The Fracturing
The catastrophic unmaking of the world and its immediate aftermath.
Surviving Pyroclast mages on the volcanic Shards bind their islands together with chains of void-metal, creating the first stable island cluster. They declare sovereignty over the Ember Islands and begin the tradition of Convergence worship.
The Fracturing
MajorIn a single hour, the five Threads snap simultaneously. The world does not explode — it unravels. Continents separate into floating Shards. The sky turns violet as Void energy floods the upper atmosphere. An estimated third of the world population perishes in the first day.
The Void Emergence
MajorThe Void — previously a philosophical abstraction — becomes a tangible force. It begins consuming Shard edges, expanding the Chasm between islands. Those who touch it directly either die screaming or are transformed into Hollows: beings with no memory, only purpose.
Vaelith Scattered
MajorDuring the Fracturing, the Archon of the Lunar Thread — Vaelith — attempts to reinforce the binding. The backlash shatters her consciousness across seventeen Void Shards. Her body is never recovered. Seventeen Shards now pulse with faint dream-visions.
Korrath Wounded
MajorA warrior named Korrath — then a captain in the Archonate guard — physically strikes the Void at the moment of its emergence, seeking to close the rift. The Void cuts him. His wound never heals. He becomes the first to carry Void energy in living flesh.