The Ordering of the Earth

The Old World was ordered, but this strange new land of Aeternum pure, primordial chaos. The five elements (wood, metal, fire, water, earth) are present here in Aeternum, but their essence is scrambled. Here we have plants made of spirit or currents of air. Or even more curiously, of life and death. I know the heavenly force that ordained my beloved Empress Zhou, but there are other, darker forces at play on this island. So many that I often lose sight of what I once knew. The roiling, crimson force of Corruption is the most frightening of all. I wonder how long our people can remain steadfast in the face of such overwhelming turmoil. -ZL