Something had happened. Again. Only this time it was in their favor. Something had offset the shattered moon's course. Something had knocked it back into some semblance of an orbit so as to buy the Kormadian equines a little more time...just long enough for them to bear witness to perhaps the greatest threat of all.
     His name is Kestrel, and he is a traveler from worlds unknown or even remotely imagined by the equines calling Kormada home. And he is, indeed, the greatest threat of all.
     For Kestrel is a temperamental creature, capable of devastation on a scale never before witnessed, just as he is perhaps the only one capable of truly putting an end to the Kormadian equines' suffering. For Kestrel, immortality and invulnerability are nothing when compared to the information he withholds from the dying planet below. He knows of Kormada's past. He knows of Kormada's future. And he holds the power to change everything.
     For Kestrel is a Time Twister, capable of undoing the suffering of each and every individual equine calling Kormada home, as well as that of the planet itself.
     But getting him to cooperate is another matter entirely. Kestrel resides in a newly formed portion of Kormada known as Kestrel's Keep, a dark land of which little is known and into which only those brave or deranged enough dare to tread. This monster will kill any equine he does not feel worthy of speaking to him. Kestrel's poisonous talons can even slaughter those already dead, and those immortals known as Scarbearers and Scarmakers. He is unpredictable, a deadly concoction of muscle, bone, and ill-temper. If one happens to catch him on a better day, however, Kestrel can make even the most obscure dreams a reality--but always with a catch.
     Whether Kestrel will help or harm the Kormadians and their beloved home world is up to the manners in which the equines plan to treat him. If he is welcomed, Kormada may be saved. If he is turned away, Kormada will fade away into nothingness as it has been doing for centuries.
     At the moment, Kestrel's movement of the near-demolished Omicron implies he wishes to aide the Kormadians, but one can never be certain. He seems intent to make the rounds on the planet, invading territories as he pleases and making changes as he sees fit. Those who defy him will lose their lives and their territories will be destroyed. Those who help him will be rewarded.
     Now, it is truly up to the Kormadians to determine their own fate.
     And if they choose wrong, Kormada will die.