Autumn has arrived and the leaves are changing in most of Diluculo Novus. The heat of summer is fading and pleasant cool breezes take it's place. After a hot, dry summer, the first rains of Fall are welcome and water is more available to everyone.
Any new threads will take place in the fall as of 8/12. Old threads may continue in Summer.
There is a legend that speaks of how our precious Lake Vesta was created, of how a giant rock from somewhere beyond the sky crashed into our land and caused it to quake in grief. It speaks of how, over the years, the rain and melting snow of passing seasons filled in the gaping hole and created the lake, which has saved our Homeland from droughts too many to count.
The amphibians and the fish were the first to show us the signs that something was wrong, but we were too naive to notice. Two-headed salamanders, three-legged frogs, and fish with sharp teeth and long spines were just a preview of what was to come.
For years we have populated this land and for years we have drank of the refreshing waters of Lake Vesta. Yet no one ever expected the strange anomalies of the fish to become our own...