Editing Tephra (section)

===Exalted of Allabar===
As before, Tephra quickly made new plans in the wake of her defeat. She contacted the demon queen, [[Oublivae]], promising to bring ruin to the world in exchange from her aid. Then, drawing upon the knowledge she had acquired from Boccob, she used her minions to summon a massive fragment of the plane of [[Limbo]], imbuing it with energies from both the Far Realm and the [[Abyss]] and bringing it crashing down to Estorium like a meteor. The force of the impact, combined with the energies imbued into it, tore a rift in the planar boundaries and allowing a shadowy being known as the [[Hungering Dark]] to enter the [[Material Plane]] from where it had been trapped between the planes and opening a gateway to the [[Abyss]]. Though the Challengers of the Unspeakable defeated the Hungering Dark and closed the gateway, Oublivae was able to use the opportunity to distract them while Tephra worked to stabilize the portal to the Far Realm in order to allow Allabar to enter the world.

Unfortunately, Tephra's plans hit another snag as a result of what would come to be known as the [[Chaos Meteor]]: Orcus had grown impatient and personally entered Syra to claim Lifecutter for himself. As a precautionary measure, Tephra was forced to hide it within an ancient Estorian vault, guarded by a living sphere of annihilation known as [[Entropy]]. Though disappointed that it was no longer being wielded as a weapon against her enemies, she had no intention of letting the unpredictable demon lord claim the artifact; she was even less pleased, however, when the Challengers of the Unspeakable successfully reclaimed it. Though she couldn't help but feel a twinge of satisfaction that they destroyed Orcus in the process, she was annoyed that the demon lord had dispelled her forbiddance zone in the process.