30th April, Year 1056 of the 51st General Calendar.
On that day, the world of Aidos received grim news.
One of the planet's fewer than 1,000 Sovereign Level existences, the Marquis of Isolon, the "Stone Protector," Leoniel Gilbert Franco, had perished.
The announcement was a bombshell that drew the attention of virtually everyone on the planet.
Even those living in rural regions who knew little about the events unfolding across the world were shocked when they heard the news through public radio broadcasts, newspapers, and word of mouth as the information spread rapidly.
A Sovereign Level existence was at least Level 800, and the particular Sovereign who had fallen was a Superior Sovereign with a Level exceeding 880, an existence over 200 years old whose power surpassed anything the vast majority of the planet's population would ever witness in their lifetimes.
It went without saying that the most frequently asked question was the cause of death.
