Withering Illumination

ARC Withering Illumination

Withering Illumination is a prequel episode featured in the second season of the Bakanasima! series. Monk Abura narrates a tale to the audience about prehistoric Vvira. The first human civilization encounters a being known as Nucleus.

Prelude
The monks believe that it was Nucleus, a being of foreign origin, who came to Vvira and guided prehistoric civilization to control energy around them. Using it, mankind would learn to cast fire, smash mountains into roads, and bring water to the bleakest deserts. One such civilization is known as Attilonia, who dwell below the surface.

The Fabled Battle
Ancient records suggest that 'darkness' within Nucleus grew stronger due to its realization of the power it possesses. It slowly established itself as a god within Attilonia. One of Attilonia's elders, Felitta, knew something had to be done.

Felitta confronted Nucleus and found that Nucleus was actually a duality of two spirits, Light and Darkness. Using Veun, she successfully drew Light away, but this resulted in Darkness having full control of its host form.

Light was unstable without its host, and it allowed Darkness to manipulate Light's power, using it to cause a rampage, devastating most of Attilonia. Most of the Attilonians were killed, including Felitta.

Light regained its power, and turned into a superior form known as the Silverlight. The fabled battle between Light and Darkness took place, and as we know, Light triumphed. This story has since been retold and rewritten by numerous religions.

Resolution
After the combat, Silverlight faded to rest. The battle was so intense and abundant with veun, such that some of this energy was embedded within shards of crystal. The Attilonians were entrusted with these shards, each in the form of the four states of matter- solid, liquid, gas and plasma.