Levianta Catastrophe

The Levianta Catastrophe refers to the sudden destruction of the Magic Kingdom Levianta as a result of the selection for the seventh Project 'Ma'. The ensuing explosion decimated the nation and spread into neighboring countries, eradicating the legacy of the kingdom's second era.

Origins
In response to the prophesy of disaster made by Maria Moonlit, the Leviantan Senate established Project 'Ma' to incarnate the twin gods, Levia and Behemo, as humans to cleanse the forbidden ark, Sin. After the first project's failure under the direction of Adam Moonlit, Seth Twiright replaced him and managed the following projects. As the years progressed, the next five projects were faced with numerous setbacks, suspensions, and failures. In EC 013, the senate selected four potential candidates for the seventh project and deliberated before the final selection.

Murder and Catastrophe
Turning against one another, the candidates Li Lee and Milki Eights died during the shady competition of deceit that followed. Afterward, Elluka Chirkrassia was murdered by her sister-in-law, Irina Clockworker, leaving her as sole candidate for the project. Having witnessed her murder, Irina's brother, Kirill, became distraught by the event. Soon after, he heard the voice of his beloved and was convinced by the whisper to take his beloved's corpse to the ark in the temple and resurrect her. After entering the temple and placing Elluka's body in Sin, the sealed machine went out of control and resulted in a massive explosion that decimated the area surrounding the temple. The colossal explosion covered the entire country and decimated its landscape. At the same time, a large two-headed dragon appeared in its red sky.

Aftermath
After the explosion, the entirety of the Magic Kingdom's advanced technology was lost and most of its inhabitants were either injured or killed. Elluka herself was resurrected and given newfound power and immortality and left Levianta. Around the same time, two inconspicuous lights descended into Held's Forest. Irina, who had been severely injured in the explosion, was approached by Seth during the full moon, holding a stuffed red cat under his arm. The sorceress later inhabited the cat and began collecting the Seven Deadly Sins. Hundreds of years later, an effort to reconstruct Levianta was made and the area was resettled as "Divine Levianta", becoming the center of the Levin religion in EC 301.

Civillian Perception
In the immediate prelude to the disaster, the deaths of the first two candidates were credited as an accident and a suicide, although this was not universally believed. Since the Great Prophet's original prophesy, the hope for the nation's survival and future gradually faded and the belief that the nation's increasing population of HER foreshadowed its doom became widespread. The people of the neighbouring countries claimed to have witnessed everything that occurred, spying the twin-headed dragon's figure in the sky. Labeled as a catastrophe, the Magic Kingdom and its destruction were well remembered five centuries later, although belief in its advanced technology and magical society diminished as time progressed.

Curiosities

 * Although Held and Elluka assert that Levianta's destruction was due to her failure to successfully cast Clockworker Magic, the events elaborated upon in Original Sin Story -Act 2- imply a different reasoning.