— Dragon reforms the Children of Rot. Aquarian welcomes them back.
— Quest: Gone Fishing - The Collector is freed by the Gembound, and he bestows his first gift, the Fate's Throw, upon Thothaga. (1, 2, 3)
— Skahan bids the Gembound collect orb-like keys from the Ancients.



— Upon her children's hatching, Blackberry forms the Bloodberries and starts a reign of terror.


— Quest: The Singing Crystals - Melodically chiming crystals appear across the caves, and the Gembound collect them for Jupiter... at risk of bothering the more active golems.


— Envy proclaims themselves the King of the newly-formed Sinful Seven.



— A Gembound-started fire rages in Eridanus once again. — The Seer Giggle confronts Eythan about Aza'zel's death. — Khloros attempts to destroy the Spire. Astraea, in a gamble to save the Caves, tries to kill him. The Spire saves him instead and remakes him.



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— Blackberry begs for a shot at redemption after numerous failures, and is given it: at the cost of enduring Hydra.



— The last of Dawa's magic is released into the caves, and it brings a flood of chaos...
— Raheerah, the Chaos Beast, returns to the known caves and sets Polaris aflame. Throne and Tyr are eaten.
— Orion is set on fire by Raheerah, who is led away by Nemean.
— Lord Dhracia comes to lay claim to Dawa's stone.
— Jupiter is devoured by Senka and Batcat JRs at the behest of the Lord; Raheerah and a stone (Netil) are taken from the Caves.
— Tenzin is chrysalized by Dhracia as revenge for the Masters' failures and Tamalus's fleeing the caves.



— The Bonebound, Kingdom of the Seven, and Children of Rot form a warband against the Mother node in Cetus.



— Newly liberated from Mother's influence, the mite swarm Legion tries to rebuilt themselves. They inadvertently fission, becoming the first Gembound known to do so.
— Monoceros Lair is founded by Dread, Asimona, and their children.
— Kalama attempts to overthrow the Bone King, Aure, and garners quite an audience.
— Quest: Ascension - The Gembound discover the Guardian of Transcendence, Emuh.



— Gembound from around the Caves assemble to discuss an all-important question: rebel or comply with the need to produce?
— Astraea uses an Altar to remake the Overseer Vargas as a Master, and names him the Leviathan.
— Event: The Visitor - A mysterious stranger darkens Tunnel N, fills it with various trinkets and traps, and observes the Gembound.
— Lam II emerges from the Altar in the Hole.



— The Bone King, Aure, becomes the first Gembound to Transcend.
— After creating the next batch of test designs, Vargas names Orthoclase-Alpha its Overseer and discusses what's next.
— Quest: Relics of a Forgotten Age - One of Fornax's storms dumps a number of things onto its shores - all from a time long past. (1, 2)
— The twins Crown and Sword seek out the Three Kings for a way to acquire wings and are urged to summon the Hunt.
— Event: The Trial of Darkness - Vargas and the Masked Merchant unleash a monstrous, dark force upon a group of Trialgoers in Hydra.



— Vargas uses his abilities as a Master for the first time to create Khavur.
— Lord Dhracia returns with a task for the Master Vargas: build a world-ender.
— The survivors of the Trial of Darkness are chased out of Tunnel P by Vargas and his creatures.
— Vargas begins to study the human Beatris and the dog-human hybrid Two; the Sentinels stand guard.
— Fairy forms the peaceful, industrious Edenfolk in Eridanus.
— Origin's Fourth Olympics begin in earnest and go without a hitch.
— Beatris, ill from being in the caves, is mercifully killed by Vargas and disposed of in the Eyes.
— Rift returns to Eridanus after cycles spent in hiding from Astraea.



— The Creator speaks to Temperantia and tips them over into pure Chaos so that they will destroy all Order.
— Dhracia comes to claim her world-ender, Mary. Scout speaks up from the sidelines and is murdered by Senka.



— Led by the Master Totum, Vargas and his creatures arrive in the Womb and find a Mother node beneath the Spire.
— The Chaos Forge is formed by Vargas, formally splitting from the Sentinels.