This book records experiences of those who survived the Catastrophe, the event which occurred when The First Sun turned black without explanation. It was published around forty years after the event occurred, and is filled with hundreds of accounts.
Tales from The Catastrophe, c. 2421
"I was minding my noodle shop when the light changed, went straight from a noonday sun to as if we were under a full moon. It just happened, there was no ceremony, no great silence. It just changed from white to black like that. If that were the end of it, maybe we could have gotten on, been fine while the universe killed each other. Maybe the war would still be going on. Koss must have been angry, though, or put in a failsafe, or something. Obliterated damn near half of the City, and destroyed my home, Gotha. Our sun - Nyima, we called it - must have exploded, or maybe one of the beams from the First Sun struck true and destroyed the plane. No one survived to tell the tale, and who would - how do you even survive something like that?"
~ Sonam Dhundup, noodle vendor.
"The sun was white, now it is black. Is there anything else you wish to discuss?"
~ Master Meti-ten-Ryo.
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