It all started small but swiftly became terrifying. Strange magical waves moving through the air, unseen, unheard, but felt. Then the sky suddenly vanished. No sun, the moons unseen, and while there was SOMETHING twinkling high above it was soon clear it was not the stars. Those in Dethsiris would see an almost blindingly bright light nearby and the air crackle and snap with magical energies.
Then suddenly, WHOOMPH! A great force swept through, striking the majority of all those who lived within, severely injuring if not outright killing many while the more resilient were just thrown to the ground. Those few who have experienced a similar force would liken the impact to a fireball without the fire, just the wall of force that leads the flame.
This force did not just strike the people however, flora, fauna, earth and structures would have experienced it as well. Glass windows would be shattered and lighter wooden frames would be cracked, trees sway, with limbs and branches breaking and cracking. While devastation would be an exaggeration just about the entire continent has taken some form of damage.
Once the dust has settled, people scrambled to figure out what happened, what was going on, where the sky had gone. Is it an attack? Have the gods been angered? The end times?
Meanwhile in Valencia, a bridge of strange stone glittered and gleamed, crossing a previously unspanned piece of river. Rumour is that it just appeared and fell from the sky, settling itself into the earth to span the river. It does not take long for this story to spread through the mountain region, but with everyone reeling from the disaster it will take a little while before word will spread beyond. And besides, strange as it may be, what is a stone bridge from the sky compared to the sky itself being missing?
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Only a small handful know of what happened, but even they don't know what exactly is going on. While more details may come as this is tied with shennanigans planned up by L`aquera (the player), this is what is known so far, and some suggestions and ideas I would recommend for people.
While participation in this event is not required, this is an empire-wide event and one must have their characters at least recognize that this has occurred.
Across the entirety of the empire, a 36-life damaging pulse tore through the air. There is no 'was in a remote corner of the empire' for this, the entirety of the continent and, presumably, a few miles out into the sea at least, took this whoomph.
- This impact did not just strike people, but also structures, plants... pretty much everything took the hit.
- DEATH for those who would go to 0 life or lower from this impact is OPTIONAL. Should you so desire you can have your character just badly injured, knocked out, etc... A possible handwave that can work is that they were sheltered from the worst of the impact by being deep inside a building, underground, etc... Alternatively, they took a lethal blow, but were able to get healed, by potion or by magic, as they were dying but not yet dead. Just spitballing some ideas here. Whether you character(s) dies or not is up to you, as is the story of their survival.
- While it's 36 damage across the empire, there is the most structural damage in Dethsiris.
- Again, this is a continent-wide event, but from my own personal thoughts and inference with what tidbits I know of the happenings, Virelith would be the least damaged region, and possibly another survivor source for those who want to take part in but don't want character death.
The sky is missing! No stars, no moons, no sun. Just some sort of strange twinkling in the sky.
- Until there's further information, I would say presume there's dim natural levels of lighting, as if late twilight or during a total solar eclipse.
The empire is scrambling to do what it can.
- The REB has stated that there will be some assistance with damages to home and property: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=25041
- Costs of rezzing will be covered by the empire, I opened up a thread for easy reference in case many people wish to go the deadeded route: viewtopic.php?f=136&t=25042
Things will be updated should more information come. As of right now this event is -ACTIVE-, and remember, even if you want your characters to be OK from the WHOOMPH:
Be a good cause for worry and concern for everyone.