The Ashcurse and the Death Curse

The ashcurse happens, and humanity, the first of the mortal races, is heavily affected. The skies are darkened because of volcanic activity, thus the name ashkurst. People are left imperfect. In fact, people are lucky if they have much of a soul left. After all, humanity is not immortal. Even from the beginning, they have longer lives than they do now. They were shorteed considerably,. as were the elves and the progenitor for the i guess i'll just call in the dosimi. I don't know if that name's ever been dropped to your ears, carter, but cat's out of the bag. Now, i've heard it.