Catastrophe - the Storm.

The oceans looked like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket, rising and falling delicately against a calm breeze from the north. Beneath the aquatic surface, literally millions of both mundane and exotic species roamed freely; they swam to and fro against and with the current, some even daring to breach the crystalline surface and leap high into the air, falling back with a soft but sometimes loud splash.

The sky was a beautiful blue, light in color beneath the many layers though deepening to much darker shades as one reached higher for the heavens. There wasn't a cloud in sight for a limitless time, none daring to disrupt the seamless curve of the horizon-- this was harmony, an euphoria of nature; that is, until that single moment…

Polychromatic currents arced throughout the sky, crackling and sizzling throughout the heavens…

Without warning, a singular tremor passed through the gentle ebb of the ocean from its deepest depths. The ripples it caused spanned forth in all direction, devouring the steady waves and leaving an unnatural stillness in its wake; the quiet before the storm. The "ripples" acceleration increased at an alarming rate, mercurial tides formed and ravaged the surface. It wasn't long before they would've touched the beginnings of land, molding about the intricate shapes-- the curves, dips, jagged reefs and smooth edges --as if they were mapping out the terraformation itself. And then, it happened--

From the heart of the sea and the epicenter of the realm itself, the waters began to bubble and steam, blistering and boiling with prismatic bubbles and violently splashes of raw arcana; erupting all throughout the great sea…

And then it came an empyreal luminance unlike any other, nearly blinding light was emitted from beneath the murky depths, the surface’s edge erupting in a flare of polychromatic glory from the geyser’s magnificence - it grew brighter, and the water grew ever more volatile as the nexus of the commotion veered ever closer to the surface. Soon, Herculean waves were sent rocketing into the air as the spiraling column rampaged up, piercing and grinding into the sky like a wicked spear to the heart of heaven. Such an uproar instantly spawned a storm unlike any other…

... eden was shattered. Euphoria lost.

Truly colossal amounts of mana some referred to it enveloped the realm of Aenied, the raging storms were only the beginning of the plight encroaching upon the land. Following the mana eruptions ascension a true maelstrom descended upon the land…

The heavens cried out with the utmost agony, tears of arcane essence flooded the skies in a relentless down poor; multifarious hues splashing across its surface. Clashing with everything that fell in its path, both natural and manmade; leaving behind auras of the most glorious light in some places, whilst utter destruction fell in others as corrosion settled in from more volatile rain.

O’ how the wind blew, devil gusts that would topple over the mightiest of beast rode all throughout the realm, miniature twisters reflecting every color imaginable tore throughout the country side; ravaging everything and everyone that dared get in their way. Their fury descending from the heavens, where those same arcs of prismatic mana grew ever more violent; threatening to strike the terra below.

To those who dared to look to the sky even now, would surely shutter as it appeared as though the sky itself was falling apart; and plummeting towards Aenied. Massive chunks like large hail, or even meteors descended upon the land and sea alike; impacting the ground with Herculean might and Mercurial speed! The ferocity of the maelstrom’s damage unparalleled by all but the monstrous roars that accompanied it, like a hundred lions, a handful of dragons and a vengeful god all letting loose roars of their own simultaneously!

And then…silence befell the world, for as quickly as it had all come, despite all the damage it had inflicted upon the mother realm; its roar and its rage dissipated in a heartbeat. It’s inflections remained however…

Left to serve as an omen for the changes that were to follow.

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OOC:This storm is the mark of a Global Event in Aenied. As you may have guessed from its name and the text itself, this storm covers ALL of aenied and should be integrated into each of your individual threads immediately. It is for you and those you're playing with to decide what portions of the storm is going to affect the area you're in and for you to integrate it into your posts.

Does it have the benevolent rain? The Corrosive Rain? The powerful gusts...or Twisters? Are the bolts of mana in the sky crashing down around you? Is the ground trembling from the ferocity of the storm?

The storms introduction marks a change in Aenied's environment, from here on the amount of ambient mana/arcana is heightened [not double the power, not even .5 more power..just heightened] -everywhere-. We don't want to see any metagaming, we don't expect that every one is going to realize this immediately, feel free to explore this change in your roleplays.

In addition to this, spordaic SPIKES in this energy will be popping up across the realm; these will be introduced by staff members with the effects of these spikes in energy listed in their post.

Hopefully you guys can enjoy this event and change and we'll see how things go from there.