Metaphysical / Paranormal event
In the few years of the 3rd Epoch, Mazarath was quiet. She no longer received pilgrims and visitors, she no longer walked the golden roads of Nir Rizaal, nor visited the most rural devotees. She closed her doors and only allowed her High Priestesses into her Temple, but soon even they were barred. The High Priestesses did not lose faith however, they still tend to their rituals and holy duties in spite of the Mother's silence. In those years, they became the defacto rulers of Nir Rizaal and the people went to them for everything as they did to the absent Gods.