 However, Israphel and Siel made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their own lives to protect Atreia.The world was shattered into two "hemi-shells", with a dark Abyss lying between them; but it was held together by the aetheric field created from the Tower Lords' sacrifice.While the Balaur were banished to the Abyss, the Empyrean Lords found themselves in conflict with each other.