Great Storm of Everon

"And so, the caretaker people learned a valuable lesson... they could not trust their home."

## Great Storm of Everon

### Location

Everon

The **Great Storm of Everon** was a powerful natural disaster that destroyed the homes and livelihoods of the Evereni species that lived on the planet Everon. The devastation caused by the Storm caused the Evereni to adopt completely different lifestyles and collapse into conflict with each other, starting to rely on only desire and domination of resources.

## Prelude

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For centuries the Evereni had lived in tandem with the harsh conditions of their world, seeking to live within motion and change that was caused by the permanent stormy conditions of the planet. They had constructed cities that remained in the sky, with lush gardens that sat among the rain clouds and lightning. The Evereni saw themselves as caretakers of their planet, trusting that it would take care of them in return for their taking care of the planet.

## Recount

##### The Storm

Eventually, a once in a millennium vortex of planetary proportions formed as a result of churning within the planet's core. The winds rose and lightning increased, raining down deadly conditions on the airborne cities that the Evereni had constructed. For the first time, the Evereni learnt that the planet they had learnt to trust did not care for them and faced the merciless nature of the cyclone. The Great Storm destroyed the cities of the Evereni. They fell from the sky, killing hundreds of thousands and bringing the Evereni species closer to extinction than they had ever been for millennia. Thousands of Evereni fell to their demise.

## Aftermath

##### Evereni Conflicts

In the years following the Great Storm, the Evereni fell into centuries of conflict and fighting among themselves. Their trust had been broken by the planet and continued to break as they began to betray each other. The survivors began turning to their institutions and leaders in government for aid. The government however had stopped making decisions based on fairness and trust, and instead allowing selfish benefit and fear to control their actions. In a world where resources had become dwindled, the institutions began massacring their citizens in order to increase the resources for those who survived the cull. This was the catalyst for what turned into war. Ships were constructed by opposing sides of the Evereni conflict, and fighting broke out. The opposing Evereni factions destroyed each other's crafts and killed one another. At first there appeared to be two factions, represented by colors red and blue, however it seemed even these groups eventually broke down as eventually all ships became less easily recognized in specific groups. Certain factions within the fighting were guilt of war crimes, using their ships to cut down bystanders and citizens on the ground. Even those who were not part of fighting within the war slowly learned that they could not trust each other, as those who failed to provide resources and standards of living for their family found their own flesh and blood killing them as a result of their failure.

## Timeline of Event

* A large vortex becomes a planet sized storm, destroying the Evereni cities.
* War breaks out between the Evereni as their lifestyle alters greatly as a result of the Storm.

## Appearances

1. Star Wars: The High Republic - Eye of the Storm 1 (Flashback only)