• The Sheban occupation of Hom culminated in them setting fire to Veruka's Tower. Cooler heads raced to extinguish it, but it created an opportunity for Bailiffs to successfully storm the building. In the process, the Guides Halos and Den-Hades were killed, and Veruka fell into a coma and was captured by the Shebans.
• The few nearby Fallen heard Veruka's prophecy:

   I am the true voice of the Fallen
   In the exiles does the salvation of the Child Forgiver lie
   She will be returned to Her betrayers by the Outcasts
   Yet She will not fear them, for She knows their deepest secrets
   The Rage of my people, the Eighth Tribe, will save Her
   For it is within them that the truth resides.
   By the spirit of the Fallen has the broken One risen again
   From the ashes of despair to the Tribe of Destiny will She roam
   The Ravager will live once again in the Dreams of those who are truly free.
   We are Destiny; we are Hope; we are Freedom; we are Salvation.
   We are the Eighth Tribe, and we are the Children of Prophecy

• Two Cells of Fallen led a daring assault on the Sunken City on Vimary, centre of Tera Sheban power. They freed a number of captives and embarrassed the Shebans greatly.
• In response, Sheban arrests of any Fallen found on Vimary, as well as any Tribals thought to have sympathies with the Fallen, grew rapidly.
• The number of Tribals disappearing without trace has also risen at the same time, especially in the Discarded Lands
• News came from the Tribe of Joan that a Marian Artefact, the Tear of Forgiveness, was stolen from Valley of the Shrine in the Duskfall Forest by a group of Agnites
• Z'bri monstrosities were seen across Vimary and the Outlands, searching for “those with burnt hands”
• Joan moved most of Her Tribe into the Duskfall Forest, but maintains heightened defence of the Seven Fingers and has established a garrison to protect Magog.

• A former Dahlian Doomsayer named Ray, long since thought dead by her Cell, arrived with the Tear of Forgiveness, chased by Koleris Z'bri.
• Agnes Herself sent messengers to the Fallen about this, and She met some Fallen in Dream to ask for Her mother's artefact.
• The Fallen later realised that the Tear could be used to weaken Agnes, making her vulnerable to an assault in Dream, and set to debating whether and how to use the artefact.
• The White Viper was discovered to have transformed from a simple spirit (and “secret” Evan Tribal Totem) into something much darker after consuming the Baron's Heartstone - a being answering to “White Baron” or “Claude” who walks the Physical Orb and reeks of Taint. Members of the Hands of Grace Fallen were blamed for this.
• Ambulatory corpses, named zoms, appeared for the first time. They became increasingly violent and hungry over time. No one had a clear answer for why the dead were walking.
• Leox squats, pressed between the Oneida and the Boarhead Confederacy, were attacking Magog. Eventually the Fallen were able to reach out through the spirits and encourage them to cease their attacks.
• Joan the Warrior sent word that any Fallen could undertake tests called “Crossing the Bridge” to become a full member of Her Tribe. A small number were successful in doing so, although some then refused the offer.
• Joan then banished all those (former) Joanites who stayed loyal to the Sheban Watch and Inquisition for their lack of Devotion, leaving all of them only with Fury. Her Tribe is now united, and friendly to the Fallen of Magog.
• Red-tattooed Oneida Squats were seen in the area, talking to certain Fallen, but left without violence despite their reputation.
• Warlord Boarhead sent envoys to offer the Fallen of Magog the opportunity to join his Confederacy as a vassal tribe. The envoys left without any oaths of fealty but without any bloodshead either.
• The Joshuans were furious when it was revealed that a group of Fallen (Brutal Deluxe) were responsible for the theft of the Hammer of Joshua from Magog some six months before Lilith's first appearance. In between the theft and Lilith's birth, the Hammer was last seen in the possession of the Fallen known as Ray, who is now believed to be a Dahlian spy.
• There appears to be a division within the Flemis hive mind; the Skkr Hive hold the H'l Kar, while the Rakh are exiled in the east.
• With Joan's help, the Fallen travelled to the H'l Kar in Dream and were able to use Synthesis to conceal Lilith's Heartstone from the Flemis Z'bri who had it.
• Magdalen sent Diplomats to the Fallen with overtures of alliance, who were warmly welcomed
• Some of the Fallen put on their own Liberation Plays, at the end of which Lilith's dying prophecy was heard

   I AM MORE THAN MY ‘MOTHER’ WOULD HAVE ME BE
   I HAVE WALKED THESE PATHS MY FATHER SHOWED ME
   I HAVE FOLLOWED AS YOU, MY CHILDREN, HAVE FOLLOWED ME
   WE ARE NOT SAFE BUT WE SHALL MAKE IT SO
   VIMARY IS NOT YET SILENT, OUR TASK IS NOT YET DONE BUT I SHOW YOU NOW THE ROAD TO THE THIRD CITY
   TO FIND THE REST THAT YOU DESERVE
   INHERIT WHAT IS YOURS
   YOUR FUTURE
   THIS IS NOT THE END
   MY CHILDREN WILL FINISH WHAT I HAVE STARTED

• After a great deal of deliberation and internal conflict, the Fallen decided to give the Tear of Forgiveness to Agnes. In doing so, it ceased to be an Artefact, but it catalysed Agnes' growth into a more mature state of mind - a teenager or young adult, rather than a child.

• As Agnes grows up and sheds her history as the Child, Agnite society begins to transform. Rather than childish whimsy and unpredictability, the Tribe begins to hold dear questioning and seeing things as they truly are. All current Agnites (but not former Agnite Fallen) lose the Eminence of Capriciousness and gain Recognition instead
• The transition within Agnes' Tribe is not without upheaval. Although there is little bloodshed, many of those unable to cope with this mystical “adolescence” Fall.
• Feuds erupt between various groups of Evans; followers of the White Viper are on both sides of this split, with around half the cult being banished for their continued loyalty to “Claude”, although they leave Vimary and head west, rather than east to Magog
• Leox attacks against Magog diminish
• Tera Sheba extends Her love to the banished Joanites of the Watch and Inquisition, taking them into Her Tribe as Loyalists, with each of them taking on the Eminence of Wisdom to replace their lost Devotion. Some commentators mutter quotes from the prophecy of Joshua about the wrath of wisdom and the wisdom of wrath.
• Oneida grow bolder in their hunting near Vimary, and rumours claim they are even seen on the island
• Occasional clashes between Oneida and Boarhead grow more frequent in and around Magog; the Leox keep to the fringes, respecting Fallen territory, but occasionally rush in to finish off the weakened victors of a particularly close skirmish
• A large number of Jo'han Z'bri exit the Skyrealms en masse, with their many serfs and captive Tribals in tow. They do a great deal of damage to Bazaar in the absence of Joanite Blades, and then split into two main contingents - one heading east and the other west.
• Several Marians “out” themselves in the wake of Agnes starting to grow up. A number of the most vocal are found assassinated, and the rest go into hiding. Rumours say that Agnes has taken them under Her protection in Playground. The blame for the assassinations falls on Herites, Oneida, Shebans and Dahlians almost at random.