Irian Balewood: Difference between revisions

Ruulran military reports later unearthed by [[Valmin Thornvalley|Valmin]] state that at '''25 cycles''' Balewood inspected an [[Energy Detection Tower]], uncovered a '''black mineral''' at its base, and—after touching it—was thrown back and left '''catatonic''', gasping for breath. His condition deteriorated; he ceased responding to stimuli, then '''vanished from his hospital room''' and was '''declared dead''' months later.

Centuries later by some reckonings—but appearing no older than his mid-twenties—Balewood resurfaced around [[Directionland]] as '''“Enty.”''' A [[Ruulden]] diary titled ''[[N’druvath nai]]'' (“'''The Darkness Inside'''”)—linked to Balewood—describes a creeping corruption after contact with the mineral, consistent with '''[[Darkblight]]''', a process now understood as '''replacement of [[Light Energy]] with [[Dark Energy]]'''. Enty’s eyes had turned white; his speech and memory were fragmented.

Scholarship by '''[[Tobbin Valeside|Tobbin]]''' and '''[[Valmin Thornvalley|Valmin]]''' holds that [[Mundus]] has fallen to The Dark One many times; '''at the end of prior cycles Enty sacrifices himself''', releasing Light Energy that resets the world. Tobbin and Valmin uniquely retain memory across loops.