Dantia/Storylines/Mana Surges & Wild Magic/Phase 7: Heralds vs Immortals

Player Story: By Nawain

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450-03-12 Aug 31, 2024	Nawain is exhausted and despondent, as the crushing weight of divine displeasure overwhelms her. Tormented by her failure and the destruction it caused, she struggles to reconcile her devotion to the Gods with their abandonment. As despair consumes her, she quietly laments the loss of a thousand souls and her own powerlessness.	Full story on Discord

Player Story: I Think by Dantia

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450-03-12 Aug 31, 2024	Dantia waits for something uncertain, though she believes she'll recognize it when it happens. Although time blurs together, her senses are sharp, and she spends her time thinking over old battles, hoping to find a pattern to guide her. Despite the uncertainty, she clings to her identity as a survivor, determined to endure.	Full story

Liraxes Reveals the Crystalline Machine

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450-03-12 Aug 31, 2024	Liraxes reveals the beginning structure of his crystalline machine meant to help determine the correct path for Balance. It estimates the device will be complete within "one andu" (4 IC days, or 24 hours real life time). Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. Expand for details. [Grassland Road, Meadow] Before you lies the remains of a building, long reduced to jagged foundations of porous, moss-stained tufa. Dark blades of weevil grass poke out of the rocky ground. You hear a clattering sound somewhere within the ruined structure and a muffled oath. You also see an incomplete structure of uneven blue crystal. > look structure Crystal spires and facets are in various stages of formation. Some are fully developed and sharp-edged, while others are stubby and irregular with jagged edges and rough surfaces. Veins in shades of blue pulse lightly, crystallizing and solidifying. Thin strands extend from the main body, branching out like tendrils seeking connection points in the soil. The base is uneven, with parts of the crystal still fusing to the ground, giving it an unsteady look. The structure emits a faint, pulsating hum.	Log courtesy of Ayrell

Liraxes Opens the Crystalline Machine

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450-03-16 Sep 1, 2024	Liraxes opens the way into the crystalline machine, although it notes that the machine is still not complete. Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. Expand for details. [Grassland Road, Meadow] Before you lies the remains of a building, long reduced to jagged foundations of porous, moss-stained tufa. Dark blades of weevil grass poke out of the rocky ground. You hear a clattering sound somewhere within the ruined structure and a muffled oath. You also see a complex crystalline machine. Obvious paths: north. > look machine The machine is a disdyakis triacontahedron of smooth, opaque blue crystal, angular and geometric, with sharp-edged spires rising from a central dome. Along various surfaces, floating symbols glow with esoteric displays, shifting and changing as you watch. Embedded within the central structure, you make out crystalline and flowing metallic components moving with precise rhythm, dynamically branching and withdrawing from one another in a fluidly complex dance. There is an opening on one side. > go machine [Inside the Machine] The room is vast and angular, its deep blue crystal walls scattering light into a spectrum of hues. The smooth surfaces reflect and refract, casting intricate patterns across the floor. Embedded in the walls are complex metallic patterns wrought in nickel, icesteel, niniam, and zinc, occasionally glowing with heat in rhythmic pulses. Thin crystalline rods connect the mechanisms, shifting and changing smoothly. The air hums with a subtle vibration, punctuated by the occasional metallic click. Thin, translucent tubes filled with glowing blue liquid pulse gently, in sync with the mechanisms. You also see a nodule of crystal extending from the center of the room and an opening in the wall. Obvious paths: none. > look nodule The uneven crystal nodule bears veins of blue pulsing along its structure. It is slowly expanding and solidifying, and emits a faint hum.	Log courtesy of Ayrell

Upcoming Player Event: Mending the Wound

Date	Summary	Link
450-03-36 Sep 6, 2024	We have known for years that holes in the barrier of the Plane of Abiding have let many of Elanthia's greatest enemies in. Maelshyve. The Hunger. Outsiders that have established a foothold here where their influence can continue to grow. Primal Elanthia has shown us visions of what life was intended to be. While that reality is lost to us, we have our own opportunity to take up the mantle of responsibility. To bear the title of Guardian. To contain the wounds. To partner with the Gardeners in protecting Elanthia from threats Outside. Some of our best and brightest have championed the use of Aether in finding and repairing these breaches, in weaving patches which assist in closing the wounds. The time is now to stand upon the shoulders of scholarly giants and use their research to correct the imbalance that persists upon the Plane. Warrior Mages, Bards, Empaths, and Rangers. I implore you to rise to the challenge. Let us gather together at the site of a suspected breach and work together to stem the tide. Expand for details. Expanded text	N/A

Wolf Clan and Tiger Clan are Encased

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450-03-20 Sep 2, 2024	Asildu claims the Heralds are angry with adventurers for continuing to cast sorcery. As Asildu is grilled over the events at Knife Clan, the Heralds seem to react and cast meteors down on Wolf Clan and Tiger Clan, encasing them in a similar nature as Knife Clan. Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. Expand for details. Before the encasing of Wolf Clan: A voice calmly states "We concur," and you are momentarily overwhelmed with a foreign feeling of disgust. You cannot recall what the voice sounded like, though it echoes all around you. The sky splits, and several writhing meteors fall from the sky, tearing towards Wolf Clan! As the meteors tear across the sky, they leave billowing lines of ash and they curve downward, impacting over Wolf Clan! A deafening explosion to the west washes over you! Before the encasing of Tiger Clan: A voice roars "The audacity!" and you are momentarily overwhelmed with a foreign feeling of revulsion. You cannot recall what the voice sounded like, though it echoes all around you. The sky splits, and several writhing meteors fall from the sky, tearing towards Tiger Clan! As the meteors tear across the sky, they leave billowing lines of ash and they curve downward, impacting over Tiger Clan! A deafening explosion to the west washes over you!	Log courtesy of Ayrell

Player Letter: Briaen to the Faithful Servants of the Thirteen

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450-03-24 Sep 3, 2024	Briaen decrees that Asildu is committing acts of terror against sacred clans. The faithful are being called upon to deliver justice and hold Asildu accountable for his actions against the Immortals. An order is being issued for Asildu to be sought out and immediately killed without mercy or hesitation.	Full letter on Discord

Upcoming Player Event: Investigating Hrendh Skogar

Date	Summary	Link
450-04-24 Sep 13, 2024	Some suspect that an unknown malevolent entity is at work amidst the ongoing Wild Magic crisis, either as the underlying cause or simply taking advantage of the situation. Perhaps striking at the plague wraiths that ushered in the worst effects may offer some clue as to the nature or point of entry of this entity, or force it to prematurely show its hand. Bioexorcist Karthor invites interested adventurers to join an expedition to that end. If nothing else, the destruction of these undead menaces may help to shift the balance in a direction favorable to Life. Participants are encouraged to abstain from using sorcery in this endeavor.	N/A