I... confess I wasn't involved in the organization at that time, and nowhere near as "in the know", so to speak, as I have been in recent years. A great many people who were a part of whatever happened have been lost to us one way or another, so it may be impossible to ever get the answers to such questions. I imagine those you spoke to didn't have answers, either.
There are theories. Most of them are wrong. More are flimsy at best. I will say this, however- it was not an intentional Shift. No technology existed at that time that possessed the power to make such drastic changes to the world. I'm certain it doesn't exist even now. That means it was limited either to our cultist friends or the world itself chose to attack us all.
Either way, something must have gone wrong. Enough damage was done that such an event has not been repeated.
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[Nngh. An awkward subject, actually.]
I... confess I wasn't involved in the organization at that time, and nowhere near as "in the know", so to speak, as I have been in recent years. A great many people who were a part of whatever happened have been lost to us one way or another, so it may be impossible to ever get the answers to such questions. I imagine those you spoke to didn't have answers, either.
There are theories. Most of them are wrong. More are flimsy at best. I will say this, however- it was not an intentional Shift. No technology existed at that time that possessed the power to make such drastic changes to the world. I'm certain it doesn't exist even now. That means it was limited either to our cultist friends or the world itself chose to attack us all.
Either way, something must have gone wrong. Enough damage was done that such an event has not been repeated.