Holocaust

This is in reference to a sub extinction asteroid that struck the world of Greyhawke in 96,000 BE, not the Jewish Holocaust of the WWII period. 
The asteroid struck the old Elven Capital of Calaborleen. A city of crystal spires and haunting beauty the location of the Archive of the Ilúverin. The destruction is complete. The numbers of the dead are never counted or truly known. The land is twisted and burned.
The Human cultures of the day blame their own gods and destroyed what is left of their own cultures. This is the end of the Maztka Culture. Some of their ruins can still be found in the Altanis area. The larger pyramids are taken as hills. Digging in them is not advised. 
In Anadolintor east of the molten crater a tender sapling is found sheltered by a large rock. This will become the Great Mother Tree. A primal being in its own right. The rock is venerated as the heart of Anadolintor. The two eventually grows into the Great Mother Tree.
History on Greyhawke is divided in to two periods, pre Holocaust and post Holocaust.
In the post holocaust era the White Russians settle in the hills of the eroded crater and along its lake. Land no one else wanted.
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