The span of time which Eleanor claimed of not being unable to last much longer was in fact not a short period of time.
The final movement of the Deity of Gods took up nearly two full days for the descent. Roland dispatched the First Army to Seawindshire's coastal area and executed a thorough sweep, ensuring that the drop of the island would not harm anyone.
At nightfall two days later, the bottom of the floating island touched the surface of the ocean. From a distance, it looked as though an inverted and giant vertebral body stood alone on the ocean horizon, and that view was the last time the floating island's entirety was exposed. Following the slow descent into the Swirling Sea, the water surface rose quickly, causing the sandy shores at the port to disappear at a rate visible to the naked eye. The ocean spray crossed the coastal levees and burst into many of the dock's warehouse facilities.
