Talk:Aurora/@comment-44761099-20200228021632/@comment-35088630-20200228063055

It exploded for a few different reasons; to restrict access to it for a little while in order to further drive the player's local curiosity, to provide a real "intro" to the game as the shining beacon of the ocean explodes and becomes utterly destroyed, to hold the story off at a certain place (at least unless you go to the mountain island instantly), and because explosions are cool.