Troubles

The world has begun, not so much to wither, as to fall in to stasis. As the life spans of all living things increases, birth rates appear to be falling. Also, all plant life seems to be slowly becoming poisonous to other forms of life, leaving agriculture a useless craft in much of the realm. Only edge dominions, raising hearty winter resistant foods, are yet unaffected.

Due to the spread of essence, most life no longer requires food to live, but many of the sentient races are finding it hard to adapt to the thought of eternity without eating.

The latest effect, assumed to be caused by the absence of the gods, is the lengthening of night. The moon of this world, hangs directly in front of the Eye of Heaven, that warms the plane. Day and night are caused by the gradual fading and reappearance of the moon.

Already, the ice of the rim is encroaching further into the world. If this trend continues, the world may eventually be locked in an endless, frozen night.