An Old World

It started with a tremble that caused the oceans to roil, but then it grew and grew until the very mountains were shaking in their very roots, for the world had started to quake. Whole cities fell amidst waves that touched the sky and once tranquil meadows split, sending a cascade of sheep and cattle into the depths below. That was when it all started, when the old world died, and a new one was born.