On Wednesday, June 25, 2025 10:43 PM Mike Bloy via Emerald Flame wrote:
A shout caused Gegren to miss the ingot entirely, striking the anvil with his hammer. Thon, the woodworker's apprentice, pointed at the sky. "What in the hells is THAT?". The alert gave Gegren just enough time to come around the quenching tub and see a pillar of blue and green light pierce the sky, appearing to touch the ground somewhere beyond the closest hills. Almost immediately, a visible wave of bluish-black crackling energy spread out from the same area. As it passed, the wave flattened some trees while leaving others standing. The old watchtower on the top of the hill had one corner of the roof sheared off, and the rest of the roof tiles turned purple.
To no surprise, news of this event quickly spread across Mystvil; while Locke is not noteworthy enough to have yet joined the /sending stone/ network, plenty witnessed the event and traveled to nearby towns to relay the news, eventually reaching larger cities such as Aera Anon and Horizon, drawing the attention of all sorts of folks within days. No organized response by any of the interested scholars, guilds, and other parties has been made just yet, but a disturbance of this size is unusual for the area, even this area. Since then, the response in Locke has been cautious. The site of the "strike" still throbs a vibrant blue, wrapping the nights in Locke with an ominous undertone under the unnatural light. No one has yet ventured to the site --- Locke is not exactly a breeding ground for the adventuring type, normally --- nor has anyone ventured to the old watchtower. A makeshift citizen's watch has been rallied, but their courage limits them mostly to watching the blue sky from the edge of town and hoping nothing else happens.
[OOC: bss if the above description doesn't fit what you're looking for in an initiating event, I am perfectly willing to retcon, but the general idea is Gegren was human and... now he's part demon and has magical powers because something was awoken in him by a local anomaly that may or may not have been known already]
[Nope, this is perfect, and your background/awakening is nice. I don't have a specific idea or name yet for the shadowy guild, but I'm good with the idea.] -- bss (Brian S. Stephan) | https://bss.zone/ | GPG: 0x80895FCB