What the Codex treats as established
At Duskward Relay, one expedition ship reaches an Auric route that is already failing. A damaged road becomes the first crisis of a much larger war.
First Flare warfront · Dedicated entry
The Broken Lightline
At Duskward Relay, one expedition ship reaches an Auric route that is already failing. A damaged road becomes the first crisis of a much larger war.
Prologue · Campaign recordThe image shows the broken relay network and the routes whose failure turns travel, duty, and political control into open war.
Campaign · Warfront image
War along the Lightlines
The image shows the broken relay network and the routes whose failure turns travel, duty, and political control into open war.
- Record type
- Prologue · Campaign record
- Knowledge shelf
- First Flare warfront
- Reading rule
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Plain-language record
The short version.
At Duskward Relay, one expedition ship reaches an Auric route that is already failing. A damaged road becomes the first crisis of a much larger war.
What is still argued or uncertain
No major disputed account is listed for this entry in the current public Codex. That does not mean every detail of its history is known.
Prologue · Campaign record
Campaign record. This tells you what kind of thing the entry is before similar names or nearby ideas cause confusion.
Campaign record
These entries belong to a much later war. The campaign uses names and powers from ancient history, but the First Flare itself still belongs at the creation of the universe.
Place in the larger story
This record connects to the people, powers, places, and events around it. The related entries show those links without treating different things as the same thing.
Deeper record · Four useful facts
Go deeper without losing the thread.
These notes explain what The Broken Lightline is, what it affects, what connects to it, and what readers should not confuse it with.
Prologue · Campaign record
At Duskward Relay, one expedition ship reaches an Auric route that is already failing. A damaged road becomes the first crisis of a much larger war.
Ancient names, later war
The later campaign can use the First Flare, Prime forces, and old routes without moving the creation event out of its true place at the beginning of history.
Why the distinction matters
What this name means depends on what kind of thing it describes. Keeping that clear stops a nearby power, people, event, or idea from becoming a false synonym.
Auric Rail
The closest connected records are Auric Rail. Each has its own entry so the link stays clear without turning separate things into one.