Beast Tide

The beast tide is a colossal event in human history.

In the past humanity lived on the planet unchallenged. Mages were rare, humans without magic were the norm. The beasts and demi humans existed but were peaceful or dormant. It was the awakening of an ancient sea dragon that triggered the beast tide and thus World War 2.

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awakening of an ancient dragon. In that bout, Humanity lost another swath of cities and fortresses, effectively cut them off from the Pacific Ocean and isolating man into City-states.====
 * ====Chapter 3: Conversely, the Second World War happened in the 70s, triggered by the


 * ====Chapter 217: Gwen recollected that indeed, there had been mention of such things in her history books. As for "Modern History", her censored textbooks after the 1971 awakening of the Black Sea Dragon catalysed the rise of Magical Beasts around the world, coinciding with the rise of the Mermen Empires from the depth below. The pre-war period possessed nowhere near the same volume of information.====


 * ====Chapter 211: In case you've forgotten, during WWII's Beast Tide, NoM casualties came in around 60 million====


 * ====Chapter 261: cartographic borders were made irrelevant by the Beast Tide====


 * ====Chapter 217 again: "There's a very awkward bit of modern history there…" Walken scratched his head. "Before the establishment of the Pan-European Treaty of Versaille after the Beast Tide, the city-states of Europe descended into a sort of resource-madness. They fought over history, grudges, religion, trade routes, colonies, new Frontiers; you name it. It was the Golden Age of Spellcraft warfare, and the two major contenders were the Reich and the Mageocracy."====


 * ====Chapter 230: the Tower System was founded ...after humanity managed to wrestle our capitals from the Beast Tide... First to activate was the converted Tower of London, then Paris, Munich, Rome, The Acropolis in Greece, by the time Sydney got its Tower, it was 1982.====

conflicts of interest between Human nations.====
 * ====From the Metaworld Spellcraft & Glossary: The United Nation Council of Towers (U.N) refers to a coalition of all Towers from around the world formed after World War II's Beast Tide. Akin to the U.N in Gwen's old world, the Towers sanctify and ratify the regulation of Spellcraft, the status of city-states, and mediate the