Quote Originally Posted by Kytrin View Post
And every time they tugged on the world's balance they pulled it a tiny bit more out of balance until finally the entire system buckled out from under them. Because even if the will of the star wasn't made manifest, there was still a delicate natural balance and they insisted on mucking with due purely to the overabundance of aether on their world and their own curiosity.

They were so certain they were superior to everything else in the world that they didn't even TRY to heed any warnings from the elementals, which I suspect was the world's original medium for communication before Hydaelyn and Zodiark. Something their fractured descendants have managed to grasp, at least a little, after having it crammed in their faces that BAD THINGS (tm) will happen if you mess with things irresponsibly.
The Word of the Mother did once mention that "the Darkness coveted power, and the balance was broken."