So I have read various Reddit and forum posts on the shattering, the calamities and the rejoining and I think I have a basic understanding of the general motive that the Ascians have in relation bringing about the rejoining of all the shards to the source to re-summon Zodiark in order to for him to return the world to what it was before the sundering.
I know that each calamity was marked with a certain element, such as fire or earth, which manifested itself in the type of calamity that occurred on the source. However, I have not seen much information about what exactly happens on the shards themselves when a calamity occurs on the source.
I know they are essentially absorbed by the source, but what exactly was done on the shard's to bring about the various umbral calamities?
Does a natural disaster like a flood occur on the shard wiping out all life for like a water based calamity to occur on the Source?
Or is there a perfect balance of light and darkness that occurs on the shards for a rejoining to occur? and if that is so, how are the various umbral calamities determined if the same balancing occurred on all previous seven shards that been rejoined to the source thus far?
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I know that each calamity was marked with a certain element, such as fire or earth, which manifested itself in the type of calamity that occurred on the source. However, I have not seen much information about what exactly happens on the shards themselves when a calamity occurs on the source.
I know they are essentially absorbed by the source, but what exactly was done on the shard's to bring about the various umbral calamities?
Does a natural disaster like a flood occur on the shard wiping out all life for like a water based calamity to occur on the Source?
Or is there a perfect balance of light and darkness that occurs on the shards for a rejoining to occur? and if that is so, how are the various umbral calamities determined if the same balancing occurred on all previous seven shards that been rejoined to the source thus far?
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