title: Night of Hollow Flames type: historical-event status: canon novel_canon: true tags: [history, Noctis, destruction]

Overview

The Night of Hollow Flames was the moment Noctis completed his transformation of the Resonant Anvils into weapons of Noctimancy.

Description

After the Great Root Severing, Noctis took what remained of the Resonant Anvils and corrupted them fully. Where they were once meant to attune and heal, he forced them to dominate.

The result was the Hollow Spire — built over the deepest wounded rootline, where the First Oak once sang the loudest.

Impact

A silence so total that even the roots trembled
Fires fell on old strongholds
Many blamed wandering tribes, others accused those who clung to relics
The truth: Noctis had begun his final work

This event marked Noctis's full turn to darkness and the corruption of the Song into Noctimancy.