Editing Ferah (section)

=== The Fourth Sending of Darkness ===
* Ilservian's surviving friends became corporeal once more and raised the [[Shadow Spire|Thorns]], using them to alter the patterns of magic in the world. Ferah, by now called Black Ferah, and [[Ler Rhan]] attacked the Isparian population and kidnapped some of them for individual trials. <ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* The Shadows launched their invasion during the [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] patch. Their armies poured into the Direlands under the leadership of general Black Ferah. After being defeated a few times, she moved her command post into one of the [[Shadow Spire]]s where she was overwhelmed after a coordinated attack of the Isparians.<ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref> 
:The invasion of [[Ler Rhan]]'s forces started in [[A'mun Desert]]. Unlike Ferah, he elected to directly establish his headquarters in the Spires. After he was slain there, he moved on to the plains in the Aluvian-settled regions of Dereth. Again, he was tracked and defeated. Once more he moved, into the Spire found in the [[Blackmire Swamp]]. Once more he fell. 
::The conquered Spires held keys to the [[Nexus Crystal]], which was defended by an army of Undead and Shadows (See [[Nexus Shadow Armor Quest]]). <ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref> 
* Until the [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]], the Spires moved over the landscape, but their army and their generals remained unseen.<ref name=HistoryDerethVIII>2000/08 [[Taste of Twilight]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. VIII]]</ref> 
* The Spires of Ferah and Ler Rhan's Spires attacked [[Cragstone]] and [[Arwic]].<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* After five of the [[Soul Crystals]] were destroyed, only the [[Shard of the Herald]] kept [[Bael'Zharon]] imprisoned. On most worlds, also this last Crystal was destroyed relatively quick. Only on the world of [[Thistledown]], a strong defense was organized.<ref name=PY1112LttP>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players]]</ref>
* To overcome this, Ferah and [[Ler Rhan]] assumed human form once more and contacted the Isparians they abducted and tested before. Together with one of them, Vidorian, they swept into the dungeon, drove the defenders back and shattered the [[Shard of the Herald]]. With a shriek that could be heard across worlds, [[Ilservian Palacost]] was freed.  <ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref><ref name=PY1112LttP>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players]]</ref>
* Ultimately, the Isparians, the [[Empyrean]]s, the [{Virindi]] and [[Isin Dule]] join forces. [[Bael'Zharon]] is weakened and his physical form destroyed, however, Ferah and [[Ler Rhan]]] are not. [[Isin Dule]] retreats to "somewhere in the lonely wastes".<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>