Dark Age

Dark Age
Era Information
Dates	64—450 AR
Length	386 years
Plane	Dominaria (Terisiare)
Sets	Fallen Empires, The Dark
Storyline sources	The Dark The Gathering Dark The Time of Dark
Notable events	First Talite Crusade, Siege of Penregon, Second Talite Crusade, Founding the Conclave of Mages, Fall of Penregon, Thousandfold Refraction of Rabiah, Unification of Taysir, Fall of the Sarpadian Empires, Iwset-Jehesic War, Formation of the Shard of Twelve Worlds, Battle of Pitdown, Fall of the Conclave of Mages, Tivadar's Crusade
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Brothers' War Dark Age Ice Age (event)

The Dark Age, or The Dark, was a period of time after the Sylex Blast in 64 A.R. and before 450 A.R. when the Ice Age fully began on Dominaria.^[1]

Description

The Dark Age gained its name in part from the almost-extinguishing of magic's torch during that period.^[2] During this era, in the aftermath of the blast, Dominaria's climate became colder and resources became scarce.^[3] The Fall of Penregon, once the mighty capital of the developed nation of Argive, would be a chilling reminder for years to come of the approaching ice from the northern ridges of Terisiare.

Quaking before the climatic shifts rocking the plane, the peoples of every land fell under the control of zealots and despots. Because of the Brothers' War, the use of magic and artifice was condemned by the Church of Tal and outlawed by the nascent city-states, so mages practiced in secret. The people were broken into factions, and each rose against the others. It was a time of persecution and corruption when it seemed as if the end of the world was at hand.

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