What would you do if you woke up one morning… and the sun was simply gone?

In Part One of this deep dive into The Sun Vanished, Mae explores one of the internet’s most beloved and haunting ARGs, following the story from April 30, 2018 through February 5, 2020. Together, we’ll experience the first terrifying days of endless darkness, mysterious strobelights lurking just beyond the trees, unsettling encounters with other survivors, and the slow psychological toll of trying to stay alive in a world that no longer makes sense.

We’ll also meet the people who become the heart of the story—TSV, Nat, Tucker, and Danyon—and begin unraveling the relationships that make this apocalypse feel painfully human. As hope grows thinner and the darkness seems to have plans of its own, one question begins to haunt every decision:

Can you survive the end of the world… without losing yourself first?

This is only the beginning. The deeper we go, the stranger—and far more heartbreaking—the story becomes.