The Meteors

"*The meteors left this land fractured and its people scared. The desperate worshipped them, the damaged - feared them. The years of silence followed, and eventually through an unthinkable act, the civilizations fell to ruin.*"
―Rosetta's Cataclysm
The **Meteors** are mysterious objects of cosmic origin infused with extremely powerful and dangerous cosmic magic. The meteors have been bombarding the world since the Era of Myth, nearly 200,000 years ago, but the biggest hotspots are Aurelia and Kirbysay, with meteors spread all across the continents, where they were studied by the humans and other beings alike. They come in many colors and sizes, although the most common color for meteors is white. The meteors are also strongly tied to the Crystals, both objects being from space. However, the exact relation between the two objects is unknown.

The meteors have remarkable effects on both physical landscapes and living beings: they can warp the surrounding environment and imbue it with strong magical energy. On living beings, the meteors can cause a plethora of different effects, depending on how long someone has been exposed to the meteors' magic: if only exposed for a few seconds, it causes dizziness. If exposed for several minutes to several days, it causes insanity and memory loss, while exposure for many weeks can cause the subject to have their body completely warped beyond recognition, as has happened with a noble scholar who turned into a gremlin due to the meteors' influence. The meteors' magic can also lengthen lifespans, as had happened to an Emperor of the Akkadian Empire with his scepter.

The main event involving the meteors was Rosetta's Cataclysm, also known as the God Fists, a catastrophe in which 15 meteors, purple and blue meteors mainly of the colors, crashed into what is now known as the Country of Harpeia. The cataclysm left the people of Aurelia scared, and an "unthinkable act" eventually destroyed the civilizations that inhabited the land. After the cataclysm, the kingdoms of Aurelia, including some Empires, began rigorously studying the meteors for centuries to come.

## Origins

While the true origins of the meteors and the Crystals are unknown, there are some notes of a mysterious scholar in a secret part of his meteor laboratory shed some light on their true nature. According to him, the cosmic magic that the meteors possess was cast upon them, instead of being a power that the meteors naturally possess. The scholar then says in his notes: "Since our Gods do exist, maybe this is for our negligence towards the land around us. The Cataclysm that happened many millennia ago still haunts the people of the world, especially Kirbysay".

## Types of Meteors

There are many types of meteors, although they mostly share the same properties. They have very uniform and distinct colorations, which sets them apart quite easily. The meteors can range from being slightly bigger than a Human to being larger than a mountain face.

### White Meteor

Easily the most common type of meteors, spread out all across the world: from the Continent of Aurelia to the Kanter Region to Kirbysay. The biggest white meteor is currently a specimen that lies behind the Tiranian Embassy, and is one of the biggest meteors ever discovered.

### Purple Meteor

The most important Purple Meteor, and one of the very few known, is a meteor that crashed into Rosetta's Temple during the Cataclysm, alongside 15 other meteors of different colors. It too is very large, and has sat at the bottom of the Temple for numerous centuries, affecting the landscape around it and infusing it with powerful cosmic magic.

### Blue Meteor

A fairly common type of meteor. The two most notable blue meteors are one of the two that crashed into the Kirbysay landscape during the Cataclysm, alongside with the Purple Meteor and many others,

### Red Meteor

The only known Red Meteor is the one that crashed during the Cataclysm many millennia ago. It is under the possession of the Lightviolet Empire as people believe it harbors great magical properties than the other meteors.

### Yellow Meteor

The only known Yellow Meteor has been discovered roughly 1,000 years ago. It shined so bright as it made reentry through the atmosphere, though it didn't collide with the planet, it still caused some devastation as it went through the atmosphere. From then on, no one has seen the meteor since.