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At the end of this age, a highly unusual and unnatural phenomenon occurs. In the evening, when the sun is over the horizon in the west, it is suddenly eclipsed by a dark red shadow. For several moments, the lands are bathed in crimson darkness, causing terrible fear as night mixes with shrouded day. This celestial occurrence was seen by many across our civilization, and when it ends there are many questions and rumors.
Our seers are put to work to determine the nature of this frightful omen. They work ceaselessly, auguring madly to learn the truth, guided by our red naga lord and his five disciples, for they had nothing to do with this. Was it a manifestation of the Star Serpent?
It is not, but our divination doesn't tell us good news.
The eclipse lasted for merely moments, but was witnessed by half the world. Somewhere, some group or society has done something truly terrible. A dark god of death has been empowered by a horrific ritual that has occurred somewhere upon the mortal plane, carried out by devotees of this death god. Thousands of lives were sacrificed in a profane manner and evil magic was used to bring about the god's ascension to a newer, more powerful form. Innocent blood was shed, more than any in the known history of this world, and in so vile and cruel a manner as to be unprecedented. Visions of a mountain covered in the blood of countless victims are glimpsed while the screams of the men, women and children yet to be killed fill the air.
We know not where this happened, only that there is a great evil somewhere in the world beyond our borders. Those who did this may yet one day be found...
