The Eighth Ruin begins, but before the wave of destruction can peak it's halted by the Talus. While far too powerful to be destroyed or significantly harmed by humans, the Great Old Ones prove susceptible to the influence of exotic planar energies which the sorcerer-scientists succeed in harnessing. The energies return the eldritch beings and their legions of horrors back to a state of dormancy before their full destructive potential can be unleashed.
The stymied Great Old Ones resume their sleep deep within the world, but in their shadowy dream halls they plot retribution against those who sought to control them.