The Great Dog Extinction

The Great Dog Extinction is an event that took place in 744 AP, causing the extinction of every dog on the continent. Since then dogs have been an extremely rare and valuable beast, as only the richest and most powerful people could afford the funds to raise their pets. 
== Background ==
The Cloppenburg Post-Truth Patrol were investigating the appearance of a dangerous force called Void Magic. This magic produces random and unforeseen effects when interacting with normal magic. Following a terrorist attack, they discovered that a use of Void Magic had desecrated the entirety of the Pantry Plains. The party decided to investigate this occurrence.
On September the 4th 744AP, the patrol were fighting their way into Selussa's Magical Emporeum, located on the edge of the Vonkrul Mountains in Awbor. They were able to capture the source of Void Magic, an artefact called Orby. Unfortunately, in the ensuing fights, the holder of Orby walked through a magical portal, causing an explosion of magical effects.
== Events ==
One of the effects targeted Wong's mind, and proceeded to kill every single individual of his favourite animals, which was dogs. 
Instantaneously, every single dog across the continent died. This caused a huge amount of grief and confusion as owners were desperately looking for the cause of their deaths. Unfortunately, many of the high level clerics that could have divined this were missing, and the void magic event was enough to confuse anyone else who attempted to find the culprit.
In the ensuing days and weeks, particularly rich owners were able to raise their dogs, and some began an extremely lucrative breeding program.
Since this event, dogs have become a rare and valuable status symbol.