World History
Decades after the Last War, the land of Khorvaire was engulfed in a pink-purple mist around every corner. By itself, the fae-curse miasma was harmless, but it stifled the effects of restorative magic, and bolstered the effects of evocation. This was when the Lord of Blades attacked, and decimated portions of the kingdoms, aided by runes which could return the effects of arcane magic back at the defending warmages, or even absorb it altogether.
Summoning spells began to falter; some of the last to touch conjuring magic have yet to be seen again on any known plane, whereas other attempts led to the summoned creatures turning against their summoners. Seers were left blind and deaf by their divinations. Illusions flickered out, while transmutation spells tore doors off hinges and pages out of ancient books. Tales of how Necromancy failed within the miasma are best left away from the dinner table.
The Lord of Blades pushed further from the ruins of Cyre, marching forth from the Mournland as a seemingly unstoppable force. With Kalashtar backup being torn to shreds, Argonnessen defenses being battered and beaten, and the world falling to the mercy of the Metal Tyrant, the fallen island of Arcanix unleashed a forbidden spell that would turn the world upside down. Giant spires of Khyber dragonshard began to explode forth from the land. The sky of Siberys dragonshards began to circle across the sky, orbiting much lower than before. Dragonshards of the Dragon Between began to sing with an eerie, yet soft tone. And with that, it was done.
The Dragons Dance had begun, and magic as Eberron knew it, ceased.
For seven years, the forms of magic that had been known for generations no longer worked, instantly dispelled by an unknown force. During this time, the King of Blades was pushed back, and although not defeated, his forces relied too heavily on failing magic to continue conquest. The allied forces had to quickly revert to ancient forms of magic unaffected by the Dance or the Miasma. The King of Blades once took hold of Thrane, and perhaps parts of the other continents, but there was far less fear of his tyrannical imperialism.
Magic was supposed to return to its normal state eventually, but it was too well known that further use of those ways would only continue to aid the King. As such, the old ways were to be outlawed, punishable by death. However, the Dance never ended, and in time people almost forgot that there was a time before. Before the Dance, before the era of the King of Blades.
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