Annihilation of Mistkeep

The Annihilation of Mistkeep refers to the Battle of Mistkeep, and massive release of energy that occured at the end of it, killing most of the Aramidic, Redwind, and Malokian troops in and around the city, as well as nearly all of the city's inhabitants and some of the inhabitants of neighboring settlements. It is the largest recorded use of magic in the history, and its effects were felt across the continent, with magical disease, sudden death, and a sharp increase in people developing magical abilities were all reported in the years afterwards. The Annihilation caused the destruction of the city and the fall of The Independent Territory of Mistkeep. The massive damage done to to the Aramidic and Redwind armies contributed to their decline and dissolution in the centuries after by crippling their armed forces, affecting public morale, and causing political discord.

The event's impact was so huge that scholars at the Library of Galehold used it as the beginning of the Third Era.

The Mistkeep Elders were a group of powerful magicians who in the mid Second Century came to possess huge influence over, and according to some, complete rule over their city of Mistkeep. A treaty with The Aramidic Empire, the Kingdom of Redwind, and the Kingdom of Southern Malokia created the Independent Territory of Mistkeep, and provided the Elders with an environment in which their research and experimentation was not hindered by governments enlisting them as battle mages or limiting their studies in order to placate groups of the population displeased by magical activity. Over the next two and a half millenia, the Mistborn Elders maintained their independence and continued that research, enlisting the most talented magicians from around the continent. However, in the last centuries of the Second Era, tensions rose as rumors that the Elders were planning to invade their neighbors took root in various governments. In the year 2E 4159, the most powerful of the Mistkeep Elders and their de-facto leader, Elder Saphros, declared his intention to recreate the Ra'khemian civilization under his rule, and that he had become powerful enough to defeat any army who dared to challenge him.

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