light and sharp shadows. When the Realm was torn apart, so too was the sun, falling to earth in large shards, piercing into the ground and burning life away. The lands closest to the Shards became bleached desert, so barren they seem to suck the life out of anything in them, and places lucky enough to have something to block the light were plunged into frozen darkness. In the thin bands between these extremes lie what remains of the life in the Wastes.   On the obverse, we have the Starlit Wilds, an overgrown mess of life and magic. Eternally dim-lit by the vast starscape above, with no sun or moon in sight, the Wilds have grown rampant on magic, rather than the power of the sun. A mountainside eternally in harvest season, an ocean with sands made of gemstones, and other such anomalies are the commonplace here. Of course, simply because there is more life doesn't mean it's any easier on this side of the coin.   And no matter which side you're on, the remnants of the world before litter the land. What history remains? What broke the world? Can it be undone?   Should it be?