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Echoes of the End: Preamble

 Mystra has died, from several forms, several times, taking the weave down a path of uncertainty. But only once has the spell plague been seen, the night of the blue fire, the destruction of so much. It is therefore, incredible, to believe that the spell plague was caused by the death of Mystra, no matter what the sages would have us believe.

I have searched the Realms, Candlekeep to Kuo Te Lung, all of Realmspace and some of Greyspace, and there is nothing that tells a reason why the spell plague should have occurred. It is unexplainable with the death of Mystra.

Instead I find only one explainable connection to the madness, to the chaos, that makes even a subtle case for causing such destruction. It must be that the Far Realm was allowed in, perhaps just a bit, perhaps for just a moment. The space beyond all that exists bled through. Would it be unexpected for it to burn away at the very fabric of reality?

I do not know how it could have been done. The elves might have ways -- their lips are sealed tightly. Maybe things older than the elves, darker than the elves.

100 years to heal. Yet there are permanent changes. Chaos dissipates, but does not disintegrate. 

But it came with direction. The breach was not here. Maybe we were on the far end of the effect. Where was its center? What chaos and far realm taint lingers till. Leira, at least, is spared for now. I am safe here. 

-Halaster Blackcloak, 1492 DR, Leira  

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