an eventuality we may well have to face

More than one writing by this Author (generally agreed to be Egderus) alludes to some kind of apocalyptic, world-threatening event. Certainly something happened to account for the dark period of many generations intervening between the last writings of Egderus and the rediscovery of the Archives by an unnamed Scholar of the late Temple period. Perhaps recent developments in research on the Archives will inspire further exploration of this obscure era...