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* A terrible disease rises up from the stalks. Known as the Aalen Bloom, it kills many with no apparent cure. | * A terrible disease rises up from the stalks. Known as the Aalen Bloom, it kills many with no apparent cure. | ||
* When the Hunter attempts to speak to the assembled people of Duiran about the nature of His wound and His work in the Aalen, it becomes apparent that He is cursed to silence. Calling upon Auresae, the congregation learns that the Artificer's mark is on Haern's geas. The sudden reappearance of Severn, wielding the stolen blade of Arion, once the Sword of Truth and now the Axiom, throws proceedings into violence, and it takes the sacrifice of a slave named Danerran to distract the Artificer long enough for His Sword to be broken and the Artificer driven off. | * When the Hunter attempts to speak to the assembled people of Duiran about the nature of His wound and His work in the Aalen, it becomes apparent that He is cursed to silence. Calling upon Auresae, the congregation learns that the Artificer's mark is on Haern's geas. The sudden reappearance of Severn, wielding the stolen blade of Arion, once the Sword of Truth and now the Axiom, throws proceedings into violence, and it takes the sacrifice of a slave named Danerran to distract the Artificer long enough for His Sword to be broken and the Artificer driven off. | ||
* With the breaking of the Axiom, Lanos' essence takes the broken body | * With the breaking of the Axiom, Lanos' essence takes the broken body of Danerran as a shell and is reborn as Damariel. He frees Haern of His geas and speaks of Ohlsana, the Shadow Mother, and the true death of Arion. It seems that the God of Valor sacrificed his essence to fuel that of Lanos during their long imprisonment in the Axiom and the Shadow Plane. | ||
of Danerran as a shell and is reborn as Damariel. He frees Haern of His | * A sarcophagus is uncovered in mysterious circumstances below the Mhojave Desert, guarded by a terrible Gorgon. Touching this sarcophagus consumes the blight of the Aalen Bloom, as well as something deeper, from the bodies of those who do so. | ||
geas and speaks of Ohlsana, the Shadow Mother, and the true death of | * The first Idreth is born as Korvok Irontooth and Lauri pass uncovered Ankyrean writings to Spinesreach and Conduit Eleanor sucessfully undergoes the process. | ||
Arion. It seems that the God of Valor sacrificed his essence to fuel | * Ysmali is destroyed by the accidental assistance of Niuri, as the Goddess of Mystery attempts to assist Her Sister and instead overloads her. The sad remains of Khepri form a crazed beast, swiftly caged, and the essence of Corruption takes Empress Irijali of Djeir as a shell, returning Chakrasul to the realm. | ||
that of Lanos during their long imprisonment in the Axiom and the Shadow | * Seeking to fill the void left by Varian's silence, Galleus looks into the Ark of the Celestine and ascends to a higher echelon, leaving His domain of Air untended. Following raging storms in Spinesreach and the uneasy cessation of weather patterns, the spirit of Air takes root in Bokag, once-king of Hashan, and is reborn as Maghak. | ||
Plane. | * Iosyne is betrayed and murdered by Her sister Omei and brother Maghak. Omei takes Her eyes, and Maghak takes Her heart. | ||
* A sarcophagus is uncovered in mysterious circumstances below the | * The planar orrery is rediscovered under Spinesreach, and the vengeful spirit of its Ankyrean tender is wrested from the young girl it was possessing and placed in a mindless shell. The spirit, Vusbati, shares with assembled Spireans some details of the Disturbance and the true origins of the Atabahi. | ||
Mhojave Desert, guarded by a terrible Gorgon. Touching this sarcophagus | * After meddling by two odd, mysterious Kelki and the assistance of Xavin, the Iernian Fracture yawns wide beneath the Putoran Hills, consuming the Naldareth facility housing the Ascendril guild in the process. | ||
consumes the blight of the Aalen Bloom, as well as something deeper, | * Baelak Shipbreaker, Nazedha Emperor of the Western Isles, makes landfall on Sapience. After allying himself with Bloodloch, his Nazedha Empire demands the obedience of the other three cities, only to be swiftly denied. | ||
from the bodies of those who do so. | * Shastaan is cleansed of its Thrim infestation by the Ascendril magi and a group of Kelki called the Pact. Strange, deformed cultists and the men responsible for opening the Fracture are also found, and killed, during the purging. A settlement is built over the ruins, named Mournhold by those living there. | ||
* The corruption of Dendara comes to a head, and in an effort to purge it of the Shadow that taints it, Lleis sacrifices Her life to merge with the plane. The Great Oak is revitalized in the process, Dendara is cleansed, and the spirits of the Praadi come forth, reforming the Shamans from the tatters of the Druid guild. | |||
* The ancient edifice of Stormcaller Crag is reclaimed by Maghak and settled by Trolls from Hashan. | |||
* The Nazedha Empire invades Sapience in full force, sending units of highly organized and powerful soldiers to seige the mainland. | |||
* Their alliance with Bloodloch does not last long as the Nazedha turn on the mainlanders. | |||
The first Idreth is born as Korvok Irontooth and Lauri pass uncovered | * The Dun Fortress is conquered and rededicated to the strange Chaos God of the Nazedha, Lanu Du. | ||
Ankyrean writings to Spinesreach and Conduit Eleanor sucessfully | |||
undergoes the process. | |||
* Ysmali is destroyed by the accidental assistance of Niuri, as the | |||
Goddess of Mystery attempts to assist Her Sister and instead overloads | |||
her. The sad remains of Khepri form a crazed beast, swiftly caged, and | |||
the essence of Corruption takes Empress Irijali of Djeir as a shell, | |||
returning Chakrasul to the realm. | |||
* Seeking to fill the void left by Varian's silence, Galleus looks into | |||
the Ark of the Celestine and ascends to a higher echelon, leaving His | |||
domain of Air untended. Following raging storms in Spinesreach and the | |||
uneasy cessation of weather patterns, the spirit of Air takes root in | |||
Bokag, once-king of Hashan, and is reborn as Maghak. | |||
* Iosyne is betrayed and murdered by Her sister Omei and brother Maghak. | |||
Omei takes Her eyes, and Maghak takes Her heart. | |||
* The planar orrery is rediscovered under Spinesreach, and the vengeful | |||
spirit of its Ankyrean tender is wrested from the young girl it was | |||
possessing and placed in a mindless shell. The spirit, Vusbati, shares | |||
with assembled Spireans some details of the Disturbance and the true | |||
origins of the Atabahi. | |||
* After meddling by two odd, mysterious Kelki and the assistance of | |||
Xavin, the Iernian Fracture yawns wide beneath the Putoran Hills, | |||
consuming the Naldareth facility housing the Ascendril guild in the | |||
process. | |||
* Baelak Shipbreaker, Nazedha Emperor of the Western Isles, makes | |||
landfall on Sapience. After allying himself with Bloodloch, his Nazedha | |||
Empire demands the obedience of the other three cities, only to be | |||
swiftly denied. | |||
* Shastaan is cleansed of its Thrim infestation by the Ascendril magi | |||
and a group of Kelki called the Pact. Strange, deformed cultists and the | |||
men responsible for opening the Fracture are also found, and killed, | |||
during the purging. A settlement is built over the ruins, named | |||
Mournhold by those living there. | |||
* The corruption of Dendara comes to a head, and in an effort to purge | |||
it of the Shadow that taints it, Lleis sacrifices Her life to merge with | |||
the plane. The Great Oak is revitalized in the process, Dendara is | |||
cleansed, and the spirits of the Praadi come forth, reforming the | |||
Shamans from the tatters of the Druid guild. | |||
* The ancient edifice of Stormcaller Crag is reclaimed by Maghak and | |||
settled by Trolls from Hashan. | |||
* The Nazedha Empire invades Sapience in full force, sending units of | |||
highly organized and powerful soldiers to seige the mainland. | |||
* Their alliance with Bloodloch does not last long as the Nazedha turn | |||
on the mainlanders. | |||
* The Dun Fortress is conquered and rededicated to the strange Chaos God | |||
of the Nazedha, Lanu Du. | |||
* The Revelation of the Dark Spire of Nazedha is made known, shocking | * The Revelation of the Dark Spire of Nazedha is made known, shocking | ||
those scholars of Enorian who recall Sahmie's Revelation and the Age of | those scholars of Enorian who recall Sahmie's Revelation and the Age of | ||