The moment the tower was turned on, everything went wrong for the Olimians. The Tower was built to the exact specifications Tarcur gave to them, but it was not a tower that would grant immortality. Rather, the Tower was built as the conduit for a powerful god spell, one that would drain the Elder Gods of their power and give it to Tarcur. It would also cause the destruction of the Silver Race and destroyed the city of Tenali and the Olimian Kingdom as a whole.
The Tower glowed bright when it was turned on, glowing brighter than the sun. then it exploded, sending out a magical shockwave that affected every member of the Silver Race, no matter where in the universe they were. It also caused irreparable damage to the Olimian Kingdom. Nearly every living thing was instantly crystalized within the kingdom. Outside the kingdom, the magical shockwave was slightly weaker, and had no effect on anything that wasn't of the Silver Race, and every single member of the Silver Race was altered forever.
Some of the Silver Race were crystalized like in the Olimian Kingdom. The vast majority were deconstructed into unidentifiable masses of flesh and bone, and died within seconds. Some were altered considerably less but they were forever altered. Those that survived formed the many different types of Fey: Elves, Sea Elves, Fairies, Orcs, Centaurs, and more. They are all descended from Silver Age humans that attempted to play god and were met with their destruction.
Since everything was dead, plants and animals, the fertile grassland was quickly replaced by a vast desert. It only took a few thousand years for it to grow to its present size, burying everything under the sands.
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