A great billowing cloud of ash and smoke towers toward the heavens in

The southwest, threatening to block out the sun.

The ground shakes beneath your feet as a tremendous earthquake rocks Thera.

Flakes of mortar fall from Galadon shops, while an enormous wave kills hundreds on the Hamsah seaport. Arkham, sheltered by its deep wharf, is spared.

The city of Seantryn Modan, jewel of the Southern Continent, is nearest to the heart of the quake and therefore the hardest hit.

Fire crews work to contain blazes as guards work to clear rubble under the demanding gaze of the Empress. The city is soon restored to its former beauty.

Lookouts aboard ships in that area of the Aryth Ocean report a new mountain risen from the sea.

For a while, all is still.