And so the Guilds have entered into an unholy alliance with the Alecto, whereby the tyrant's forces have received the fruits of Leagueheim's most heinous works: among other sorceries, a contrivance that through occult science warps the very abyss into an enfolding cocoon, in the manner of the Void Kraken's sepia ink. This enables the Alecto's war-vessels to pass through the vacuum unseen, the better to steal upon their prey and gain by stealth what might be denied them through dint of puissance.