The Second Sundering

The world shook, the gods fell silent, and the planes themselves were reshaped. Ao was not done rewriting the cosmos.”

The Spellplague (1385 DR) had thrown the multiverse into disarray. The Weave of Magic was shattered, and entire realms were lost. But centuries later, Ao acted again.

• The gods were briefly cut off from their followers—a second divine crisis.
• Lost deities, like Lathander, Mask, and Mystra, returned, as if Ao had rewritten existence.
• The Sundering restructured the planes, making the cosmic fabric more stable—but also more rigid.

Some scholars whisper that Ao’s true goal was not merely to repair reality, but to test his authority over it.