The Severing

Type: Catastrophic event

When: Distant past (exact date unknown)

Scope: World-wide

Primary Effect: Destruction of history

Cause: Unknown

Legacy: World named "Djah" after the mystery

Central Question: Can it be reversed?

The Severing, was a catastrophic event that destroyed the world's history. What came before the Severing is lost—civilizations, knowledge, origins, all vanished in the event. Survivors found themselves in a world without history, forced to rebuild from fragments and ruins. The Severing remains the defining historical moment, the great rupture that separates the unknown past from the recorded present, and stands at the center of the Djah Cipher—the fundamental mystery of existence.