Excerpt from Kayde's Notes:

I kind of didn't realize just how much I've been able to learn since the Collapse… On the one hand, the Collapse was obviously a disastrous event that caused so much suffering. But on the other hand, I doubt I would've discovered any of this information if I were not thrust into this world and forced to become a traveling adventurer instead of being stuck in stuffy libraries all the time. I hate to say it, but the Collapse really has benefitted me, I guess as just a side effect of not being very connected to anything in the world before. Not sure I'll ever admit to that though, especially considering what brought it on.