The Celestines began receiving visions from the Star of Celest, the
Shadowdancers from Mother Night, the Nihilists from the Necromentate,
and the Moondancers from Mother Moon. However, the visions were garbled
and it wasn't until the four guilds began piecing their visions together
that they began to make sense. They warned of an impending catastrophe,
and shortly after the visions began appearing an invasion from creatures
known as gorgogs began to infest the Basin of Life.

When four lucidian sisters appeared at the top of Avechna's Peak, the
mystery deepened, for they were on a mission that they would not speak
of. However, since the Great Observatory of the Celestine Empire was
destroyed when the Empire fell, the sisters could not complete their
working. As the visions proceeded, the Celestines, Shadowdancers,
Nihilists and Moondancers discovered how to build their own
observatories. The sisters then split up to take up residence in these
four observatories, each according to their nature, and agreeing to
teach the Celestines, Shadowdancers, Nihilists and Moondancers the
science of astrology. Once all were situated, they performed a ritual
that brought down shields that were concealing the forgotten Arysian
Isles, a chain of islands in Bondero Bay.

It was later discovered that these lucidian sisters were descendents of
a small cabal of lucidian astrologers who were sent to a remote location
during the Taint Wars to keep vigil for a time when they were needed.
They had astrologically predicted the gorgog invasion, which triggered
their coming to the Basin to lower the shields surrounding the Arysian
Isles that were erected to hide a facility of mages. Apparently, this
facility constructed the gorgogs out of the elements of fire, earth, air
and water. Project Gorgog was a predecessor to Project Cosmic Hope,
where these living probes were sent out to verify the plausibility of
reaching the astral planes.

During the time of the Taint, when the element of earth was corrupted,
the gorgogs were driven insane as this part of them was also twisted.
The Pyromancers and Aeromancers had left the isles during the Taint Wars
and the geomancers went insane, leaving only a contingent of Imperial
Aquamancers to seal the now insane gorgogs within a dimensional pocket.
Most of the gorgogs bred (and multiplied) behind the seals, but a few
left on the prime plane began to evolve, constructing a machine to free
their brethren. When the gorgogs succeeded in constructing the machine,
that is when the invasion was set loose.

Now, only time will tell if the gorgog invasion can be stopped. Thus
far, the gorgogs have exhibited a vicious hatred of all mages (and thus
cities), going so far as to attacking Magnagora and New Celest's ability
to generate power (while ignoring the communes). Now that the shields
surrounding the mage facility has fallen, will any one come to the aid
of the struggling descendents of Imperial Aquamancers?

Penned by my hand on the 10th of Klangiary, in the year 120 CE.