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 ====== The Modern Age of Cahyali ======
+===== Reappearance of Mordrik Island =====
+=== Autumn of 10081 SF ===
+//**The Space Between; Echoes of Another** - Joint campaign by Zoe Kogut (@shadowthorn15), Zachary Evans (@aieslwz), and Simeon Rice (@foxtrot_mulder)//
+On the third day of the sixth month, a haunting melody was heard across [[settings:cahyali:vervand|Vervand]] as the island of Mordrik, which mysterously vanished nearly 5500 years ago, reappeared off the coast of Vervand. Initial studies show an unseen energy emanating from and surrounding the island and the public has been advised to stay away.
+This strange energy is believed to believed to be connected to the instability of elemental magic currently affecting [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos,]] reported issues of connecting to spirits in the [[settings:planes:kurago|Kurago,]], and other strange phenomena. Adventurers are contracted by the government of Vervand to investigate...
+//This is an ongoing event as of Spring 2024! Check back for updates.//
+===== Ruefang-Raikougan Second War =====
+=== 7/5/10081 - 8/??/10081 ===
+Spurred by the strip-mining of the [[settings:cahyali:raikougan|Raikougan]] land for the Ars Machina Engine and the brutality of the Turtle Bay Massacre - an event where hundreds of lives were lost on both sides - open war is but a straw away from fully breaking out between continental [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]] and the Archipelago.
+After the Ars Machina Incident was resolved, Zuanshi Hua was removed from office. The Kinland Order soon sent a High Paladin to investigate the matter. This investigation proceeded for two weeks, eventually ending with an indictment of Hua's actions and a charge of treason leveled against her. The other Commissions voted to disband the Commission of Industry.
+The Commission of Raikougan was also disbanded, with Ruefang recognizing Raikougan as an independent state in efforts to prevent further conflict. However, it was at this time that the Ruefang Continental Army (RCA) went rogue under command of Admiral Nan Fengge, who declared himself head of the "Commission of Defense" and announced intentions to reclaim Juuken Island for Ruefang.
+The three remaining Ruefang commissions denounced this act and the war, but could do nothing to stop the army - as it was mostly self-sufficient at this point. Civil protests against the war were widespread in most Ruefang cities save for Shanzhu, as were counter-protests supporting the RCA's activities.
+In the fray was the Blood Hawk pirate Ryosuke, a seemingly unkillable man with enigmatic and terrifying storm powers. After killing Bakuhatsu Izumi, the ruler of Juuken,'s son as well as killing Kentaro Ryuji and slaughtering multiple Ruefang villages, a bounty was put on his head and a hit squad led by Kentaro Ryou, Ryuji's son, took off in search. This group reported their victory over Ryosuke on 8/17/10081.
+  * **Battle of Port Taihou:** 8/11/10081. Won by the Shogunate army under command of Takumi Nao; assisted by Ryosuke, who had appeared and begun attacking the RCA fleet, as well as destruction of a major Continental supply line.
+  * **Ginkawa River Valley Battle:** 8/16/10081. Won by the Ruefang Continental Army, securing major river ports and establishing a chokehold over transportation and supply lines over Juuken. They close in on the suspected location of Bakuhatsu Kenzo, acting warlord of Juuken.
+//This event is ongoing! Stay tuned for updates.//
 ===== The Ars Machina Incident =====
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 Following a long period of corruption and abnormal leyline activity isolating the country of [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]] from itself, the Chongbai-based company Zuanshi Steelworks unveils its newest invention: the Ars Machina Engine, a locomotive capable of transporting people and goods as it runs along the leylines themselves! However, dissenters and scholars claim that the operation of this engine will not solve Ruefang's problems: instead, its operation may exacerbate the corruption of the land even more...
-//This event is ongoing as of Fall 2023. Please stay tuned for how the story develops!//
+Days after the unveiling, a leading engineer on the Engine is murdered under mysterious circumstances. Adventurers are hired to investigate the murder, as well as look into suspicious actions of Hu Lan, an army general - discovering intent to stoke flames of war, all leading back to Zuanshi Hua, Commissioner of Industry, and the train project. In a battle to free Zuanshi Wei, inventor of the Engine, Hu Lan is killed.
+Others are hired on by the [[settings:jaern|Jaernian]] company Lithicore Mining, who has set up a headquarters near Tiancheng City in the north and seems to be importing advanced cybernetic technology developed off-plane. These adventurers assist a small underground resistance in fighting back against the company. Thanks to the help of these adventurers, Charles Lithicore falls and the Ranch comes under the control of its workers.
+Still more adventurers investigate the mystical side of Ruefang, discovering and awakening the five great slumbering Long, guardian dragons of the land. They also discover the machinations of corrupted spirits who may be tangled up in the Ars Machina affair as well... seeking to use the engine to transport themselves and their influence across Cahyali. They devise a ritual to stabilize the lines, getting rid of the corruption that plagues the land.
+Events come to a head as the Engine launches on schedule midday of 6/5 - however, every passenger car is left behind, as adventurers appear to have disconnected the engine and front security car from the rest of the train. Alone, these two cars speed ahead, and a fierce battle takes place: Zuanshi Hua, Charles Lithicore, and a coagulation of corrupted spirits face down the valiant efforts of adventurers and their allies, only to be defeated in the end as the engine approaches the leyspring.
+As it passes the spring, the ritual is completed: using the effect of the train running over the spring, the leylines are finally stabilized. Leyline poisoning symptoms ease across the country, and the fog over the Sea of Fog finally begins to clear. The Engine is crashed on an uninhabited island, its control panel found completely bricked and inoperable. While this affair is over, war still rages on in the Raikougan...
 ===== Azeroth Invades Nahrūl =====