The shadows hide from the light of Elona's sun. Outside the world we know, a malefic forces wait in the darkness, schemeing of ways to manifest in the relm of flesh. Their methods range from subtle to the shocking: whispers in the minds of the troubled (shiro), plagues creeping across the corrupted countryside, innocents transformed into ravenous abominations, and even stranger creations..."
Maybe this is what they ment by closeing up loose ends in the story.
At the end of Christmas event when Tomb of Primeval Kings changed it is because of the 6th god as you can see the vines in the picture which is actualy locks of his hair