Voidplague

The Voidplague was a catastrophic event that challenged all races of Otumat and the wider world. Caused by Tiamat, the evil goddess of dragons and the underworld, the Voidplague led to a dark, encroaching evil. All magical effects either ceased or became unstable. Monsters controlled the world, and all order imposed by the gods was null and void. Several gods were slain in their immortal form, and the earth its self was shattered.

Little is known of this time, as society of most races was essentially tribal. Most records are archaeological in aspect, and most creatures having experienced it have long perished.

Ord, the Good King, and Balhut, the Dragon God, were largely responsible for the Voidplague's suppression, though all of the oral tradition and epic poetry of their methods are legendary and even contradictory.