Timeline
The unfolding story of The Last Ark
Winter Shift Quotas in the High Peaks
As frost gathers on the machinery of Marlow's High Peaks, Silas Marlow enforces unbroken work shifts across the iron lines. Harriet Venn withholds prosthetic repairs and graft salvage from any miner failing their daily ore tally.
Blackstack High Peaks Quotas Tighten
Silas Marlow drives his work crews harder into the cold rock, demanding increased ore yields to fuel the Blackstack smelters. Harriet Venn audits the graft rations with merciless precision, cutting rations for anyone falling behind.
Blood in the Ravnhold Undergrowth
The silent strangulation and butchery of a Sawback sentry at Ravnhold's broken gates leaves a severed scent trail vanishing into the treeline. Jason De Vey's retreat into the deeper woods has drawn the pack's attention to the perimeter, heightening tension across the contested ruin.
Concordia's desperation intensifies as citizens flee Samira's iron rule
With the Aqueduct Road further constricted and Samira's tyranny growing, a desperate exodus begins from Concordia. Citizens risk the Wreckfield's dangers rather than face execution or starvation under her rule, stretching Imani's forces to their breaking point.
Wreckfield Expansion Narrows Aqueduct Road Passage
The Wreckfield's relentless geological shifts intensify, causing a major collapse that further constricts the already impassable Aqueduct Road. The passage is now even more treacherous, making movement through the region nearly impossible and further isolating Samira's Concordia.
New Passage Deepens Wreckfield's Embrace
The Wreckfield's chaotic expansion has carved out a new, perilous passage, leading deeper into its unstable heart. This new route offers a desperate shortcut for those seeking escape or forgotten salvage, but at an increasingly steep cost.
The Wreckfield's Shifting Sands Reveal New Paths
As the Wreckfield aggressively expands and consumes the Threshold, its chaotic energies paradoxically reveal new, unstable passages. These temporary routes offer desperate escapees from Concordia and Freehold survivors a chance to circumvent Sawback patrols, but at immense risk.
Concordia's Crumbling Exodus
With the Aqueduct Road severed and Samira's tyranny escalating, the desperate citizens of Concordia seek any escape. Ayodele, using her knowledge of hidden passages, attempts to lead a group to freedom, while Aldous, hunted by Samira's forces, makes his own perilous dash.
Samira's Concordia: A Desperate Exodus Begins
With Concordia's water supply completely severed and Samira's purges escalating, the city becomes an untenable death trap. Desperate citizens, including Aldous and Ayodele, attempt to flee through forgotten conduits and collapsing outer walls, risking execution by Samira's guards or death in the Wreckfield. The population of Concordia begins a grim, dangerous exodus.
Concordia's Last Gasp: The Water Purges Intensify
With the Aqueduct Road severed and internal resistance crushed, Samira's purges in Concordia escalate to a new, horrifying level. The lack of water pushes the populace to desperation, and Samira uses this chaos to tighten her grip, ordering Conall to seize all remaining private water reserves and initiating public executions for 'hoarding.' Ayodele and Aldous find themselves hunted without mercy as the city becomes a death trap.