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 Second Period.

Origins
In response to the prophecy of disaster made by Maria Moonlit, the Leviantan Senate established Project 'Ma' around BT 005 to incarnate the twin gods, Levia and Behemo, as humans to cleanse the forbidden ark, Sin, which had broken some time before. After the first project's failure under the direction of Adam Moonlit, Seth Twiright replaced him, and more projects continued.

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. Turning against one another, the candidates Ly Li and Milky Eights died during the shady competition of deceit that followed.

Murder and Catastrophe
Later on, Elluka Chirclatia was murdered by her sister-in-law, Irina Clockworker, leaving her as sole candidate for the project. Having witnessed her murder, Irina's brother, Kiril, 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.

Once he entered the temple, Kiril used the Clockwork Secret Art to revive the defunct machine and placed Elluka's body inside. In the process of reviving Elluka, Sin went out of control and partially revived the mortal form of Levia-Behemo. Rising into the sky, the twin gods triggered a massive explosion that destroyed the area surrounding the temple, covering the entirety of Levianta and decimating its landscape. Following the destruction, the twin gods' mortal form collapsed.

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, fragments of Levia and Behemo descended into Held's Forest, possessing Hänsel and Gretel.

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 prophecy, worry about the nation's increasing population of HER led to a desperate attempt to eradicate them and try to curb the nation's potential destruction. The people of the neighboring 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 centuries afterward, although belief in its advanced technology and magical society diminished as time progressed. The Levin Church held its own doctrines on the cause of Levianta's destruction. Among the persecuted faction dedicated to Meta Salmhofer, it was believed the catastrophe occurred due to the incarnated twin gods eventually leaving the kingdom for its sinful irreverence to them.

Speculation into the incident attached blame to the Royal Institute, claiming a magic accident occurred during one of the Institute's experiments that caused the explosion. Although largely a mystery to all those involved, the inhabitants of Evil's Theater began investigating the incident and learned more about the incident through the vision dreams of Gammon Octo.