It didn't, for them. We were lucky more people weren't hurt...or killed. But Lord Kusanali is freed, the Akasha is dissolved, and now it's on us to chart a new course for our nation.

She wants us all to be a part of it, the people of the desert and the people of the rainforests both. At least, that's what Alhaitham said she wanted. It seems to be bearing true.