The balance of the war had shifted, and Day Zero had come, dragging everything back to where it had begun.
Oden had returned, reviving an ancient terror recorded within the pages of history. A dreadful monster who could never truly be killed. And although the Oracle had warned them that his return was imminent, the Writers had never expected him to appear so soon.
The reappearance of the Pale Devastation plunged the entire world into a state of emergency, not merely the Writers of History. The Aether World knew Oden's name well, the name of a monster whose power seemed to possess neither ceiling nor bottom.
The Writers, in particular, were the most disturbed by his return. He was their eternal enemy, the ultimate embodiment of every fear their kind had carried throughout history.
The Council summoned every major figure under its command and convened an emergency meeting following the recent events in Ariandel.
