Global Upheaval Came Abruptly and All at Once – Part 01

Even late into the night, the lights in the conference room never went out.

Queen Kujastria of the Kingdom of Ponsonia frowned as she looked over the reports spread before her. Some had come from across the kingdom, while others had arrived from foreign nations.

“So this has never happened before. Is that correct?” she asked.

A bespectacled scholar nodded. “Not once in the kingdom’s long history. The moon has turned red before, yes, but we are not currently within that cycle.”

Lunar eclipses followed a fixed cycle, and astronomers had been unable to explain this deviation from the norm.

“So these anomalies really are occurring… and all at once.”

Kujastria pointed at the long list of incidents.

Flowers failing to bloom and withering as buds. Black mist erupting from cracked earth. Forest animals standing motionless, all facing the same direction. The moon turning red. The moon appearing doubled.