The Curse of Pajackok

In the autumn of 2016, a red algae bloom grew in the waterways of Heylguard's territory, causing the deaths of prey animals and the spread of sickness through the winter season. Two wolves would lose their lives as a result of this event, one of them being Nahimana, the alpha. The issue would resolve itself with the arrival of spring.

This plot was developed by Wulfghast (Felgar) and SeleneTheWerewolf (Nahimana), with an adjacent plot run by LunarShadowCreations (Asterion).

## **Summary**

As summer drew to a close in Heylguard's new territory, strange things began to happen. The pack's prey, including whole herds of elk, began to drop dead, with bloated corpses littering the forests. There was no sign of tainted water, grass, or sickness in the air; the pack alpha Nahimana wrote the strange occurrences off as a coincidence, while a more experienced packmate, Felgar, senses something more dangerous and warns Dawnguard that bad times are just beginning.

As autumn continues, more prey animals are found dead. Wolves who eat the easy prey find themselves growing ill, with a sickness that causes them to disgorge their stomach contents and develop fevers and other typical symptoms of illness.

Paranoia set in as the autumn continued into winter, and untainted prey grew scarcer and scarcer. Hunger gnawed sharply at the bellies of the Heylguardians, until Sage Asterion approached Fitu and asked if he could help in any way. Fitu told him to go to the other packs, to seek out a cure for the sickness crippling their pack. Asterion brought his friends Samhradh, a healer, and Saphira, also a Sage.

While the trio sought aid in Chandor, Aryn, and Fellfang, the pack continued to fracture. The water turned red as blood, and wolves cannot drink from it without getting ill. Resentment built up towards Nahimana for her leadership during the time, and her disregard for the danger early on. She and Fitu worked their hardest to keep the pack together, but Nahi, after having their pups, grew increasingly sicker, passing in late autumn.

In the middle of winter, Asterion, Samhradh, and Saphira returned to Heylguard, bringing with them two witch-doctors from Fellfang - Winema and Grendel. While the two cannot stop the sickness, they can treat the sickened wolves. The red waters began to recede, and prey slowly began to return to the area without growing ill and dying, as spring approached. It was at the very end of winter, near the spring equinox, that the four remaining wolves of Dawnguard - Asterion, Samhradh, Felgar, and Hidda - traveled up a mountain to pay homage to the god Pajackok. In the stars, the Heylian goddess Icadorityl battled Pajackok and an avalanche occurred, sweeping the Dawnguardians away. They survived, never to be the same again.

The spring warmth killed the algae which was sickening the pack. Coinciding with the defeat of the Dawnguardian god, and the re-establishment of Heyl alone, the curse was blamed on Dawnguard's wrathful, defeated god, Pajackok.

## Impact

- Nahimana died, leaving Fitu a widowed father to Nova, born in the middle of the tragedy.

- Samhradh, Felgar, Hidda, and Asterion are caught in an avalanche and, nearly losing their lives, disown their god Pajackok and become full Heylians.

## Pack Allegiance (During Event)

* ***Alphas:*** Fitu and Nahimana
* ***Betas:*** Koudem (Cave Watcher); Siobhan (Medicine Keeper)
* ***Gammas:*** Starke (Cave Watcher); Asterion (Sage); Kestrel (Envoy); Samhradh (Medicine Keeper)
* ***Deltas:*** Eryk (Cave Watcher); Saphira (Sage); Laur (Medicine Keeper)
* ***Omegas:*** Adelphia; Perdita; Hedda; Felgar; Fatou; Anansi; Kichirou; Angelito; Nova; Khione
* ***Pups:*** Vivian