Heltiran Apocalypse

The Heltiran Apocalypse was a series of events that occurred from 10,560 BBY to 10,533 BBY. It was a process that destroyed all life on the planet starting with plague and ending with nuclear war. After the violent massacres that spanned decades, Heltiran became a barren waste land, void of any life whatsoever. Sentient or not, nothing survived this.

Apocalypse and Aftermath
"If there is one thing I'm certain of, it's that billions died in this."

-Anonymous Arhceologogist

In 10,560 BBY, a plague struck Heltiran’s 7.5 billion inhabitants. Known as the Dissolution Plague, it started in the major cites and moved to areas with smaller populations. Although ending 2 years later in 10,558 BBY, it killed 1.1 billion people. The remaining 6.4 billion Heltirians were devastated by the sheer loss of life. Things only got worse as all but the most isolated of crops were killed in the Dissolution Plague. Skirmishes broke out as people fought over what little food was left. These skirmishes led to full-scale civil wars. The planet’s inhabitants broke apart into thousands of minute nations. The nations were conquered one by one. The civilians of these conquered nations were either slaughtered or enslaved as the victorious plundered their homes. As of 10,545 BBY, 4.7 billion Heltirians remained. So far they had lost 2.8 billion people. The loss was absolutely unimaginable to them.

Things only got worse after only several dozen major powers were left and a massive powerful struggle erupted. This constant war subsided when only 1 nation was left with 3.9 billion civilians in it out of 4.1 billion, total. The other 200 million Heltirians were made up of groups of barbaric tribes. Some realized that they would either join or die and chose the better of the 2. Others however, refused to join the nation and would rather die. They did. The nation attempted to rid the world of barbarians by killing them. The barbarians knew that they were vastly shrinking in number so several tribes invaded nation territory and stole weapons to protect themselves. Nuclear war soon broke out in 10,539 BBY, destroying billions of lives and the world as they knew it. Each day, thousands of nuclear bombs were detonated around Heltiran. The planet’s clouds started to rain acid, burning any life caught in it that didn’t take shelter. The surface of the planet stared to become desert-like and any soil eroded into sand. The nation of Heltiran was dissolved and the remnants of it fought for control once again. Once the war subsided and the last of the acid rain fell, only a few thousand Heltirians remained on their dead planet. It took until 10,533 BBY but the last of them died out, turning Heltiran into a desolate wasteland, void of life. The only way that the Nonderanians of the neighboring planet, Nonderan, ever knew about this was by translating documents that survived from the time in 1,035 BBY, when they colonized the planet. A few structures also remained in tact for all those years. Archeological excavators dug up the remains that were under half of a kilometer of sand and rock.