Oburoos Calamity

## The Oburoos Calamity

The Isle of Oburoos sits at the center of the four corners of Eluseus. Since the Calamity, the waters surrounding the cursed isle have glowed a ghostly green every night, which mariners say is the mournful rage of thousands of lost souls

## History

Much like their fellow flights, the Green Dragons claimed a chunk of land, took up residence at its highest peaks, and with a watchful eye allowed kingdoms of Men and Magi to develop. This land was the isle of Oburoos, located strategically at the very center of the Sea of Aethar. This location made Oburoos the premier destination for all manner of refugees, and the isles population swelled. Unlike the often fractitious kingdoms which cropped up in the other Dragonlands, Oburoos was quickly united into one state, an immigrant society known as Galathar. Unlike other humanoid realms, filled with persecution and superstition, Galathar was far more tolerant of all inhabitants, as the fertile isle of Oburoos generally had enough resources to go around. This wealth was further bolstered by Oburoos capital port Galath, which was the busiest in the world, a stopping point for traders from all four corners of Eluseus. The Green Dragons were notably less domineering than their cousins, and increasingly became content with the impressive offerings the Galatheir were able to bring them. This complacency would end in tragedy. In 201 SS, a massive revolt would be launched against the dragons, led by the King of Galathar, a man named Zamiel. Though the revolt is shrouded in mystery and superstition, it is generally known that Zamiel took the Green Flight completely by surprise, as he had access to strange and mysterious magical weapons that nullified the dragons commanding aura. In a shocking twist, the matriarch of the Green Flight was struck down by Zamiel with his greatsword Vulnarch, with the dying wyrm letting out a death rattle which could be heard from every corner of Eluseus. Immediately, the other four flights mobilized and flew on Oburoos, in a nigh unseen display of unity. However, just as their forces were closing in on the isle, a tremendous magical explosion knocked even the mightiest of the dragons from the sky. The massive isle of Oburoos had completely disappeared from the sea of Aethar. Where it had once stood, the seas now glowed a ghostly green. The dragons fled back to their caves, and have been seen ever more rarely since, allowing their vassals to cautiously grow in power. Only a handful of green wyrmlings would escape the calamity, scattered across Eluseus. The seas of Oburoos, which had once been thick with merchant traffic, became a haunted and taboo area. Almost no seafarers venture there, but those who have tell tales of seeing an echo of the island on full moon nights, and hearing the screams of its damned inhabitants in the black of the night. They also tell of ghostly apparitions flying through the night or gliding under the ocean’s glassy surface, not dragons, not like anything that has been seen on Eluseus since the Great Wounding. Most of these sailors soon succumb to raving madness, leaving their claims in question, but their fates leave the eldritch danger of Oburoos undisputed…