Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
I think this part in bold I get. Where I get confused was how ridding the the first of the light wardens would also stop black rose, which is directly tied to the 8th calamity. Could it be that their fates are tied? If so it makes it all the more interesting that while we took care of the first, Zenos also single handedly and coincidentally eliminated the black rose threat on the source. While Elidibus had to retreat to rethink his strategy entirely. However, I still haven't done any 5.1 content, so that is the impression I was left with.
In ridding the First of the surfeit of Light, the conditions for that shard being suitable for Rejoining were all but eliminated. Black Rose could still happen, but until the First was made ready again, they would not be able to rejoin it to the Source--if they tried it would fail and I think that would leave the First just a Light version of the Void. The act of Rejoining a Shard is what causes the Calamities, so in rendering the First unsuitable for Rejoining, we prevented the Calamity (for now, anyway).