The crash of the Academy was not merely a world-shaking disaster; it was a sledgehammer falling upon the foundation of the old order. As the massive rock mass pulverized the ramparts and palaces of the Royal Capital into a cloud of dust, a wave of violet energy radiated from the impact site, momentarily paralyzing the magical essence within every survivor's mind. Emerging from the ruins of the shattered seal chamber, Lyenne—standing beside Eren, whose body now glowed with the ancient, suffocating aura of Kaelen—looked out over the terrified masses kneeling amidst the wreckage; yet, this was not a conquest, but an "awakening." Lyenne ascended to the highest jagged peak of the ruined palace and raised her hand toward the sky, using no sigils or talismans, but only the sheer weight of her will to transmute the hanging smoke and debris into a towering, majestic throne room.
In this new "Empire of Intent" established under Kaelen's guidance, laws and restrictive codes were abolished; Lyenne began to teach all who pledged fealty how to unshackle their minds and bend reality through desire alone, causing the empire to rise from the rubble like a fever dream. Thousands gathered around the palace, intoxicated by the god-like power of shaping matter without the mathematical crutch of sigils, and promptly renounced their former kings and traditional mages. However, this unchecked power began to tear the world toward rapid chaos; as Lyenne and the dual-entity of Eren/Kaelen sat upon their thrones, watching their new humanity fray the very fabric of existence, High Mage Varken and the few surviving traditionalists retreated into the shadows. Calling themselves the "Guardians of Order," they initiated the most desperate guerrilla war in history to halt this madness of intent. The world was now a fractured battlefield, torn between the safe stagnation of rules and the limitless, yet cataclysmic, freedom of the will.