The Fool's Aftermath

The Fool's Aftermath, known by many other names across Yon'ver, is the term used here to refer to the period from 1927 to 1928 PR characterized by supernatural events, including natural disasters, a powerful magic weaved into most instrumental music, and greatly increased international political conflict. These events affected all of Yon'ver, as well as the neighboring planes of the Feywild and the Shadowfell. They were mostly attributable to the influence of Fiovaux, who desired to destroy civilization.

Effects

Violent Musical Influence

Fiovaux made it so that instrumental music would induce violent impulses in those who heard it, causing massacres of people in places where music was played. This was responsible for many deaths. This effect had some notable limitations -- the music had to be played from an instrument, so vocal music would not spread it. If a sound was not sufficiently "musical" enough, the influence would not spread. It also only worked on the Material Plane, the Feywild, and some other planes, but did not spread to extraplanar spaces and the Astral Plane.

Dominating Control Through Music

Fiovaux was also capable of playing music to exert fine manual control on listeners, such as forcing Lovreas Jaderiver to walk off a cliff, as well as (presumably) directing Squelaiche to kill the two Queens of the Fey Courts. Syrune Evioro was also placed under the effects of this music for an extended period of time, but kept her sanity.

Disruption of Natural Order

Possibly as an after-effect of the deaths of the Queens of the Fey Courts, the natural order of the Material Plane was disrupted during the Aftermath. Natural disasters occurred in many places simultaneously, such as the eruption of Mount Wadewick, terrible blizzards occurring over Liront, and great storms plaguing Edfairse. The seasons were also halted, pausing sometime around early autumn, and the weather was permanently "partially cloudy."