After being caught up in the whatever strange effect is governing the ritual, you find yourselves trapped in the Nexus of Origins. A brief attempt to escape brought a part of the party to a nearly empty world haunted by the war they seek to win.

They returned to the Nexus as an escape. Gathered together along with their unwilling wizard friend, they see the sea of mana below them begin to boil as new colors emerge and swirl: blue, silver, and a hint of red. Your skeletal capture mutters to itself "This too, I remember."

Your primary goal remains to put a stop to the ritual and escape.