✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ~The First Subterfuge~ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

The First Subterfuge has been enacted by the now revealed Herald of Death himself and Leader of the Arceneaux Corporation, Alphonse Arceneaux.

In a fierce battle at Iden, the End of the World, a frozen island at the southern pole of Vescrutia, Zeik and Zero arrived in search of the Traversing Mirror, a mysterious vestige that allowed departed souls to cross from this world into the next, from the Seen into the Unseen.

The Traversing Mirror was an integral part of a greater order so its destruction has thrown all manner of Bridgeworks into disarray. It allowed souls to recognize their own departure, a vital step in releasing their ties to flesh. Now that it has been destroyed by Death’s Herald and the Tarnished Pike, souls linger, trapped between realms and unable to pass on. This fissure has caused a surge in spirits bound to the mortal plane, feeding the ranks of the Ravagers and spawning countless other spiritual anomalies. The Unseen swells with unrest, while the seen world buckles under the weight of spirits that should never have remained.

The other Bridgeworks remain, but their harmony is ruined. Souls are called but cannot complete the journey, drawn toward sigils, wells, and gates that no longer connect. This fissure feeds the Ravagers, twisting trapped souls into scars of horror.

Any life lost from this point forward is drawn into service by the Horsemen, and in Death, they find new life among the thrall legion waiting to be unleashed at the Horsemen's command to carry their will across the face of Vescrutia.

Beware.