What happened in the end? Who triggered the blackout? Is Fortress Republic here to stay? How was everything wrapped up? What is the state of the universe at end?
You may be either disappointed or relieved to learn that we are still finding out what happened at the end of the Dark Age (as Mendrugo pointed out while I was typing this) ... the identity of the force that triggered the blackout will not be revealed until a later time ... (post-ilClan, possibly - anyone else remember that response?). Fortress Republic will come down by 3150, apparently ... it was intended to buy the Republic time to regroup and put together enough military power to take back their territory. Some highlights ... by 3145, the Fortress is still in place, with the Wolf Empire and Jade Falcons positioned to strike ... and House Kurita and Liao have at least partially turned their attention to the FedSuns after taking huge bites out of the Republic. The Fedsuns have lost two First Princes (good riddance to the second one), and Julian Davion is coming back from fighting Falcons to take the throne. The Lyrans have lost an Archon and a chunk of territory to the Wolves and Falcons, and the FWL reformed with help from the Spirit Cats and Sea Foxes, which are now actually part of the FWL. House Kurita purged the Nova Cats, so that they no longer exist as a Clan, and in the process, former Dragon's Fury leader Katana Tormark has been captured and thrown in prison, as she sided with the Cats against new Coordinator Yori Kurita and Warlord Sakamoto ... the Rasalhague Dominion attempted to aid the Republic, but only succeeded in creating the Vega Protectorate, which they later absorbed back into the Dominion ... Jacob Bannson's exact fate is still unknown, I believe, but his Raiders have split off in several directions ... the RotS hunted down the Band of Five within the Fortress. Anastasia Kerensky is finally back with Clan Wolf, but subservient to Alaric ... her Wolf Hunters were running without her when last I heard. Tara Campbell and Damien Redburn are still stuck outside the Wall with the Remnant (a few partial regiments of Republic troops, along with the elite Fidelis and a loose battalion of Highlanders (the rest of whom are either MIA or absorbed into the Fortress military). So ... when we get the ilClan sourcebook, we'll have a little more closure for all the Dark Age factions and personalities, I suspect. Or at least a change in direction for them.