![[baltic-firestorms.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***August 29th, 2023*** --- ### Quotes “We lost everything. With only ash in our hands we begged our 'leaders' for help.”[^1] - Oz “We were helpless as the storms ravaged our cities. The hellish fires swept an entire continent, destroying everything in their path.”[^1] - Oz “The fallout was devastating. Enough to spark the Second Great Depression. And who was it that bore the full might of this planetary retribution? Us. The people.”[^1] - Oz <br> ### Description In 2028 an uncontrollable fire had begun to sweep most of Eastern Europe, slowly spreading and destroying farmland from Kyiv to Berlin. By 2030, with the “Breadbasket of Europe” decimated, the world suffered an extreme shortage of grain and an alarming drop in food production, ultimately entering the Second Great Depression. It took years for the fires to be fully extinguished but still their devastating effects would be felt for years to come. Air pollution and contaminated water claimed just as many lives as the fires themselves – the millions displaced was the beginning of the mass migration crisis which went on to become the birth of the [[No-Pats|No-Pat]] movement. [^1]: Featured in Oz's [[Battle of Richtersveld Speech|Battle of Richtersveld Speech.]]