Editing Second Sending of Darkness (section)

== Aerfalle's Letter ==
In [[Leafdawning, 11 PY]],  Isparians learned about the second Sending in [[Aerfalle's Letter]] when [[Aerfalle]] wrote,

:''"Recall the last coming of the dark spawn. I had established this little colony perhaps three centuries previous..."''<ref name=AerfallesLetter>2000/07 [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]] - [[Aerfalle's Letter]]</ref>

:''"The '''Second Sending''' came, and the world reeled. So little time there was for me to expand my influence among the little lives below my mountains."''<ref name=AerfallesLetter />

:''"When the barbarians fell back to Killiakta, did we not move unseen then? I counseled that we should all stand together, Filinuvekta and Latzimestal, Wind and Lord, lest those we sought to rule all be taken and twisted."''<ref name=AerfallesLetter />

:''"So did we join, if only once, in the southern forests of Ifistra. The Winds rose from their hidden lairs, and the Lords marched from their bastions. While the hedge-mages struggled to rekindle the flame of old Facill's knowledge, the Battle of Ayn Tayan raged for three days."''<ref name=AerfallesLetter />

The first quote reveals that the last coming of the 'dark spawn' came approximately 300 years after the colony was established on Aerlinthe. The colony was established in RE 222,<ref name=AerlintheRecord>2000/07 [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]] - [[Aerlinthe Record]]</ref> so 300 years later would be RE 522. People first began to disappear from Daralet in -2,532 PY (RE 366).<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume II: A Struggle With Darkness (-2,998 to -1,999)]]</ref> Lord Altan and his forces are defeated by Bael'Zharon in -2,527 PY (RE 371)<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2 /> The first sighting of a Shadow Spire occurs in -2,364 PY (RE 534). So the figure of "perhaps three centuries previous" roughly fits this time period.
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The second quote is when the term 'Sending' is first used. It also confirms that the Second Sending occurred after the founding the of the colony on Aerlinthe. The third quote refers to the Yalaini retreating to Dereth, and the third and fourth quotes refer to the [[Battle of Ayn Tayan]].
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Based on Aerfalle's Letter, the Second Sending appears to be the Empyrean Shadow War.