The Manifestation Crisis

The Manifestation Crisis is the event that brought on the Great Collapse. A small group of scholars from the Academy conducting research into new sources of energy accidentally breached into the Metaverse, tapping into the raw power of Potential, which then manifested itself as usable energy. The amazing discovery was greatly celebrated until the Potential began to manifest itself in other ways. Lack of knowledge and control of the manifestation of the Potential resulted in entities of pure Potential forming and terrorizing the area.

On the surface, the Manifestation Crisis is simply the appearance of these Potential manifestations, which is it's named after. However, the Potential between the timeline of Elsewhere and Here begins to diminish, causing the two timelines to begin to converge. The point at which they touch and begin to collide is known as The Night of Whispers.