Silent Death

The Silent Death was a devastating and suspicious plague that afflicted the cities of Lower Imaskar in the .
==Effects==
The disease had a high mortality rate, and could not be cured by divine magic.
==History==
The outbreak of the plague ravaged Lower Imaskar, and coincided with a mysterious blight that destroyed crops and caused famine. Even in relatively lightly hit areas, as much as 15–20% of the population died. Imaskari citizens had flocked to temples for aid, but as their priests were unable to provide relief from the magic-resistant illness, this led to bitterness and ultimately violence as the people turned against their gods and killed their priests. Lower Imaskar was said to have only survived the decade following the Silent Death's appearance thanks to misfortune and mismanagement among their enemies.
While the plague did spread north, it did not make it all the way to Upper Imaskar, instead stopping in the lands that would later become the Endless Wastes.
The outbreak of the Silent Death marked the start of Shartra ("darkness"), a period from –4370 DR to , during which Lower Imaskar—desperate for labor to rebuild and rekindle their realm—kidnapped and enslaved tens of thousands of people from another world, whose descendants would come to be known as the Mulan.
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Category:Plagues
Category:Events
Category:Events in Imaskar
Category:Events in Lower Imaskar
Category:Events in the Old Empires
Category:Events in East Faerûn
Category:Events in Faerûn
Category:Events on Toril