Skyfall

== The Event ==
=== Before the Impact ===
Skyfall describes the Events of the spring 1102 AtS; A massive meteoroid approached Anu, glowing in the sky for many weeks. Each religion and believe had their own explanation but few predicted what would transpire next.
In the final days before the impact, the nights were illuminated by a crimson glow, bright enough to make the use of torches or other light sources mostly redundant. As the meteoroid entered Anu's atmosphere, it was covered by fire and began to break up. The night became day and a many people were blinded by the brilliantly glowing light.
=== The Impact ===
The meteoroid separated into two clusters. The bigger cluster landed north of Ferra, creating the Skyfallen Isle. The impact caused tidal wave many hundred meters to rush outwards from the point of impact. This wave devastated much of the costal regions in the north of Ferra.
The smaller cluster landed slightly further south on Ferra, creating the Skyfallen Mountains. The impact caused earthquakes all over Ferra and ignited many firestorms in the north. 
=== Following the Impact ===
The fires and the explosion of the impact threw massive amounts of material into the sky, tinting it in a deep red and darkening the days for several months. The usual rise in temperature during spring and summer failed and harvests failed that year. It became known as the Red Winter.
Trade ground to a halt and life became much more localised as towns, cities and villages focused on their own survival. Though the year of 1102 AtS was hard and hunger was a constant for almost everyone, the absence of any large scale conflict was noted as no organisation had the resources to wage or sustain war. 
A saying developed during this time: "The red of the earth has flown into the sky". Some meant to celebrate the apparent peace that came with the catastrophe while others saw punishment for their previous brutality and sins. Nowadays the saying is often used to warn or describe the consequences of some action and/or to highlight the positive or opportunity that arises from some bad event.
== Consequences ==
=== Aasimite ===
Some time after the Skyfall, mining operations began on the Skyfallen Mountains. Soon a deep crimson red metal was found. Dubbed Aasimite, the metal had many strange magic properties, particularly its natural affinity to transmutation.
==== The Skyfallen ====
Soon the Aasimite mining towns began to report strange happenings. The babies of pregnant women exposed to Aasimite had dove like wings on their backs and slightly glowing eyes. These children were called the Skyfallen and their appearance caused a split in Imperial descendant cultures. Some saw them as Imperials with either an illness or blessing while others think of them as belonging to the civilised races while others still see them as abominations and beastfolks.