Quote Originally Posted by PawPaw View Post
I don't think anyone said that it wasn't. There was death before the Sundering, just not in the mass quantities that it occurs in now. Splitting the world into 14 and introducing forced mortality, disease and strife has caused almost the most death in the universe. Second only to the Hermes/Meteion duo if it is correct that Meteion "helped" many a civilization across the threshold of despair which led to their ends.

Edit: Not to mention creating 7 throwaway worlds that you knew would have to be destroyed in order to craft your perfect little "spark" of the future.
More life =more death nothing new..