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| On the 4th of Sarapin, 426 AF, a party of leaders and nobles from all corners of [[Sapience]] gathered at the newly constructed [[Planetarium of the Crown]] at the end of Gaear Street in [[Hashan]]. The unsuspecting guests were greeted by a well-dressed man named [[Tavarius]], who invited them to enjoy refreshments and explore the planetarium, before demonstrating a new use for the mysterious [[Disc of the Nocturne]], one of Hashan's most important artefacts. Tavarius vanished at dawn.
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| Noon on the same day brought an unexpected phenomenon to the sky: the planets [[Noxtra]], [[Lunastra]], and [[Somnustra]] converged to eclipse the sun. As they aligned, however, the planets failed to continue on their paths, remaining at a standstill in front of the sun, and shrouding the land in darkness. Tavarius was soon found within the [[Vashnars|Vashnar mountains]] in the company of the [[Ourania|Ouranian]] priestess [[Isillinde]], [[Alariel]] of [[Hashan]], the wizard [[Hycanthus]], and [[Ikant]] of [[Ashtan]].
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| A number of strange events surrounded the coming of eternal night: some were closely tied to the machinations of Tavarius, others were simply a result of the absence of sunlight, and still others signified the effect of the great shift in energies brought on by the eclipse. The [[triton|tritons]] stationed in the undersea city of [[Riparium]] left in a mass exodus, a massive [[nychtaur]] rampaged through the city streets of Sapience each midnight, the protective [[forest spirit|spirits of the forests]] disappeared, a strange portal known as [[the Thousandth Door]] began to appear in various locations, ethereal [[nightmare|nightmares]] roamed the land, a strange race of creatures known as [[worbles]] appeared. The oft-heard Oracle of the [[Mannaseh Swamp|Mannaseh]], [[Apollonia]], disappeared without a trace.
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| In a desperate effort to combat the darkness, [[Octavius]] of [[Tasur'ke]] nearly burned down his village, [[Marianna]] of [[Caer Witrin]] experimented with new candles that proved toxic, a strange nightblooming flower caused the [[Tomacula|Tomaculan]] chieftan [[Utata]] to become gravely ill, and a young boy from [[Thera]] inadvertently caused a forest fire when he became lost in the darkness. The [[manticores]] near [[Genji]] made an attempt to invade the [[Atavian]] village, and even the [[kobolds]] of [[Minia]] attempted to rise up against their [[pygmies|pygmy]] oppressors under cloak of darkness.
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| Also coinciding with the other phenomena were the returns of the gods [[Thoth]] and [[Valnurana]] to mortal perception.
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| Back at [[Vashnar_Mountains#Southern_Vashnars|Mount Nicator]], held immobile within a mysterious ward of power, Tavarius was somehow gathering the energy from the sun, but his purpose still remained unknown. Then, in an effort to penetrate the ward, ritualists led by the [[Mithraea|Mitran]] priestess [[Aerilius]] unexpectedly uncovered the truth: Tavarius was none other than the feared [[Slith]], prince of the [[undead]] and humanity's foe since its beginnings.
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