Lunar Phases

[CAUDA]

And does not stop raining.

A ritual most profane concludes. Violence echoes through Meranthe's realms, reflecting the tumultuous Spirit Realm. While there is strange conflict beyond, so too below. An Imperfect Demon met a warrior of Citadel on the battlefield, then Exarch and then its Radiant Chancellor — amongst a dozen other battles of Meranthen and Atrellyan.

Lives hung in the balance, then swapped hands until three fell amongst the half-a-dozen captured:

Eivor Ualdirsson, Son of Ualdir.
Hina Lam, Divine Paragon of Jiuweihu.
Ulysses, Inheritor of the Ilfrit Style.

Heroic and valiant efforts see the rescue complete; Aline Dominic saved, ferried away on horseback by a Goldlight squadron... and the treasured saviors of Ualdir killed by the Atrellyans after hours of hard-fought magical warfare. Bleak skies follow the torrential storm.

A week later, information emerges.

"Atrellya is coming. I estimate you have five years before the armies arrive, at most."

- The Wretched Lykon