The Cataclysm

The Cataclysm was an event that destroyed the three kingdoms of Neuro and started a new era.
==History==
No one saw it coming, not one soul. The Cataclysm would see to it the era of prosperity and progress the people of the world had made was destroyed right before its eyes.
The first event of the Cataclysm was the eruption of Mount Spesartium of Belmont. The ancient volcano at last erupted, magma cascaded unto the city of Belmont and ash covered the sky. Much of the populace of Belmont was killed, however the Mages Guild of Belmont were able to safely evacuate parts of the city and many a good mage died helping the people of their town.
The next event was arguably the most damaging of the Cataclysm. After an earthquake, a giant chasm opened under the City of Naturelles, wiping out the entire city. From the chasm emerged the Swansong. Once thought defeated, this group of the vile beast had concealed itself under the city for hundreds of years, waiting for a signal from their father, the Omega Swansong. Assuming the quake as the signal this breed of the creature emerged, ready to wrestle the inheritance of the world from its former inhabitants.
Seventy-two days of rain hit the area of Jotnar, flooding the tunnels and killing the proud dwarves.
With Belmont and Naturelles destroyed, the Swansong horde found the region of Harracktor an easy target as the other nations could no longer assist them. All the cities of Harracktor fell, and the people of Neuro found themselves facing extinction.
The people who found themselves without a nation banded together and formed the Kingdom of Vostroka, the final hope of the people of Neuro. The capital of Vostroka, Reserve trained its men to combat the Swansong horde and christened themselves the Sacred Swords, after the once great army of Harracktor. The displaced mages of Belmont formed the Mages College of Vostroka and trained all they could in the ways of combat magic.
The people of Vostroka brought the fight to the Swansong and found themselves with an unexpected outcome. Unlike the stories of the Swansong from the Second War of the Ancients, these new batch of Swansong retreated from battle. The people of Vostroka found themselves victorious and prospered much like the old kingdoms of Neuro once had. The Swansong horde still remains a threat however, they continue to reside to this day at the epicenter of the Naturellian disaster, the Valley of the Bones.