The Last Soporatus

At the end of the modern era in 104G, moments before the soporatus, an underground, governmental power, Aetas Novum, raises The Needle, a large spear-like tower, from Nidus' surface. The needle generates a gravitational pull that permanently ensnares Cede into Nidus' orbit. This event is known as The Last Soporatus. Inhabitants of both Marihm and Nidus fail to recognize the significance of this event over the next five generations, as nothing seems to have changed. But when the next soporatus fails to take place and the moon switch does not occur, people begin to understand the impact of the needle.

The Last Soporatus marks the end of the modern era and the beginning of the future era. When Nidus permanently steals Cede, the orbits of both Marihm and Nidus are unbalanced. Without the soporatus, the two planets fail to counter-balance one another and, as a result, Marihm slowly begins to drift off into the far reaches of space, and Nidus, with the added mass of Cede, exponentially spirals closer and closer to Via at the center of the galaxy.