[zenbubble]

From http://www.shadowrun.com/2050/2013/07/05/crater-lake-lockdown/

>>>>>[This must have something to do with Lacrima, who’s a Tír celebrity-eccentric and a self-styled "magic historian." His latest revelatory ranting is about the research he's been doing at Crater Lake. A week back he announced he knew exactly when the volcano erupted to form the lake, and could prove it: 3454 BC, July 22, 09:35 hours. For once, the scientific community responded with shocked silence rather than derision. And now this is happening.]<<<<<

—Winterhawk (20:22:16/7-5-54)

Anybody know the significance of the date?

3454 BC, July 22, 09:35

(End of the Fourth World?)

Thanks,

-Chris

[Crimsondude]

That is a commonly-accepted inference.

The rest of the post has to do with it being closed off in-game back then due to astral shenanigans.

[Tzeentch]

Mike Mulvihills unreleased novel was going to reference this. Basically the Lake was one potential entry point for the Horrors (like Mt. Haleakala) and all the weirdness there were the Immortal Elves doing their damnedest to stabilize that particular confluence. It's why Wraiths were around the area, and it's why the game stats for the Lake changed quite a bit over time. Then again, this was such "deep background" that I have absolutely no idea what the current design intent is. All the story threads that relate to it have been pretty much dead since 2062.

[zenbubble]

Thanks!

[Crimsondude]

I thought it may have been related to the end of Worlds Without End, but at this point it could literally be anything.