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The Night of the Weeping Stars is seen today as a great tragedy for all of [[Aloria]]. For one, it allowed the [[Kathar]] [[Race]] to pave the way for their great and powerful overlord during the [[Fifth Void Invasion]]. For another, it led to the death and destruction of what remained of ancient [[Estelley]] faith within the [[Allorn Empire]]. The event can also be seen in causing the death and destruction of the [[Va'sil Tree]]s, great and powerful magical trees that grew tall in centers of a number of Estelley worships sites.

Specifics of the Night of the Weeping Stars are tough to come by. The event's historical name has often suggested a single evening of chaos and destruction, but in reality, the annihilation likely came in waves. The leadership of Teledden cultists, in communion with the Void and the [[Arken]], directed its agents and allies across western territories to end the last of Estel’s influence within the Allorn Empire. And thus, agents of the Cult of Shadows, Daughters of Chaos, Sons of Malice and many others prepared to strike. They fell swiftly on the temples, shrines, and sites that remained in the hands of often powerful, but aged priests and priestesses. With them were often small cults of loyal, devout Teledden and other Races, who tended to the nature growing around them, or engaged in activities of true worship. And last, of course, were the Va’sil Trees and other strange creations of Magic, who some claim sensed what was about to happen and made what preparations they could. But the Void’s servants were far greater in number, and one by one, each region was culled, and then the vegetation burned. Great fires roared, killing unrelated members of society who were unfortunate enough to be nearby, and sending many others into a panic, fleeing; the fires even killed some of the devotees to the Void. But while the mortals fell, the Va’sil Trees suffered the worst fate of all. Their haunting cries echoed for miles, and while some performed the miracle of rising from the earth and rushing away, obliterating any structure in their path, they could not escape the fire and so they burned, and the enemies of the Void died, and at last, when all was done, all that was left was the ashes. It is said that as one, the various Elven groups who would become Kathar called to this ash, and it would coat their skin, minds, and hearts, transforming them into that Race. The Kathar then left en masse over the following decade as the Wildering further killed the spirit of the Empire. The Kathar went to western lands where they established the [[Dread Empire]] which still threatens the world to this day.

*Some have called the ritual that the Kathar perhaps used to make their Race the “Void Vacuum.” This theory holds that the aspiring Kathar sucked all of the energy they could out of the sites they destroyed, and then used it to transform themselves.