(2024-10-16) The Air of Westfall

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Author:	Alli
Summary:	Kaerix, Mansia and Nesselos arrive in Westfall to assist Thoralius the Wise with elemental problems in the region - specifically, the salted fields and the angry air. Much is uncovered, but some mysteries remain. ~4900 words.
Rating:	T for Teen

It is a rainy day in Westfall as a group of Draenei shaman gather at the camp near Moonbrook.

Nesselos waves at Kaerix and Mansia as they land at the gryphon post. "Kae, Mansia! Hello!"

Kaerix curtsies before you.

Nesselos looks a little surprised at Kaerix's curtsey, and answers it with a clumsy bow.

[Mansia]: [Draenei] Helloooo.

Nesselos smiles up at the rain. "[Common] It looks like the water is on our side today, at least."

Kaerix smiles and tips her head back, closing her eyes.

[Nesselos]: [Common] Have you two been to this place before?

[Mansia]: [Draenei] Maybe not this place?

[Kaerix]: [Common] Briefly. May I speak in Draenei today?

[Nesselos]: [Common] Oh, sure!
[Nesselos]: [Draenei] We will be only talking with draenei, I think, so it isn't rude.

From here on out, everything is in Draenei except where indicated.

[Kaerix]: My Common is coming along nicely, but now and then it is nice not to have to think when I speak.

[Nesselos]: Well, I suppose I am not asking about this particular spot on the ground where we are standing, but Westfall. *Ness adds to Mansia*

[Kaerix]: I traveled through this area some time ago, but it has been some time. It… feels different, now.

[Nesselos]: It has been getting… angrier, I think? Thoralius came down from Northrend to help with the elements here, but there have been… problems.
[Nesselos]: The earth answers well enough, and the water, but…. Air.

[Kaerix]: I am happy to help however I can.

[Mansia]:I must have been here because when I asked to get to here they brought me here.
Mansia points at the gryphons.

Kaerix nods at Mansia.

[Kaerix]: Yes, you must be on their list of approved travelers!

Nesselos nods at Mansia. "A lot has happened here recently. There was a bandit uprising thing, and also some murders. But the most important thing for us is the land itself."

Kaerix listens intently to you.

[Nesselos]: I tried to find out why the air was so angry, but it was too angry for me to reason with. Today I have a new plan for us. Also, Thoralius asked me to stop by before we head out.

Mansia sways from side to side. Her hair is soaked, but somehow she looks more like a prophet emerging from a scrying pool than a wet kitten.

Nesselos just looks a bit like a wet dog.

Nesselos waves at Thoralius the Wise.

[Mansia]: Hellooooo.

Kaerix curtsies before Thoralius the Wise.

Thoralius says: Nesselos! And… Mansia and Kaerix? It has been some time. *In draenei reckoning, this could be a week or a decade.*

[Kaerix]: A pleasure to see you again, Wise One.
[Kaerix]: You seem to be adapting well to our new home!

Thoralius says: And to see you, young ones. You hold the optimism that is the key to our future.

Mansia smiles dreamily. "It's raining." Yes, good job, girl.

[Kaerix]: It is easy to be optimistic when we have triumphed over so much.

Thoralius says: We have, and I am! I have made many friends here. Gryan Stoutmantle has been a very good one, which is why I am here to help with his homeland.

Kaerix speaks with the confidence of one who has never seen a half-empty glass in her life.

[Mansia]: How do we help today?

Thoralius says: Well, let me explain what I've been doing - I have devised a style of Earth totem that can draw the excess salt out of the soil.

[Kaerix]: Oh, marvelous!

Mansia claps her hands together.

Thoralius says: It takes time, but I've been doing what I can to revive the farmlands. *Thoralius smiles*
Thoralius says: However, you likely have seen the twisters scattered to and fro across the land. I can't seem to get them to settle, and it's prevented me from getting to many of the homesteads to use these totems.

[Kaerix]: That totem could have all manner of helpful applications - it could even render some areas fertile that have never been. Well done.
[Kaerix]: Ah yes, I did notice that.

Thoralius says: I certainly hope so! It took months to get it working properly, and such negotiation with the earth.

[Kaerix]: I wonder… could you possibly alter it so that it could remove salt from water? If so… oh, imagine the possibilities!
[Kaerix]: But I digress, forgive me.
[Kaerix]: It is possible I have spent too much time at sea.

Thoralius says: Oh! I am not a specialist in water, so that had not occurred to me! That could be a tremendous help in creating drinking water, possibly for sailors at sea…

Kaerix laughs.

Thoralius says: That may make you the best person to study such a thing. You may take one of my totems with you when the work today is done.

[Kaerix]: Oh, thank you!

[Mansia]: That would be very useful…
[Mansia]: You should do this, Kaerix!

[Kaerix]: Vice Admiral Fallon would be so happy with me…
Kaerix gets a bit dreamy-eyed.

[Nesselos]: Yes! The Vice Admiral would be so proud, I am sure! You have such a good instinct for these things!

[Kaerix]: Anyway, forgive the diversion, however promising.

Thoralius says: In any case, yes, back to the matter at hand. There is one homestead to the north of here, the Grant farm, which I have not been able to cleanse due to the nearby twisters.
Thoralius says: The Grants have headed up to the Western Plaguelands, since their farm was no longer arable, but I hope we can fix that.

[Kaerix]: Air is not my specialty, but between the three of us I'm certain we can find some way to communicate with those spirits.

[Mansia]: Yes, air and water are mine.

Kaerix cheers at Mansia!

Thoralius says: I would ask you to set one of my totems in the soil there, and try to determine what is going on with the air spirits while it works.

Mansia sways from foot to foot.

[Nesselos]: Good, good! I am closest to water, but usually the chatter of air is pleasant to the ears. Not so in this place. Perhaps you can help, Mansia! I have brought these. *Nesselos pulls out a small runed charm*
[Nesselos]: According to the people in the Arathi Highlands, this should soothe the air, hopefully enough to communicate.

Thoralius says: Oh, an interesting idea! I hope it will work. Best of luck, young ones, and be careful.

Kaerix peers with interest at the charm.

Mansia holds her cupped hands out. Please give.

Nesselos hands it over to her. It hums a little, as if with electricity.

[Mansia]: Oh, so magical.

[Kaerix]: I have never seen such a thing before. I am interested to see what it will do.

[Mansia]: Nessy, do you know where the farm is? There are farms everywhere.

[Nesselos]: Yes, I know where the Grant stead is, so I can lead the way!

After walking some distance, the three shamans arrive at a farmland that lies fallow and dead, with only sparse yellow grass. Around the edges, twisters wander almost idly.

[Mansia]: Little charm, you are going to help me make friends today.

Kaerix nods at Mansia.

Nesselos produces the totem that Thoralius totally gave the team. "Okay, let's get this in the soil, and then we can work on the twister."

Nesselos works the end of the totem into the soil at the edge of the farm, and looks at Kaerix. "Do you think it's working?"

Kaerix tips her head as though listening.

Mansia starts placing some of her own totems. A [Totem of Tranquil Mind] to help them concentrate despite the rain.

[Kaerix]: I do not hear the earth yet… I will try the rain, which will taste the earth's salt when it lands.

Nesselos nods. "Water answers more easily than earth."

Mansia looks at her air totems, considering her selection carefully.

[Kaerix]: [Kalimag] Oh, pure tears of heaven - taste you the bitter salt of grief where you fall?
Kaerix tips her head again.
[Kaerix]: There is salt still in the earth, but it seems to be… slowly sinking downward, toward the core. In time I think it will leave the surface more pure.

Mansia places a [Grounding Totem] down next to them to ward off lightning strikes.

[Kaerix]: That seems to be what the totem is doing… separating out the salt so that it moves downward.

[Nesselos]: Good! It is working, then! Grant will be pleased to hear he can return from the Plaguelands someday.

[Kaerix]: It is a clever idea that I never would have thought of - speaking to the part of the earth that is salt and encouraging it to burrow deeper.

Nesselos nods. "Thoralius is so wise about things like that, isn't he?"

[Kaerix]: He has truly taken to this path.

[Nesselos]: Let's leave that in place and see to the twister?

Mansia reaches out towards the nearest twister with her charm.

Kaerix looks between Mansia and the twister curiously.

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] What troubles you?

The twister seems to grow more still, though the winds still whirl.

[Mansia]: [Draenei] I am your friend, your friend.

Unbound Cyclone says: [Kalimag] Anger. Trapped, with the end in sight.

[Mansia]: It is trapped?
[Mansia]: [Kalimag] What traps you?

[Kaerix]: How does one trap air?
Kaerix does not attempt to speak directly to the elemental despite having studied their language - perhaps she does not trust her affinity with the air as much.

Unbound Cyclone says: [Kalimag] I am unbound. The Lord, trapped long ago, seeks to return.

[Kaerix]: The elemental lord!
Kaerix takes out a little notebook and flips through it.
[Kaerix]: Al'Akir?

The Cyclone definitely understands that last word.

Unbound Cyclone says: [Kalimag] Yes, the Lord Al'Akir. The tear in the earth and sky, it will widen. He will come. We will destroy all. You cannot stop us.

[Mansia]: Nessy, what do I do?

Kaerix looks to Mansia as though she expects her to fix this with a conversation.

Nesselos glances worriedly in the direction of the massive sinkhole to the north, where rocks still roil in the air.
[Nesselos]: I.. am not sure. Do you think it is talking about the Raging Chasm? The tear?

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] Why do you wish to destroy?

Unbound Twister says: [Kalimag] Because the Lord does. His rage is mine.

Kaerix takes a few new notes in her journal as Mansia talks. Her writing is beautiful and a bit slow; she forms each word as though she is fondling it.
[Kaerix]: Ask what he is angry about!

[Mansia]: Will it know? Well, I shall ask!

[Kaerix]: Perhaps we can fix it.

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] What angers your Lord?
Mansia sways from side to side, dangling the charm like a hypnotist with a pocket watch.

Unbound Twister says: [Kalimag] The titans. The war. Mortal life. He will free the world from you.

[Nesselos]: Well, I'm not entirely sure I'm mortal, but maybe it thinks we're natives of Azeroth.
[Nesselos]: In any case, we can't let the air do that.

Kaerix startles as a boar gets hurled a tremendous distance by the angry winds and lands nearby. She casts a small healing spell on it; it squeals and runs away.

[Mansia]: I might need a bigger charm to calm an elemental Lord…
Mansia giggles.

[Kaerix]: A charm the size of a naaru!

Nesselos smiles nervously. "Probably you are right. Maybe we should make sure he doesn't come here. You could ask where he is now?"

[Mansia]: Oh, he is on the other side of the tear in the sky, obviously!

[Nesselos]: In… Skywall?

Kaerix takes a few more notes.

[Nesselos]: And it said the tear needed to widen. Maybe we want to stop it from doing that.

Kaerix writes a translation of "Skywall" in Kalimag, Draenei, and Common.

Mansia approaches the twister, continuing to dangle the charm. "Shhhh, shhhh…"

Lightning flickers through the twister, but it does not attack her.

Mansia walks in a circle around it, the opposite direction that the twister is spinning.

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] Separate yourself from your Lord's hate… he is not here.

[Kaerix]: [Kalimag] Not here… *Kaerix echoes in support.*

The cyclone begins to gradually slow, as if Mansia's footsteps are providing a decelerating force.

[Nesselos]: [Kalimag] You are not him… *Nesselos adds his own voice and optimism into the attempt*

Unbound Twister says: [Kalimag] Anger! Hatred! But… not…. my… anger… not… my… hate…

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] Come to rest. Come to rest. Be a breeze, now. Just a breeze. Rustle the grasses, and our hair.
[Mansia]: Shhhhh, shh…

The charm in Mansia's hands breaks apart, and the particles flow from it into the twister, reforming themselves as they're blown by the winds into elemental shackles.

The lightning subsides within the slowing winds. Then, the cyclone collapses. It begins to take a different shape, and the bits of charm circle something like wrists, forming new shackles.

[Mansia]: [Draenei] A new friend.

Air Elemental says: I am… a breeze…

Mansia smiles at it.

Nesselos lets out a breath and smiles.

[Mansia]: [Kalimag] You are a lovely breeze.

[Mansia]: Nessy, Kae, look!

Kaerix smiles wistfully.
[Kaerix]: Well done, Mansia.

[Nesselos]: It worked!

Mansia holds up her empty hands.

[Mansia]: I am sorry I used your whole charm.

[Kaerix]: It seems we shall need more charms.

[Nesselos]: We could collect more, subdue the elementals here one by one? Not today, but over time.

Mansia giggles.

[Kaerix]: I think the people here would be grateful.

[Mansia]: There are many, many here. But I can calm them one at a time…

Nesselos nods. "That poor pig, imagine if farmers get caugt up in those twisters. They are less durable to falls."

[Mansia]: But their Lord!
[Mansia]: I cannot calm their Lord. Maybe with all of the Earthen Ring…

[Kaerix]: Yes, perhaps we can work on the elementals one by one in the meantime, while we also divine how the Ring may calm the Lord himself.

Nesselos bites his lip. "Yes, it may take them all, and I think they are so busy with the Maelstrom."

[Kaerix]: But at least we know now that binding them separates them from their Lord's anger.

Nesselos nods.
[Nesselos]: Maybe we can do something to stabilize the tear, in the meantime?

[Kaerix]: Yes, perhaps!

Mansia nods. "We should tell someone important… about Al'Akir."

[Kaerix]: We can report to the leaders of the Earthen Ring after we are finished here.

[Mansia]: Oh, we should tell Thoralius!
[Mansia]: And tell him about his totem!

Kaerix nods agreeably.

[Nesselos]: Yes, we should! Should we do this now, and ask for advice on the tear?

Kaerix nods.

When they pass by the Grant stead, Mansia goes to reclaim her totems.

Nesselos walks back by the farm and frowns. "It feels like your grounding totem is… holding something."

[Mansia]: My, what did you pick up?

Kaerix claps her hands excitedly.

Nesselos looks in the direction of the Raging Chasm. "From a distance, it was… absorbing something? Maybe… Hm…"

[Mansia]: If we put it closer?

[Nesselos]: Maybe…

[Mansia]: It is not meant to absorb that much, though…

Nesselos waves at Thoralius.

[Mansia]: Oh! Thoralius!

Thoralius says: Hello! How did it go at the Grant farmstead?

[Mansia]: Your totem works! It is slow, but it draws the salt down down down into the earth.

Thoralius says: I am glad to hear my theory is borne out in practice! Perhaps it may be modified for water as well, then.

[Kaerix]: I would be happy to help work on that with you.

Thoralius turns back into his tent and then brings out another earth totem, which he hands carefully to Kaerix. "It will need modification, of course, but we might work together."

Mansia clasps her hands together.

Kaerix claps excitedly for Thoralius the Wise.
Kaerix thanks Thoralius the Wise.

Nesselos smiles at the success.

[Mansia]: Oh, yes, this is important. We also calmed a twister and spoke with it.
[Mansia]: I almost forgot!
[Mansia]:The spirits of air are angry because their Lord is angry. Al'Akir is coming through to this world to destroy it.

Thoralius says: Oh! It spoke with you! I have gotten nothing but incoherent screams of rage.

Mansia nods. "It liked Nessy's charm very much."

Thoralius says: Oh, hm, but that is not very good news.
Thoralius says: Not about Nessy's charm, but the whole destroying the world part.

[Mansia]: I think with more charms I can start calming the twisters one by one… binding and separating them from their Lord's anger…
[Mansia]: But… their Lord is a big big big powerful problem and I am just one draenei.

Kaerix nods.

Thoralius says: Yes, I think that would be very helpful for the people here. The wandering winds are a menace. As for the lord, hm….

[Nesselos]: They said the Lord would come through a tear in the sky. I think it might be the air above the Raging Chasm. And I had… maybe an idea? *Nesselos looks uncertain*

Kaerix encourages you. You can do it!

Thoralius says: Hm? Out with it. All ideas are welcome, even if they don't work out.

Kaerix gently pats you.

Mansia nods encouragingly to Nesselos.
[Mansia]: Tell him your idea, Nessy!

Nesselos raises a hand to touch Kaerix's and takes a breath. "It felt like Mansia's grounding totem was… absorbing some of the power from the Chasm. Do you think, if we were to set a totem there permanently, it might stabilize the tear?"

[Mansia]: A bigger one! Or… more of them, to balance the energy between them.

Thoralius says: Hm… that must be a place where the boundary between the material plane and the elemental plane has weakened. We've seen this elsewhere in the world - Deathwing's doing, I'm afraid.

Kaerix nods, sad-eyed.

Thoralius says: It is a place of great power, so a grounding totem could keep the power from growing until the thin place breaks. Maybe… more than one. Yes. You are three.
Thoralius says: Perhaps each of you could contribute a totem, and leave it there, imbued with your power?

[Kaerix]: I do know how to plant a grounding totem, yes.

Nesselos nods. "I most often use water, as you know, but I can plant a grounding totem as well."

[Mansia]: I can do this!

Thoralius says: Perfect. You'll want to circle the Chasm, place them evenly. And be wary of any spiritual leakage from the thin place - the Elemental Lord may try to frighten you off.
Thoralius says: I will pass by later to ensure they are in place and retain their power.

[Kaerix]: We will not lose heart, no matter what the Windlord might do.

[Nesselos]: Yes, we will not!

The team heads up to the Raging Chasm. It is not hard to find - the floating rocks are visible from far away. Even if they weren’t, the shamans could probably feel where it was.

Mansia eyes the floating rocks and trees warily. She is not immune to getting hit by a boulder.

The team heads to the Raging Chasm, right up to the edge where the ground falls away into a deep pit.

[Kaerix]: I find it very interesting that despite the air's chaos, the rain continues to fall straight down. It is as though the water wants nothing to do with the air's rage.

Nesselos tilts his head, considering that. "Have you heard the latest from the Cobalt squad at sea? Or… oh… were you with the ships?"

[Kaerix]: I confess that I have not read many of the other Cobalt reports lately.

Nesselos draws a breath. "On the Cobalt mission - they helped Neptulon. So I think he is on our side. Maybe that is why the water wants nothing to do with the air."

[Kaerix]: I am glad that the Lord of Water is on our side, at least. I would enjoy working with him.

[Nesselos]: Yes! I regret that I did not get to go down and meet him!
[Nesselos]: But maybe there will be opportunity in the future for all of us, since he did not side with Deathwing and the cult.

[Kaerix]: Yes, I'm certain of it.

[Mansia]: That would be nice…

[Nesselos]: Here we are. We must take care. Who will go first?

[Kaerix]: Mansia should go first, as she is most attuned to air. We can follow her example.

Nesselos nods.

Mansia skips closer and plunks down her [Grounding Totem].

Kaerix watches Mansia closely.

There's a feeling of swelling power from the chasm, and a moving image creeps into the shamans minds. There's a being made of coils of pure air, bound in armor rather than shackles, and he comes through a rift in a dry, desert-like place.

[Kaerix]: Ahhh… not here… Tanaris? Silithus?

An army waits for him, fighting him against a backdrop of qiraji arches. There's is a satisfied hiss of almost a voice that seems to say 'this, I can do already'…

[Mansia]: Oh…

Nesselos nods at Kaerix. "Silithus, I think."

[Mansia]: You saw that too?

[Nesselos]: Perhaps an… an agent of Al'Akir. Yes, it shimmered in my mind.

[Kaerix]: He senses our interference and is attempting to stop us - that means he must be concerned that we can truly disrupt his plans…

[Nesselos]: He is just trying to frighten us. If he could send something like that at us here, he would have done so already.

Kaerix nods at you.

Mansia does look a little worried, but she nods.

[Kaerix]: Ah, that makes sense.

Nesselos nods at Kaerix. "It must mean we are on the right track."
[Nesselos]: Let us circle a little before the next.

They move around the pit.

[Nesselos]: Here… shall I go next, or you, Kae?

[Kaerix]: What do you prefer?

[Nesselos]: I will go, and you can be the third.

[Kaerix]: Perfect.

Mansia sways from side to side.

Nesselos steps forward and gets a look of intense concentration on his face. He embeds a grounding totem in the earth, following Mansia's movements as closely as possible.

Kaerix watches him closely as well.

There's another tendril of thought that creeps into the shamans minds. There's another twister, a larger one, this one full of sand. It's in a desert. Indistinct, through the rushing winds, one can see an odd figure that seems to be walking on four limbs and reaching out with two in supplication.

[Kaerix]: More desert…

Nesselos looks intrigued rather than frightened. "Yes, but this one I didn't recognize? Maybe Tanaris? And what is that creature?"

[Kaerix]: I could not tell.

[Mansia]: I am confused.
[Mansia]: But that is fine! I am often confused.

[Nesselos]: Hm. Yes. I think he was threatening the creature. Maybe it was some past war? Or some war to come.

[Kaerix]: The only creature I know of with four legs and two arms like that is the keepers of the groves in kaldorei lands, but I do not know if that was one of them. I could not see.

[Nesselos]: Oh, and the centaur! Though I could not tell if it was deer-like or horse-like, in the vision.

[Kaerix]: Centaur? I will have to look that up later.
[Kaerix]: Do they live in deserts?
[Kaerix]: The grove keepers decidedly do not.

[Nesselos]: They are in a kaldorei place, but it was… sort of a desert I think? But perhaps less so now, since the Cenarion Circle has been healing it.

[Kaerix]: Hmmm… Perhaps we will receive a third vision.

[Nesselos]: Maybe them, or some other creature we have yet to encounter. Was there anything like that in Silithus?

[Kaerix]: I have not seen much of Silithus, mostly drawings in books.

[Nesselos]: The first vision was Silithus, which seems like it might be a clue. I also have seen only drawings, though.
[Nesselos]: Here, Kaerix for your totem.

[Mansia]: Oh, Kae's turn.
[Mansia]: What if we see a third desert? How many deserts are there in Azeroth?

Nesselos steps back with Mansia while Kae does her thing.

Kaerix takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, trying to focus on her weaker connection with the air spirits.

[Nesselos]: I do not know all that many. There are the Badlands?

Kaerix takes a little while, but finally manages to manifest her grounding totem.

That same tendril flickers into the shaman's minds. This time, the vision is in the air. It is architecture, all graceful spires, light colors and clouds. Amidst it all is a figure composed of wind and lightning, an open blade in his hands and roiling fabric curling around his wrists and head, revealing only glowing eyes. Distant, far below the spires, a brownish haze that might be desert lingers on the edge of vision. The familiar voice now issues from the elemental, saying, 'One way or another, I will cross over…'

[Nesselos]: Was that… was that Al'Akir?

[Kaerix]: What a magnificent being… *Kaerix is a bit starry-eyed.* A shame that he has turned against us.

[Nesselos]: He was beautiful. That place was beautiful.

Kaerix agrees with you.

[Mansia]: So beautiful…
[Mansia]: I wish he weren't upset.

Nesselos nods. "I do not understand why such anger, such malice. He could be such a powerful ally."

[Kaerix]: Powerful and beautiful… *Kaerix sighs.*

Mansia sighs wistfully.

Nesselos looks over at Kaerix. "Maybe we need you to see Neptulon. I bet he is very beautiful, too." *Is Ness trying to set his friend up with an Elemental Lord? Maybe.*

Kaerix brightens, her eyes sparkling at the very idea.

[Mansia]: Oh, I imagine he must be.

Kaerix nods at Mansia.

[Nesselos]: And if you keep sailing, you're bound to meet him eventually.

[Kaerix]: I am glad my grounding totem worked. I am fairly new at it.

Nesselos smiles encouragingly. "I think it works well. Our three totems balance each other. I can feel them thrum."

[Mansia]: It was a very good totem!

[Kaerix]: It helped that I had both of your examples to emulate. Thank you for going before me!

[Nesselos]: Of course! And I was following Mansia's example, as well.

[Mansia]: That is what friends are for!

Kaerix smiles at Mansia.

Nesselos glances back at the Chasm as they walk back towards Moonbrook. "I wonder what that desert was… Silithus? Perhaps the three visions were linked." *Ness shrugs* In any case, he won't come through here."

[Kaerix]: Yes, the very opposite side of the world…

[Nesselos]: I wonder if he was trying gateways, one on this side of the world… one on… *Ness looks a little worried* It's probably nothing.

[Kaerix]: Even if it is something, we will find a solution.

Nesselos nods firmly at Kaerix. "Like we did today."

They arrive back at the camp.

Kaerix curtsies before Thoralius the Wise.

Nesselos bows before Thoralius the Wise.

Mansia waves to Thoralius.

Thoralius nods back to the three of them. "Do you think the grounding totem idea worked?"

[Nesselos]: Yes, I think so. I could feel them working. *Ness glances to Mansia, the air expert*

[Mansia]: We did see visions?
[Mansia]: There were a lot of deserts.
Mansia is the worst at describing things she saw.

Thoralius says: Oh? Visions of desert?

[Mansia]: Nessy and Kae thought they knew where they were?

[Nesselos]: Maybe Silithus? There was something that looked like the pictures I've seen of the structures there.

[Kaerix]: Yes, if they were all the same place, most definitely Silithus.

[Mansia]: Oh, but when we placed the third totem we saw Lord Al'Akir, and he was very beautiful.

[Kaerix]: Magnificent and brimming with raw power.

Mansia clearly took something away from those visions and it might not have been the practical thing.

Thoralius says: Hm… I have heard through Earthen Ring colleagues that there was an incursion from Skywall down that way. A Prince Sarsarun, though he was defeated. The other two might be there or… nearby, then.

[Kaerix]: Skywall… such an evocative name…

Thoralius says: I imagine the Windlord must be very majestic. We should always keep in mind to respect the elements, even when they do not cooperate. *Sure, yes, that's respect in all those starry eyes*
Thoralius says: It is, yes. It is the name of the Elemental Plane of Air, much as the Firelands is the Elemental Plane of Fire.

[Kaerix]: "Firelands" is much less poetic. I suppose fire elementals are not prone to poetry.

Mansia stares off into space, smiling dreamily. Uh oh. She might have tuned out.

Thoralius says: Yes, the Plane of Water is the Abyssal Maw, which while poetic does not sound a lovely place to visit. And Deepholm for Earth.
Thoralius says: I will pass along what you have seen to the Earthen Ring.
Thoralius says: In any case, well done, young ones. With that holding the Raging Chasm in check, with the earth totems drawing the salt deep into the earth, and with the plan to subdue the twisters, this land may yet return to its peaceful days.
Thoralius says: Gryan Stoutmantle will be pleased he trusted our people to come to his aid.

[Kaerix]: I am most pleased to find a way to aid the Alliance that doesn't involve battle.

Nesselos smiles with bright optimism. "As am I! And I am happy that we will help this land grow once again."

Kaerix smiles.

[Nesselos]: I think I will go somewhere to enjoy the rain for a while. Will you come with me?

[Kaerix]: Of course!
Kaerix follows him happily.

[Mansia]: Hmm? Where are we going?
Mansia trails after Nesselos.

[Nesselos]: I do not know… perhaps a lake!

Kaerix cheers at you.