After a thunderous battle and the emergence of a terrifyingly strong demon upon the land of the Lightbearers ..
It ended with the Pure Vessel losing the friend dearest to his heart. Orsted died—and with him, something inside Pure died as well.
Crimson, the Red Moon, was only the fifth seat at that time, yet even so he wrought ruin and devastation beyond measure.
Seeing the power of that young demon made the Pure Vessel realize how naïve he had been to think the Lightbearers and the Vessels were the only ones who could threaten his freedom.
But so long as he bore the Spirit of Light, suffering had been his lot from the very start. And that weakness ..that was what he regretted most in his entire story. Had he possessed enough strength, none of it would have happened. He would never have allowed Orsted to die before his eyes.
That event drove the Pure Vessel back to what he truly was, casting aside entirely the period of his life he had lived as Snow.