The explosions resounded ominously, echoing through the valleys. Ethereum Point has been obliterated. The mines, on the land and under the sea, lie in ruins. The tremors reverberated as all the gold mine shafts caved in and crumbled... Many courageously sacrificed their infection to bring down the houses that once stood tall. The valley is now eerily silent. Change looms in the air, casting a shadow as a new sky ascends over the desolate landscape.

Swamp raiders are kicked out of the area around Ethereum Point, but resurge with a vengeance. Ethereum Point under major threat.

Locals return to Ethereum Pointe, to find a slew of radiation problems caused by a mutant burrower tunneling from the irradiated ruins of Stanfjord.

Repairs on Ethereum Pointe are completed as raiders smoke out the temporary mountainous trade meet location.

The Lost Legion, zed of the Children Abbadon, menaces the trade meet, concluding with a community-lead grave dive to remove the imprint of the Lost Legion from the Gravemind.

Competing railway projects by iWays and the Sinclairs are launched, and harried by local religious group Trains Without Tracks.

Labor disputes between workers and House Jobbes funded Sinn & Conn Mining Company erupt with shutdown of the mine. Disputes eventually conclude in favor of the workers.

Trade meets move to the mountains near Ethereum Pointe as much of the RDI provided town infrastructure was damaged during the conflict around the Tower in Shadow.

An Archon, The Hush, menaces Ethereum Pointe.

The Outstretched Claw is destroyed via ritual lead by S&, discovering an Abyssal Rift.

The Stewards of the Claw are fractured after their leadership is faced with the reality of the purpose of the claw, and realizes that their sacrifices were unnecessary.

Order of the Crucible overtakes RDI, and storms the Tower in Shadow. H.Kay, having infiltrated the Order of the Crucible, foils their attempt to seize the Outstretched Claw.

Nightmares escalate, leaving the region low on resources. Nightmare Raiders discovered as the source.

Aberrant hunting Fallow Hopes (Order of the Crucible) infiltrates RDI, causing erosion of the organization from within.

Local Unborn, Ra’zer, attacks the claw on a diplomatic mission to the Stewards of the Claw, causing them to close their doors.

Waves of horrible nightmares affect the region. This combined with sabotage against the Pureblood Houses causes them to withdraw their fight to control the Tower in Shadow.

Discovery a community of Sempre Morts (Stewards of the Claw) who worship ancient tech (the Outstretched Claw) originally intended to keep the infection out during the fall. The residents are believed to be the original caretakers of the oldcester facility. This group has been sacrificing psions to the claw to feed it.

Houses Musk, Zucc, and Jobbs start a propaganda war to seize control of the RDI dig site.

Sea creature known as Leviathan, along with raiders living in the ship graveyard on its back menaces town accompanied by toxic black fog.

Tower in Shadow is revealed by the RDI dig. It is an old-world tech facility of unknown function that produces an anti-psionic field.