The Astaris War marked the downfall of the Ilthari, scattering their kind across the stars. Most fled, while those who remained met grim fates—vanishing without a trace or perishing in the conflict. Little is truly known about the Ilthari themselves. After the fall of Aurora Noctis and the purges carried out by the Knight Scholars—once the keepers of the system’s history—their legacy was reduced to fragments: locked away in forbidden vaults, buried in ruins, or whispered in half-remembered hymns. Here is what is remembered of the Ilthari:

• Ahmya, the golden spider, whose threads of sunlight wove the very fabric of Duskra.
• Karhu the Great Jelly, a drifting leviathan of the void sea.
• Demir, the forest-god, who planted his children like seeds to birth the lush worlds of the Solisglade.
• Leviathe, the Ever-Mother, the sacred root whose veins burrow through the heart of the Rim, binding it together.
• Melantha, Lady of Eternal Night, who led the last Cosmari to Caelum and raised Tenebris from the shadows.
• Idris, the breath of R-39, who dwells aboard the drifting Sinking Star. Faceless and yet, recorded as a shape-changing enigma.

Whether these entities are true Ilthari, their remnants, or something else entirely remains unknown. But their legends endure—proof that the Astral Veil’s purges could not erase everything. Amid this ruin, the Silvrenthriel Path endured—a sacred order tied to the Ilthari’s power. Its Pillars were unique among the Cosmari: descendants of mortal lineage, yet blessed with flux abilities rivaling their creators. Some fled with the Ilthari; others remained, hiding in plain sight among the Rim’s people, who still revered them as relics of a lost age.

The Everlight Protocol confirms at least one survived: Hael Astraeus, the 5th Pillar. It also hints at the survival of another, Efrin Tal-Cahir, the 3rd Pillar, though it is uncertain where she might be or how long it has been since he last spoke to her.  Only that she declined to return to her life as the 3rd Pillar because she wanted to protect her family. The 9th Pillar is referenced a few times in Arborian history as a true Cosmari loyalist who drove Demir off-planet. But after that, references abruptly end, with no mention of neither life nor death after the Astaris War. All of these references combined strongly suggest that other pillars might be living regular lives in the Solisglade and the Rim, having laid down their swords in favor of moving on from past tragedies.

What is documented, however, is that by the start of the Astaris War, at least 11 pillars remained in the system. Though, that is the last official count of the Silvrenthriel Path’s numbers, and it is unclear, even to Knight Scholars who dedicated their lives to the study of the Ilthari and their divine paladins, how many endured the Astral Veil’s silent war against Ilthari influences after the Astaris War ended. Were they hunted to extinction? Did they leave with the Ilthari? Are they in hiding? Was their near-immortality merely a myth, leaving them to die out as footnotes in history? Or do they walk among mortals still, waiting for the Ilthari’s return, as Hael does?