7th Calamity aether connection?

[crawlerette]

Basically this, but to be more specific

the Astral charge is the effect the power of Darkness has on aether, while the Umbral Charge is the effect the power of Light has on aether, with Light and Dark still being forms of power distinct from the elements.

so if I'm understanding correctly, Light on the First is causing aether to be dulled or stalled. Would that mean that Dark on the shard that died (the 5th iirc) that would've been overactive aether, overcharged?

WHOO this calamity stuff makes my head hurt

[Enkidoh]

so if I'm understanding correctly, Light on the First is causing aether to be dulled or stalled. Would that mean that Dark on the shard that died (the 5th iirc) that would've been overactive aether, overcharged?

WHOO this calamity stuff makes my head hurt

It was the 13th Shard that fell to the Flood of Darkness and became the Void/World of Darkness, not the 5th (if I remember rightly the 5th was instead one of the Shards that ended up being successfully Rejoined to the Source).

[crawlerette]

It was the 13th Shard that fell to the Flood of Darkness and became the Void/World of Darkness, not the 5th (if I remember rightly the 5th was instead one of the Shards that ended up being successfully Rejoined to the Source).

I just double checked it was the 7th shard that caused the most recent calamity. If it was the Light that was causing issues on the First (something we on the Source would attribute as Umbral, which is aether becoming stagnant and dulled), it makes me believe that the 7th shard falling to Astral energy would be Dark and thus opposite, overcharged and such.

I think the 7th shard is the successful version of whatever they were trying to do to the 13th shard which just completely went bust and became the Void.

[LineageRazor]

so if I'm understanding correctly, Light on the First is causing aether to be dulled or stalled. Would that mean that Dark on the shard that died (the 5th iirc) that would've been overactive aether, overcharged?

WHOO this calamity stuff makes my head hurt

Yeah, Aether was overcharged/overactive on the shard that became the Void (the 13th), and that's why it's so chaotic there. It's overcharged to the point where it's now unusable, both to the Ascians and to the twisted inhabitants (who now have to invade other worlds in order to find Aether they can use).