Cassie emerged from the torrent of memories for a few short moments to take a breath.
She remembered now.
The battle at the Lake of Tears… it had been the breaking point in the invisible war between the Longing Domain and the Hunger Domain. Once the King of Nothing emerged from the mists of the Hollow Mountains and led his forces to conquer the northern reaches of the Dream Realm, the plague of Asterion became truly unstoppable.
Asterion himself changed his strategy then, abandoning his passive approach in favor of a more forceful intervention.
Perhaps it was because he had no need of being cautious anymore, perhaps it was because Mordret's swift invasion of the Human Domain left him with no other choice but to hurry.
Or maybe it was because the strange absence of Changing Star and the Lord of Shadows made him nervous.
In any case… that was when the invisible war between the Domains had turned into an open war.
'But how did it all fall to ruin?'
