Levianta Catastrophe

The **Levianta Catastrophe** was the name given to the sudden destruction of the Magic Kingdom Levianta. Resulting from the candidate selection for the seventh Project 'Ma', the ensuing explosion led to the decimation of the nation, eradicating the legacy of the Second Period it harbored.

## History

### Origins

In response to the prophecy of disaster made by King Aron Merry-Go-Round, the Magic Kingdom Levianta Senate established Project 'Ma' around BT 005 to incarnate the twin gods, Levia and Behemo, as humans to cleanse the forbidden ark, Sin, which had broken in a crash. After the first project's failure under the direction of Eve Moonlit, Pale Noël replaced her, and more projects continued. As the years progressed, the next five projects were faced with numerous setbacks, suspensions, and failures.

In EC 013, the senate selected four potential candidates for the seventh project and deliberated before the final selection. Turning against one another, the candidates Ly Li and Milky Eights died during the shady competition of deceit that followed. Later on, Irina Clockworker was murdered by her brother-in-law, Gallerian Chirclatia, leaving him as sole candidate for the project. Having witnessed her murder, Irina's sister, Meta, became distraught by the event.

### Murder and Catastrophe

Around six months later, Behemo whispered to Meta in the guise of Irina, convincing the woman to take her sister's corpse to the ark Sin in the temple and resurrect her with the device. Once she infiltrated the temple, Meta used the Clockwork Secret Art to revive the defunct machine and placed Irina's body inside; unwittingly, she also activated the Black Box Type L within Sin, which caused Levia and Behemo to revive Irina's body. At the same time, the damaged Black Box went out of control from misuse and caused a massive explosion.

Caught in the blast, Meta was left unconscious and severely injured, while the dragon body for Levia-Behemo was released from the Sin. The mindless Levia-Behemo dragon then snatched Meta from the debris into its mouth and flew out of the destroyed temple. From high in the sky, the dragon rampaged across the kingdom, decimating its landscape and annihilating its inhabitants; during its rampage, the dragon's destruction extended into neighboring countries. Following the destruction, the dragon's soulless mortal form collapsed and Levianta was left in ruins.

### Aftermath

After the explosion, the entirety of the Magic Kingdom's advanced technology was lost and most of its inhabitants were either injured or killed. Levia and Behemo's body caused the gods to curse Gallerian and he was granted newfound immortality and power. He shortly left the ruined nation. Around the same time, fragments of Levia and Behemo's dragon body descended into Held's Forest, fusing with Hänsel and Gretel Twiright's souls.

Irina, who had been severely injured when she revived, was approached by Pale Noël, who transferred her soul into the stuffed red cat he carried before dying himself. Meta Clockworker remained near the ruins for sometime, continuing her work. She later became a target of TALOS as a resut of obtaining Pale's memories from the explosion. Hundreds of years later, an effort to reconstruct Levianta was made and the area was resettled as "Holy Levianta", becoming the center of the Behemoth Church.

## Civilian Perception

In the immediate prelude to the disaster, the deaths of the first two candidates were credited as an accident and a suicide, although this was not universally believed. Since the great prophet's original prophecy, worry about the nation's increasing population of HERs led to a desperate attempt to eradicate them and try to curb the nation's potential destruction. The people of the neighboring countries claimed to have witnessed everything that occurred, spying the twin-headed dragon's figure in the sky.

Labeled as a catastrophe, the Magic Kingdom and its destruction were well remembered centuries afterward, although belief in its advanced technology and magical society diminished as time progressed. The Behemoth Church held its own doctrines on the cause of Levianta's destruction. Among the persecuted faction dedicated to Seth Twiright, it was believed the catastrophe occurred due to the kingdom ignoring the teachings of the Twins of God.

Speculation into the incident attached blame to the royal institute, claiming a magic accident occurred during one of the laboratory experiments that caused the explosion. Although largely a mystery to all those involved, the inhabitants of Evil's Theater began investigating the incident and learned more about the event through the dreams of Bruno Octo.

## Appearances

* Ma Survival (indirect mention in PV)
* Whereabouts of the Miracle
* Recollective Musicbox (first appearance)
* Chrono Story (indirect mention only)
* The Muzzle of Michelle (mentioned in PV)
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard (mentioned only)
* Original Sin Story: Crime (author's note; indirect mention only)
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide (mentioned only)
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook (mentioned only)
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* Gloom of Held (mentioned only)
* The Demonic Twin Blades (mentioned only)
* Gift Bonus Story (mentioned only)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only)
* Original Sin Story: To
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred: Valentine's Day (indirect mention only)
* The Son of Evil (manga) (indirect mention only)
* Evils Kingdom (indirect mention only)
* Judgment of Corruption ~A Court of Greed~
* Evils Court
* Original Sin Story -Act 2-
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album) (mentioned only)
* Original Sin Story: Complete Edition
* Clockwork Lullaby (album) (mentioned only)