The Soulless God Kethuru attempted to use the temporal fields around the City of Hallifax to break free while the Nine Seals were in a weakened state. Opening a rift over Hallifax, the Soulless God began to ooze forth, draining the floating city's power and energy. The Elder God Elostian quickly came to the aid of Hallifax, sacrificing himself to
recharge the generators within the city, enabling the city's defenses to shut down the dimensional anomaly and close the rift.

Trademasters from all across the Basin of Life submitted their finest designs, vying to provide the most creative, most aesthetically appealing, and most attractive creation in order to claim the Seal of Beauty! Numerous designs of outstanding quality were submitted, but the Seal ultimately went to Maellio Onz'Verheu of Hallifax!

Late in the month of Dioni, 317 years after the Coming of Estarra, Eritheyl Skyplume began to find metal bolts lying around the City of Hallifax. Becoming concerned that the bolts had fallen from an important machine or that they could cause structural instability in the city, Erithel, along with Lawliet Letara and Oberst Ushaara scoured the city for the source of the missing bolts, finding nothing missing from the city's generators and gaining little information from the city's scientists.

Mortals come from each of the cities and communes of the Basin for a battle, not of blades and magic, but of words. Spreading out across the Basin and into the higher planes and aetherspace, mortals sought to sway the minds of the denizens in Lusternia in their quest to claim the Medallion of Harmony. The challenge quickly saw three mortals rise quickly in their quest for first place: Talan and Tacita of the Glomdoring commune and Inagin of the city of New Celest.

For the December Vesteran Honours, Druken won the bardic contest for the treatise titled, "The History of the Shee-Slaugh Court". In the artisanal category, Maellio won with her portrait entitled, "Turilira - Radian Glass Shadhahvar". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in November!

The Trial of Nature lead adventurers across the face of Lusternia, even into the frigid heart of the Icewynd! At the end of the trial, one stood triumphant - Xenthos An'Ryshe, who won by a large margin, despite difficulties of his own.

• First Place: Xenthos (Holder of the Medallion of Nature)
• Second Place: Svorai (700 credits)
• Third Place: Pesukaru (500 credits)
• Fourth Place: Chade (250 credits)
• Fifth Place: Sidd (100 credits)

A viscanti janitor broke the quiet of the Basin of Life as he declared to the world that he was quitting his job. Soon, he was found by Revan n’Kylbar, drinking himself silly at the bar in the city of Magnagora. After pressing enough alcohol on the janitor, Revan convinced him to share his woes. The janitor whined that his work was too dangerous, though he said he would return to work if he was paid more and trained to defend himself. Quickly, Revan paid the man 25,000 gold and summoned the ur’Guard who provided the janitor with a vicious axe, “a man’s weapon” as they told him.

In the aftermath of the Wounded Sky, scholars and researchers have investigated the events over the past several decades, conducting interviews and drawing conclusions, and have been able to piece together the clues into a more accurate narrative of the Eras of the Wounded Sky. This is their conclusions.

It began in the month of Juliary in the year 293 C.E., when the lucidian scientist, Atrian

With the Soulless God Zenos freed, the Basin of Life were gripped in his clutches, as he sent the deadly Kilgaru wind rampaging throughout the land. It seemed all hope was lost. But then a slim ray of hope appeared.

From the Northern Mountains, strong winds blew in, carrying clusters of crimson clouds. The angry red clouds coalesced into a massive storm over the Basin of Life. Within the clouds, enormous ruby red eyes can occasionally be seen amidst the crimson lighting that leapt from cloud to cloud. From the eye of the storm, an enormous bolt of lightning crashed down into the Avechna Teeth, striking the crystal left by the Guardians of the Icewynd, shattering it into many fragments. Icy-blue light erupted amid the sounds of monstrous roars echoing from mountain range to mountain range.

For several months, prophesies have led to the unearthing of the new quatrains from the Verses of Magnora, but what these dire foretellings could mean was a cipher to scholars of the Basin of Life. Then, without warning, a storm of red clouds blew in from the north, ruby red eyes flashing among the crimson lightning bolts. An enormous bolt of crimson lightning comes crashes down from the center of the storm, striking the sphere left by the Guardians of the Icewynd and cracking it open. Blood rained from the sky and food turned to ash in the mouth.