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The Ashen Winter Incident (AWI) was a catastrophic, near-extinction-level event resulting from unprecedented interaction between HERE and the OTHERWHERE. Occurring over a single 24-hour period, the incident marked the end of the Golden Autumn era and the beginning of the Ashen Winter era.
Chronology
The AWI unfolded over the course of 24 hours, during which a rapid sequence of anomalous phenomena caused global infrastructure failure, mass casualties, and irreversible damage to the biosphere. The incident is bifurcated into multiple overlapping crises, each contributing to the overall severity of the event.
Effects
- The Earth’s magnetosphere ceased functioning, resulting in the failure of all magnetically guided navigational instruments (e.g., compasses) and the destruction of unshielded electronics worldwide.
- Extreme tidal fluctuations triggered massive tsunamis, widespread flooding, and intense superstorms along coastlines and lowland regions.
- A global temperature drop of 1°C was recorded, contributing to environmental destabilisation and widespread floral disruption.
- A Chalk precipitation event commenced. This led to severe, respiratory asphyxiation, plant failure and infrastructure collapse under accumulated toxic particulates.
- Early phases of the incident resulted in an estimated 1–2 billion human deaths, with additional global-scale losses in non-human life, including entire ecosystems.
- The AWI is marked by the largest recorded intrusion HERE, with a rapid emergence of multiple allokaryote species, primarily Devils. These intrusions precipitated an additional 6–7 billion human fatalities, the mass extinction of flora and fauna in vast geographic zones, and the full ecological collapse of numerous biomes. During this period, the Chromatican City manifested physically HERE.
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Causation
While definitive causation remains the subject of ongoing research, prevailing theoretical models suggest that the AWI may have been the result of intentional interdimensional interference. These models cite the likely involvement of 0x746865204d616e696163 and the probable collaboration or influence of 0x4d696861656c61205265627265616e75.