The Aberrant War was a bloody conflict which was arguably inevitable. After a short "Golden Age," novas became increasingly violent and antagonistic towards humanity, as well as developing progressively greater physical mutations and mental aberrations. Eventually the populace ceased to refer to them as novas, their heroes, and began to refer to them unilaterally as Aberrants. Although a few Aberrants remained on humanity's side, the majority of them were not. So, led by Divis Mal, they left forever.