The Cataclysm

The 28th of Malath in the year 2A 4583 was the last day of the Second Age. That was the day of the Cataclysm. On that day, land masses were altered, mountains arose in areas that had previously been flat land, rivers changed course, cities collapsed, forests that had existed since the First Age disappeared and others appeared where none had been before. Halflings appeared for the first time with no memory of where they had come from. A stretch of land that ranges from 30 to 50 miles wide fell into the ocean and created the island of Lyarth. The land that fell into the ocean included part of the Blue Mountains. The Dwarven stronghold, Morgonothal, was in that part of the Blue Mountains; there were no survivors and the entire stronghold, and all of the treasures that were in it, still sits on the bottom of the ocean. The next day, the 1st of Moroth would have been the first day of the year 2A 4583; instead, it was the first day of 3A 1.