Military action
As Shaia and the Melinoid fight a destructive conflict across Draken Sir land, a powerful Draken Sir mage named Thibault Clair sacrifices himself and most of an unwilling Melinoid division to cast the intruders off their island. The spell fails dramatically, infusing kilotons of lift crystals under the island with power, forming the modern floating island between Shaia and Arbibia.