Rasputin knows that the only winning move is to kill the enemy before it even knows why it is being killed. The Sun Dial provides the means to be able to send back a tool/instructions to carry out this mission. By trying to win the game, Rasputin is actually the one that starts the game. A paradox the will surely rip the fabric of space time. The sun dial is likely the power source for the tool that was sent back. All of space time used to defeat the enemy before it knows why. Clearly something went wrong. If you rip space time does something reside in the void? is there a repair mechanism? Perhaps we now know how Rasputin knew how to stop Traveler.. as the Traveler is Rasputins tool morphed through the whisper game of time.