During the month of Tzarin in the year, 471 ACE for reasons still not
known the Tide Lord Murlough of the Red Tide began expressing
displeasure that the city of New Celest worshipped and venerated the
Supernals while knowing nearly nothing of the Tide Lords and often
ignoring them. Daebach was the first to come to the aid of Lord Murlough
trying to appease the Tide Lords vowing that the people of Celest cared
for them deeply and defended them with their lives, but Murlough was
stubborn and would not be swayed from his conviction and insistence that
while the Supernals had many statues and signs of reverence, the Tide
Lords had either only one or no statues of themselves within the city.
While Isabeau unsuccessfully tried to ask Lord Murlough for information
about all the Tide Lords, Jesa went to the Aquamancer library and
brought what little scrolls could be found about each Tide. During the
conversation, Lord Murlough attempted to show the seriousness of the
situation by suggesting that a Red Tide would be coming.
Misunderstanding the reference to change and rebirth, many in Celest
believed that an attack on the city of New Celest would arrive in the
next month if the Tide Lords were not properly mollified. While Daebach
and Kreon searched far and wide to understand just where exactly the
Tide Lords came from and who exactly they were, Aelmy attempted a
contest to gain rituals and crafted items for the Tide Lords but gained
little traction having only been offered a recipe for a cupcake. At this
same time, some argued that the Red Tide was a process of rebirth and
the people of Celest should do nothing, and just accept whatever change
was to arrive.

Looking to their Allies, Daebach consulted with Tristanna from Serenwilde
and Doman from Hallifax learning about the nature of the Tide Lords but
misunderstanding a few key details. The deadline for the assumed arrival
of the Red Tide nearing, many returned to the Lord Murlough including
Tridemon who, with his vast store of knowledge of lore and history
explained in full the nature of the Tide Lords, commenting that while
the Supernals granted many gifts and were worthy of adoration and
worship, the Tide Lords were most inert and uninterested in the people
offering no gifts or powers. Enraged by Tridemon's words, Lord Murlough
briefly consulted with the other Tide Lords and under their strange
condition, they agreed to withhold the power of Aquamancy from those
connected to the Pool of Stars, reminding many of why in an alternate
timeline, Aquamechanics was discovered. Angry, upset and confused, the
atmosphere in New Celest quickly worsened, splitting the people between
those who wished spread worship of the Tide Lords, those who felt
something was off and warned of caution, and those who felt the Tide
Lords were acting like spoiled children and deserved nothing but
contempt. While researching the accusations against New Celest, Auriella
noticed that while Murlough claimed no statues of him existed, there was
actually one statue and that something was off, even though there was
some truth to the claims of Lord Murlough. When the deadline finally
arrived, Auriella working with Cassander approached the Tide Lords and
explained that going forward, New Celest would remember that Light
without Water was a desert, but that Light with Water is a paradise, and
having written a short treatise on the unification of Water and Light
pleased the Tide Lords such that they returned the art of Aquamancy and
no longer took out their anger and resentment against the people of New
Celest.

Then, in Juliary of 471 the incident with the Tide Lords, like a flash
flood, leaving the minds of the people as quickly as it came Taer
noticed a strange creature, a baby crabstrosity arrive on the plane of
water. Attracted to the emotions of vanity, resentment, and anger coming
from the Tide Lords, which were amplified within the clear and pure
waters of the Plane of Water, the baby crabstrosities arrived through
the aetherspace and quickly infested not only the plane of water, but
also Celestia, the city of new Celest, the Inner Sea, and beaches across
the basin. In addition to these horrendous mutations of lobstrosities
invading, and laying foul roe eggs which polluted the waters and emitted
a diseased gas, the baby crabstrosities were adapting to every attack
such that, as Jesa first noted, one member from each guild of New Celest
was required to destroy the horrendous beasts. However, the guilds were
fragmented and it was days until the people were able to find one member
from each guild to clear out the baby crabstrosities in a timely manner,
eventually relying on Firu and Dak to clear the first wave.

Noting that the situation was untenable, the people of New Celest went
out to look for other solutions. Caleb, thinking that the baby
crabstrosities were the Red Tide promised sought advice from the Tide
Lords, but they knew nothing that could help. Tridemon spoke to
Praetorian Hamos, a kephera who recently came to guard Lady Elohora and
Celestia from the creatures, being given advice to seek a weapon to
destroy the eggs left behind by the baby crabstrosities. After
consulting with Lady Shakiniel, Lady Elohora, and Lord Methrenton,
Tridemon brought the powerful Pearl Staff of Rushing Waters which
Methrenton was able to use to forge a new weapon, the Flowing Staff of
Sanctification. Armed with the new weapon to destroy the eggs, hope
flowed through New Celest, yet the crabstrosities kept on arriving from
aetherspace and the people could clear them quickly enough, requiring
five people to destroy a single creature. Returning to Lady Elohora,
Tracy, Kreon, Ryobi, and Romaan were gathered to Celestia to seek a
resolution and wisdom. Lady Elohora noted that the guilds charged with
protecting the elemental plane of Water, and the cosmic plane of
Celestia were unable to fulfil their duties. She also noted asked what
would happen if a member of Celest without a guild attempted to destroy
the best. Lynnie volunteered to try, yet before he could return to Prime
and test the theory, the selfless and valiant member of the Cantors and
Paladins stated with clear conviction that for the betterment of New
Celest they would accept the dissolution of their guilds.

Based on the words of the people of New Celest, Lady Elohora severed the
bindings that kept the guilds together, declaring a new age of New
Celest where all would be in one guild, united against any threat, no
matter which plane of creation the threat arrived on. And so in the
month of Juliary, 471 ACE, the guilds of New Celest all disbanded, and
Kreon, Caleb, Kagato and Auriella set forth for many days, now
guildless, to destroy the baby crabstrosities who were unable to adapt
quickly enough to the changing styles which the Celestians used to
destroy the threat. With the Flowing Staff and Sanctification, and their
new determination, the people of Celest, acting as one, and united as
one were able to remove the baby crabstrosities and their roe eggs, yet
still the pollution remained, and the baby crabstrosities, though easily
dispatched, continue to flow into the elemental plane of Water.

Then in the month of Shanthin, 471 a krokani hymnodist of Raziela named
Zeasha Novikei, from the famous krokani bannerhouse came to New Celest
to help cheer up the people from their loss of guilds, having heard of
their plight. After learning the full story, Zeasha noted how odd the
behaviour of the Tide Lords was before the arrival of the infestation
and suggested that she could sing a hymn to them to remind them of who
they are and how they are cherished. When the hymn was sung, to the
surprise of everyone, the crabstrosities looked confused and aimless,
and some even went back to aetherspace. However, Zeasha wasn't certain
how to end the hymn. With the help of Daebach, who held a contest until
Estar of 472, and Auriella a new hymn was written and performed before
the voice of Rhapsody who agreed to sing the song to the Lords of Tide
as a constant vigil to keep the crabstrosities away for good.

While the new hymn was being worked on, another traveler from far away,
Yanitone Symfale, from the famous Symfale family of ship captains, heard
that the children in New Celest were suffering from a horrible disease
caused by the pollution, and despite the efforts of the people of
Celest, kept getting sick again and again. So, Yaniton, a merchant
marine brought to New Celest a shipment of 6,000 purity wafers bolstered
by healers from far off lands which helped the children boost their
immunity and be more receptive to the purity wafers offered to them.
Using the new shipments, Jesa and Kagato were able to quickly heal the
children, though Yanitone stayed to see what other help he could provide
for the poor and sick, the ones most often overlooked during times of
crisis such as this one.

With the crabstrosities gone, the children healed, and the Tide Lords
acting one again like their normal selves, all that remained was the
pollution from the eggs which needed to be cleaned up. Towards this
goal, Lord Loch of the Low Tide helped empower the Flowing Staff of
Sanctification such that it could sanctify entire areas, and return them
to their clean and pristine state. After days of hard work investigating
all of New Celest, Reyqae and Tridemon found a few stubborn areas which
the staff could not cleanse, and so with a trusty old bucket, Reyqae
scrubbed while Tridemon supervised, and the threat, and effects of the
invasion of the crabstrosities, and the odd behaviour of the Tide Lords
was finally resolved.

Then in Urlachmar of 472, three unrelated events transpired. Yanitone
Symfale, having watched the city and listening to the words of Grand
Duchess Bleuu, request aid in building a community centre for the poor
and sick of New Celest, calling it the Rising Tide Community Centre, for
the rising tide lifts all ships. Around the same time Elohora announced
a desire for a new form a worship, one united to a single purpose of
balanced knowledge, and called for a Lighthouse to be built on a newly
discovered island to house the Church of the Guiding Star, devoted to
both herself and Lord Loch of the Low Tide, in recognition of the
achievements that can be made when Light and Water come together to form
a paradise. Then, learning the story of the Lovers and saint Loathys
from Tridemon, Zeasha contemplated what she could do to help restore
sanctity, balance and purpose to the guildless New Celest. While
Yanitone and Hamos called to the people to donate material to build
their new projects, Zeasha meditates and looked inward searching for
answers.

While New Celest was in this vulnerable state, the tainted heathens of
Magnagora conducted a ritual, weakening Lady Raziela and invaded
Celestia slaying her. Seeing the power of the new Flowing Staff of
Sanctification, Lord Methrenton remembered the ancient shrine of Saint
Loathys which was currently not as pure and sanctified as it could be.
Making use of the staff, Lord Methrenton had the shrine sanctified, and
using the innate connection between the shrine and himself, Lord
Methrenton summoned forth a fiery host of righteous burning angels
attacking and penetrating the city of Magnagora and the psychic shield
which the Necromentate projected to protect the city. By some dark
ritual, Magnagora retaliated with a great wall of the Midnight Legion
striking New Celest. Though the Star of Celest protected the people
inside the city, it collapsed, and the poor and destitute who resided
outside the city walls were destroyed and turned into wights. Kreon
single handedly destroyed the wight army, and though he was unable to
save the shanty towns and soup kitchens outside the city walls, even
with the Flowing Staff of Sanctification, he was able to return normalcy
to the rest of the city.

Then, in Dioni of the year 472 ACE, Hamos declared that a Church is not
just a building and that people would be needed to join the Ecclesiarchy
of Light to lead. Yanitone shouted that the community centre itself
would not be enough and called for like-minded individuals to join
together as Archons of Justice to help keep New Celest from forgetting
those who are often forgotten. And finally, Zeasha awoke from her
meditations to call on the people who wished to restore New Celest and
all that was wrong in the world, to join the Sanctifiers of Saint
Loathys.

Where will these new guilds take the city of New Celest in the years to
come? What caused the Tide Lords to behave erratically and set off this
whole chain of events? Will the Lighthouse of the Guiding Star spread
the teachings of the new church behind the Ecclesiarchy? Will the
Sanctifiers manage to cleanse the world of corruption and achieve
Lumosis? Will the Archons of Justice keep New Celest focused and protect
those who are unable to protect themselves?

Penned by My hand on the 21st of Kiani, in the year 473 CE.