As they both continued to form Altea, the encompassing energy darkened. What was a bright white before now resembled a grey, void of all the beauty it once possessed. Forming wells of dark streaks, attracting each other growing bigger and bigger until a drop of seemingly corrupted energy formed and fell. Where it touched the ground all life perished, what was once green grassland turned into a grey wasteland. Living inhabitants deceased and died soon after. Oblivious to the change Cathena and Adon continued until their vision was manifested.

After ages of forming and altering the terrain to their will, it was finished. Altea had been formed from barren land into a paradise. But as they inspected their work they noticed bits of land that seemed dark and void of life. These deadlands, seemingly expanding with every passing moment, claiming land to be corrupted and life consumed. Devastated by the loss of life, Cathena tried to contain the corruption pushing it back, trying to breathe life back into the land. But she could not touch it, the moment she'd entered the deadlands her bond to the energy was severed, unable to reconnect until outside of its influence. It was Adon who observed a change in the encompassing energy of Altea, seemingly desperate to bind to him, screaming to be wielded.

After moments of hesitation, he gave into the energy's desire, knowing what would happen. Once bound to him it reached across all of Altea, touching every life it could find determining whether it should live or die, and those unfortunate deemed to perish ceased to exist. With every death he felt the energy, that was formerly a tainted gray, gradually lighten up, halting the expansion of the deadlands.

Cathena, content as she noticed the deadlands seemed to have stopped consuming her creations, turned to look and saw what Adon did. Furious at his deeds she tried to confront him. Adon realizing what had happened explained to her that the energy needed to be used in equal parts, that their unequal wielding of power seemed to have caused the energy to corrupt and pool, but now that the balance is restored corruption has halted.

It was at that time that Adon proposed a pact, that Cathena will continue to breathe life into every corner of Altea and he will wait his turn, letting life be for as long as he deems necessary but when its time has come he will claim it. Still unwilling to believe that her beautiful creations can cause such pestilence, Cathena reluctantly agreed.

"Life needs to die, not now or later, but when its time has come, and I'll be there to reap it." - Adon