The Sunset Saga

The Law reports its purge seventy-one percent complete, then detects an ancient enemy approaching. Aboard the risen Carcossa, Eopsin asks why Ouroboros saved her when she was never a creature of Doom, but to him, being Eos is enough. After one last exchange with Apophis, he asks his companions to finish what they started and dies. When the awakened Carcossans debate executing Eos for killing their sleeping kin, Culla says killing her would leave Apophis and the young knight alone after Ouroboros's sacrifice; Tzitzi, who lost his partner, objects, and Maniai senses Eos's debilitating guilt. She remains confined aboard Starship Citrinitas, with Apophis watching her.

You demand to know where The Law has gone, and what happened to Tara and Warlic. Volgritian explains to Sigrid that you and the Stranger have become a new being, not merely two minds sharing a body. Your claim that this is what you were meant to become breaks off when a memory of Tara and Gravelyn leaves you breathless. Admin B has located The Law and prepared the fleet, and you return to Termina Temple, where survivors are gathering beneath the threat of erasure.

The awakened Colossus beneath Termina Temple has opened its body as a refuge, where Aina, Lieber and the Skye siblings guide survivors inside while Artix guards the entrance, struggling with Celestia's disappearance and her last warning. Before greeting him, you ask Aleister and Volgritian to help you change out of your DoomKnight armor. Bryn attempts a human disguise of her own and reads an introduction from a note signed Zigfried. Artix welcomes her enthusiastically, leaving the Stranger to endure the embarrassment while everyone turns to helping the refugees.

Inside the Colossus, mortals and Carcossans work together. Hans connects Admin B's equipment and Zigfried's tank to the refuge, while Rand returns to the threatened Underworld and Shakaz tries to steady the Empire without Gravelyn. The Skye siblings struggle to treat the wounded with so many healers missing. Culla offers medicine and recalls tending human infants and Shadow Spawn together aboard Carcossa, though the clerics still fear her power over joy. Lee Bern offers haircuts and a little normalcy. Nearby, Dahlia insists that Tara must still be alive; Tzitzi remembers Kylokos, the human scholar he lost in the reset; and Afarit already imagines conquering the realm of Light.

Planning a route through the Elemental Planes to the Mana Core with Zigfried, Admin B, Sigrid and Aleister, you learn that opening Darkness directly from Lore would destroy the world you are trying to save. You choose Nature and Water as the initial approaches, reserving the third arch as a dangerous last resort. Aleister reports that the Energy Avatar agreed to help and Terrane at least heard him out. Through a wordless exchange, the Colossus offers its remaining life to power the arches as fragments of its defeat at sea reach you, followed by a glimpse of a many-voiced figure.

Before the army can leave, The Law attacks through the Nature portal, sending Aegis constructs that force mortal fighters toward their knees, though you and the Carcossans can resist and strike back with Shadows. After you defeat the Sentinel of Order, the Stranger recognizes the scent of Destiny, though not the creatures themselves. It describes the struggle as a duel for creation. In its account, you chose Doom, and The Law chose its own blade. Sigrid suspects that the enemy is selecting vessels for Order and Destiny, just as you have allied yourself with Doom.

You assign Aleister and Sigrid to lead the Water force, where Stryge can conceal their presence and Neso is not expected to oppose them. You, Volgritian and Bryn will take the Nature route with Maniai, hoping Terrane's attachment to Aria will win passage. Learning that your enemies embody Order gives you another idea, to the Stranger's disgust. Dr. Ganx and a recovering Drakath arrive complaining that Admin B interrupted his treatment, but before Drakath can demand a full explanation, Ophelia recognizes him and asks whether it is truly him.