The power from the Akheva continues to grow, expanding into the rest of the surface of Luclin. The Akheva-corrupted Shak Dratha have largely won the tribal war against the Gor Taku, and have taken over the cavern system lying beneath the Thicket. They have sacrificed or run out the remaining poachers in the cave, and taken over.

With the Gor Taku out of the picture, the Loda Kai have begun to scramble, and the Firefall denizens have been more active and traveling out into the Shadeweaver's Thicket to rile things up.