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== Catastrophe of Xorgaddon ==
In 766 A.R. an event took place that scared the people of the Titanic Ring. This is known as the Catastrophe of Xorgaddon. It turned a once prosperous continent, full of explorers and fortune seekers, into a ruined waste that is unrecognizable. Many believe that Corania, the mother of the Age of Innovation, shoulders the blame for the catastrophe. This is likely true. 

=== ''The Event'' ===
What follows is the entire fact pattern, at least what is available to the public, regarding the catastrophe. 

The epicenter of the event was a mountain range known as the Proy Peaks. Nestled in the center of the range was research site gamma 006 (gamma). At this site, Corania oversaw the construction of the largest LSRS device ever constructed. The device ate close to four tons worth of material every second it was powered. 
 At 7:06 AM on the 6th of Lionnir, a test began using the system at gamma. This system, codenamed TWISTER, started to consume material. The exact nature of TWISTER is unknown but it is thought to have been a reality warping device. At 7:14 AM, TWISTER was already consuming four tons of material every second. However, a redacted transcript released to the public revealed that Corania defied safety protocol and ordered that the LSRS increase power output. By 7:18 AM, TWISTER was consuming six tons a second. By 7:22 AM, it would be consuming close to 7 billion cubic miles. 

 At 7:19 AM, the TWISTER system began to draw more power than the LSRS could provide. Corania ordered more power output but the quelling mages had reached their limit. The first signs of collapse began at 7:20 AM when one of the mages collapsed due to extreme dehydration. Other mages began to fall as well. At 7:21 AM, Corania executed an emergency shutdown designed to immediately quell the red spiral reaction that was rapidly growing out of hand. However, there was a fault in the design. The TWISTER system did not allow the shutdown to occur. Instead, it consumed the titanic magic altogether creating a detonation. 

 All rock within 60 miles of gamma was liquefied at 7:22 AM. 
The Titanic Ring itself would crack under the pressure. Earthquakes were felt across Ardyria as category eight earthquakes ravaged the land. Many could see the light of the explosion from Kost. People in Amalathea had their windows blown out from the shockwave. 

The Twin Empresses stopped a 400-foot-tall tsunami from devastating the western coast of Kost at 7:31 AM with the help of nearly 100 aether souls from across the Rings of Meropis. Many also aided in a massive effort to remove the ash that blotted out the skies over the ring. In total, it took six months before the effects felt in Ardyria were fixed. However what could not be fixed was the more than 3,000 Ardyrians who lost their lives in the aftermath of the catastrophe. It is unknown how many in Xorgaddon lost their lives but generous estimates say at least 258,000 died. 

Rescue teams were able to reach one city, Harasta, nestled in one of the valleys deeper within Xorgaddon. Its unique geography allowed it to withstand the doom that fell upon the land. Many people left with only a skeleton population choosing to remain. 

=== ''Aftermath'' ===
The people of the Rings of Meropis called for Corania’s head. In the largest trial ever on the Titanic Ring, Corania was granted leniency by the Twin Empresses. This caused massive civil unrest that threatened to undermine the legitimacy of their reign. However, the storm was weathered. 

=== ''Punishment'' ===
Corania served five years in a prison in Amalathea. Upon her release, she was ordered to remove herself from all artificing projects, abandon all plans to construct LSRS factories greater in size than those in Amalathea, was given a debt of over 2 trillion gold pieces to pay back, and lost the ability to elect rulers for the next 50 years or until the debt was paid. Those closest to Corania said this event affected her dearly. The Material Goddess became lost in her grief. Some swore she refused to step inside a laboratory ever again. Others say that she attempted to strip herself of her divinity but was stopped by a Seraph. Yet the punishment may never end. To this day citizens still curse her name. Corania, the mother of the Age of Innovation, is perhaps the most hated person on the Titanic Ring.