As the sun shone down upon the morning of the 25th of Midsummer, the sky
wrenched open, exposing the Shadow Plane. After decades spent within the
Shadow Plane, fighting the beasts and Shadowbound within, Severn, the
Manipulator broke free, fighting the denizens of the Plane every inch of
the way. Before He was able to close it once more, however, Ati, the
Shadow rose from the Itzatl, engaged the Manipulator, and gained entry
to the Shadow Plane, reuniting once more with Ohlsana, the Shadow
Mother. During the fight between them, the Lance of Irissotl - wielded
against the shadows by the Manipulator - was broken beyond all repair.

In the wake of the temporary breach, shadows assaulted the Cities of
Spinesreach and Bloodloch, and spread out across the Mamashi and the
Itzatl. The greatest casualties were suffered by the Rajamala of
Saluria, of whom hundreds were slain at the hands of the shadows; the
village itself was devastated and torn apart, not likely to be repaired
again anytime soon. The Manipulator vanished soon after falling from the
sky and into the Mamashi, offerings only these words amid His broken
laughter:

"I lost. I couldn't defeat them. They're coming."

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Lleian, in the year 451 MA.