Great Scar

The Great Scar first appeared in ((YEAR)) and heralded the end of the War of the Vestige. Abram Belrand, founder of the Church of Embers, cast the Last Spell in an effort to wipe out the troops of the Academy of Deep Sciences. The pure strength of the spell carved a rift into the ground, now known as the Great Scar.

Geography
The Great Scar is located to the east of Espeira. It stretches for around half a kilometre, beginning at a single point that suddenly drops away into the ground, about fifty metres down. In then travels north-east, gradually fanning out and getting shallower.

Causes
The Great Scar was caused by the Last Spell, cast by Abram Belrand, ripping through the rock of the continent, leaving a permanent legacy of the War of the Vestige. The spell consisted of a colossal burst of deep charge, the most volatile of the deep elements. Abram's mastery of this element allowed the casting of a spell so ferocious as to tear tons of rock from Celsaria itself.

Ground Zero
At the apex of the Great Scar is an area known as Ground Zero - it is believed that this is the actual site of the Last Spell. The concentrated infinite deep is so powerful here that it exerts a huge gravity on the energy of the area. Light itself is slowed to a halt, suspended in the air. Thus, if you approach Ground Zero, you will catch glimpses of what it looked like at the precise moment of the Last Spell as your eyes come into contact with escaped light passing through occasional cracks in the deep.