The three dark princess approached the leaders of the Alevandrians, the Evelaron and the Velestrans and whispered wicked plots in their ears. They convinced the scions of the three houses that greater power and glory could be theirs if they only chose to seize it. To each they gave the arms of battle and the will to use them and so brought the evil of war amongst men for the first time.

from The Chorus of the First Era, Brother Samson Diego, 212 LE

The men of the three treacherous tribes carried long blades of sharpened bronze: weapons with no other purpose but the slaughtering of other men. About their bodies they wore overlapping metal disks that created on them a protective shell like that of a turtle. On their heads were burnished bronze helms that covered the brow and extended over the cheeks. Though their numbers were great, they moved together in formation, as though they all drew thought from a single mind.
The defenders of Zakhara fought bravely with sickle, scythe and staff, but against the arms of their opponents, they were as lambs to the slaughter.

from the memoirs of Golan ibn Tierek, dated 403rd Cycle of The Mysteries

It is with heavy heart that I must confirm the destruction of our ancient homeland. We have spoken with many survivors and their tales are much the same.
It seems that leaders of three tribes attempted to seize power from the elected Symposium. When their force of will was not enough to achieve this goal, they retreated from the city and returned with their tribesmen girded for battle. They captured Zakhara and all of its inhabitants. In the Symposium they set three chairs from which they would rule and the monolith upon which the laws of that nation were writ was utterly destroyed.

from a report by a Kaladonin official sent to investigate the refugees from Byblios, 201 kc

The high priest did appear before the conquerors and to them he proclaimed that their capture of Zakhara and the destruction of so many of her people was intolerable to the gods. He vowed that if all was not repaired as it once had been within the span of seven days, the land of Byblios would perish and so no man could survive there.

from The Chorus of the First Era, Brother Samson Diego, 212 LE

Where once rivers had flowed, dry ditches now remained. Where fields had grown, there was only dust. Fountains that once bubbled with water were cracked and useless. The beasts of the wild deserted the barren land and those that man had long domesticated withered and died. Pestilence was rampant and the skies were dark for the favour of the gods had left Byblios. In seven days Zakhara had gone from a city of bounty to a sterile land of death. Those who fled looked back, but there was nothing to see but the bones of a golden age.

from The Lamentation of a Man Born of Byblios by an unnamed Drelorian, circa 418th Cycle of The Mysteries.