https://songerein-ooc.dreamwidth.org/47294.html#cutid1

"We do have a player plot featuring Joshua Rosfield that will have some connections to the upcoming event."

Yes, it's 100% completely separate and entirely unrelated. Absolutely. Maybe the event was planned before the endgame announcement, but the mods are using it as part of the endgame plot now. It's weird and incredibly lazy, and it really turns me off to the endgame plot overall.