The Great Dying

The Great Dying is the coined name for an extinction event that occurred on the planet Bhora. It persists throughout the entirety of the novel of the same name.

Causes
Almost nine years prior, the horizonwalker Erozand awoke and rose up from the earth, ripping the Iron Trail and a large part of the planet's crust apart. In the process, a large amount of ash and grit was launched into the atmosphere. In addition, the havoc on the geology caused volcanoes around the world to erupt all at the same time, launching billions and billions of tons of ash and toxic gas into the atmosphere. Furthermore, a massive gash was left from where Erozand had slumbered - over hundreds of miles long and wide, contributing to the volcanic winter to follow.

Erozand awoke and attempted to consume the sun. Even though he failed, his attempt destablized the star for many years, causing it to have flashes of extra hot periods and making to launch deadly solar flares on a daily basis.

Effects
The Great Dying extinction event lived up to it's name. Countless species were eliminated, every person on the planet was affected in a negative way, communities far and wide were crippled or shattered completely.

The first round of effects came in the form of intense thunderstorms that rained water and acid for months, and the clouds never faded away. This created periods of heavy rain that would drown out the land and cool it even quicker. As time passed, the planet cooled until the planet's average temperature was about 0 degrees centigrade. (when the planet's average temperature is around 20 degrees centigrade). To avoid this communities must create clothes that could resist the elements

The second was solar storms. Waves of radiation that affected one side of the planet at a time and microwaved any creature that was unprotected or simply not designed to handle the radiation. Communities had to build underground tunnels to escape the radiation.

The third was the collapse of the food chain.