As the beacon on Avechna's Peak flared to life and the ground began to
shake, the Even-Bladed sensed a Divine presence returning to the First
World. However, as Terentia, the Sidereal Prince, and the Exalted took
flight from the Resurgence of the Light, it became clear that the
presence emerging above the Peak was no God, but rather, the maddened
Half-Formed known only as the Dreadform of Iklara.

Terentia was first to meet the creature as it sprung forwards to attack
Lyreth. The Dreadform was beaten back over the desert sands of the
Skarch, shedding purple blood as the Even-Bladed struck mortal blows
against the coiling length. Finally, it split, as did the mirror it
clutched in one hand.

Shards like quicksilver rained down over the Skarch, lodging themselves
in the eyes of the unwary. Among these, the largest stuck in the eye of
one Qetori Dlai. Driven mad by the visions within the broken mirror, he
begin to scream and shout, attracting the attentions of Gaudiguch.

Pursued by Arunasapta L'Aumes, he departed into the dunes, searching for
some unknown marker. Unearthing the remains of an ancient shrine, he was
quickly tracked down by the citizens of Gaudiguch. Begging for aid to
repair the mosaic, he was answered by the city, who dispersed to track
down the other shards of the mirror.

Through attacks by the Engine of Transformation, through the reemergence
of the splintered pieces of the Dreadform, the city labored on. But it
was Ixion of Magnagora who at last solved the puzzle of the mosaic. From
within, the tears of Magnora were shed, as was Mysrai, the Scarlet
Goddess, returned to the First World.

The Goddess, revealed at last, explained that while in the Void, She and
several other Meditators were studying a Tear of Magnora when they were
ambushed by dark entities. Mysrai was able to merge her essence into the
Tear and save Herself but she ended up being trapped within. Floating
for aeons in Her prison, the Tear of Magnora was eventually found by the
Dreadform of Iklara. When the Beacon was activated by Roark during the
Coming of Estarra, Mysrai paintstakingly directed the Dreadform through
empathic and telepathic influence to make its way to return to the Basin
of Life.

With Her emergence, Mysrai the Scarlet Goddess moved to embrace the City
of Gaudiguch, taking several citizens as the seed of a new Order. As for
what was left of the Dreadform, the Elder Gods trapped its remains in a
container which was then jettisoned into Aetherspace.

Penned by My hand on the 8th of Dvarsh, in the year 295 CE.