This fragment of time opens to four repeating moments on First Shem or during its time:

1. Strangling the Blood Angel: In the Hells, the Ettuttu strangles the Maloch to death. History as it is known says that she is revived on Third Shem by the discovery of a numen containing some of her essence. In this loop, Ettuttu is eradicating her entirely.
2. Founding an Empire: In Taggarus's deep jungles, the Queen of Cats struck a deal with a felinian chieftain to found the start of the Obusingye Empire. This deal has led to a moment where she must defeat a wasp folk maleficer wielding Gifts of baleblood that have been Mastered. History as it is known suggests that these Mastered Gifts survived and were used in a ritual toward the end of Second Shem to revive Beadu Feriend. In this loop, the Gift is destroyed.
3. The Third Hex: In Abaddon, a hex of hexars has the soul of the Prophetess of Destruction, which they are going to invoke in a ritual in the lava pools of the islands in order to end the world. This ritual is defeated by the Keeper of Pentacles. History as it is known says that the Keeper survives and is present to help revive the Triple Goddess on Second Shem. History also suggests that the soul of the Prophetess was used at the end of Second Shem to revive Guth, so it cannot be used here successfully.
4. The Final Temple: As Maloch dies in the Hells, the temple devoted to her in the capital of Vesturia collapses. In this temple, a vessel holding the essence of Dostizheniye is lost. History as it is known says that this vessel was rescued by an unknown figure.

These four moments are trapped within each other, happening at once and interacting in a twisted loop of time and space.