The Great War raged across Ultera. Despite overwhelming odds, the Coalition gradually wore down the Prescient Empire’s resources and morale.
After the victory at the Eternal Door, the Coalition gained footholds and pushed campaigns forward. A free Ultera began to feel possible.
Then in 344, during a decisive battle along the South Antic Roads leading to Null City, an impossible phenomenon erupted: the Crystal Storm.
Shimmering crystal shards rained from the sky, indiscriminate and lethal, cutting down soldiers on both sides. The storm lasted only hours—but left a battlefield of unimaginable carnage.
Reduced to fractions of their strength, both factions were forced to confront the cost of the conflict—and reconsider what it would take to end it.