The Great Tectonic Shift

> *A great event has happened in the domain! The plates have shifted, releasing a huge amount of energy: an earthquake has affected the entire land. A longstanding glacier, located to the west of Havir and Heyl, cracked open during the temblor and released its fresh water. The flood waters quickly recede, as the glacier mostly drained to the west, however, this has unleashed the berg from its home, revealing an entire new area which previously was unreachable to the wolves of DotW.*
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On July 2nd, 2016, a major group-wide event impacted the wolves of the Domain.

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!!**

## Heyl

The earthquake causes Heyl great alarm, having the pack sleep outside during the night for safety. Discovering the cave system flooded by the melting glacier on the western mountains the next morning, Heylians were forced to move. Banding together with their distant allies from Dawnguard for the trip, the pack is now settled on the other side of the mountains in foreign lands not known before. Wolves of Heyl are encouraged to take on a task to help settle the pack in their new territory!

**Response Prompt:**

*Have your Helian react to the earthquake, the caverns’ flooding or the move. Make friends with a Dawnguardian! You may have heard that the packs are allies. Making a friend could serve you well for the trip to the new territory and for the future! For an alliance to be effective both packs must have a strong sense of comradery. Do the same with your own packmates, as you don’t know each other very well yet and must act as a family to help settle the pack in it’s new home!*

## Dawnguard

The recent natural disasters have caused alarm to the Alpha of Dawnguard. After the violent shaking of the Earth, the spitting fire mountains in the distance and the flooding of the territory, it is evident that this land is no longer supported by the Gods. In order to protect the pack and please their Gods, Nahi decided to relocate Dawnguard. Taking the Dawnguardians away from the flooding area, she unites their distant allies from Heyl and together they travel to a strange new land opened up by the earthquake. The pack now takes a cove as their new home. Dawnguard wolves are encouraged to take upon a task to help settle into the new territory if they haven’t already!

**Response Prompt:**

*React to the flooding in the den area, to the Earthquake or the distant eruption. You can also team up with a Heylian and introduce yourself! These are our allies and new neighbors.*

## Fellfang

As an earthquake rakes through the domain, a beast is awoken deep in the heart of Fellfang Territory. The Forsaken Peak was a long-dormant volcano that erupts into a massive outpour of magma. The magma pours down the mountain and envelops Eldask, causing the trees to smoulder and die, and the land to be covered in a thick layer of molten rock. The Eldre Tree, Fellfang’s home is consumed and utterly destroyed. Fellfang interprets this as the Earth reclaiming the land for itself, urging them to move on. Fable heeds words from his sister, and leads the pack North East in search of Fellfang’s ancestral home.

**Response Prompt:**

Your character may react to the earthquake, or the resulting eruption of the Forsaken Peak. Where were they when it happened? Who were they with? What was their reaction to Fable’s decision to move them to Fellfang’s birthplace? Explore what may have happened to your wolf before everyone gathered at the Eldre Tree, and whether they encountered the lava or got into any other kind of trouble. Interact with your packmates to develop your respective stories surrounding this dramatic relocation.

For details of this event and its impact on Fellfang, see Night of Fire.

## Vektren

Vektren was hit by the incoming flood, having it swallow half of the territory. When the water receded, the pack was left unprotected on both sides as its rivers also disappeared, the once healing area now turned into marshland. Hekate has repositioned the pack in order to keep it safe, moving the Nest deeper to the East. Believing that it would be hard for any threat that could have been hiding around to survive this, and seeing that it was a safeguarding blessing by Xibalten, the Mistress also decided to finally end the curfew! This means that wolves of Vektren are now free to leave territory if their task allows them to.

Response Prompt:

How does your character react to the flooding? Where were they when it happened, or even how they survived it? Do they believe it was a blessing from Xibalten, or actually took it as an ill omen? You can team up with a fellow Vektreni and explore the new open swamp that now covers a great part of the territory!

## Aryn

The very roots of the mountains trembled! Close enough to the Forsaken Peak to see it erupt, the great quake has rattled all of Aryn. Many of the cave systems running underneath the territory have collapsed, while strange new passages have opened up in unexpected places. The great river running through Aaron’s Gorge now disappears underground at the edge of the territory into a dark and forbidding pit. Plus, Aryn’s main den now has a rear entrance! Though the pack escaped the volcano, Firewater Flats erupted in a massive spew of scalding water and continues to bubble and vent in unpredictable intervals. The Wispwood is now more swamp than woodland, steam and mist curl out of the earth here and obscure the heart of the forest.

Response Prompt:

Wardens must reestablish the borders. Vicars must tend to any wounded and record the event in Aryn’s oral history, and explain the significance of this event in the light of the One’s wisdom. Coursers should re-locate the herds that have been displaced and clean out the den as best they can. Rangers should be on the lookout for anywolf injured or trapped by the upheaval, as well as explore beyond the border to understand the true extent of the change. Any wolves who are able should also seek our ally, Fellfang, to offer any and all aid in light of the territory’s destruction.

## Chandor

Chandor was luckily missed by the flooding, which went right by them and towards the sea. However, the earthquake has rearranged their river system, and now they have a large lake near the edge of the territory.
Response Prompt:
Though unharmed, the shaking earth surely did not go unnoticed. How does your character react to it? Maybe they were with a pack mate when it happened!Aryn

## Vale

Vale also stood safe and sound from the flood, but the quake caused its rivers to naturally reallocate, and a completely new one to be born. The territory now follows the new shapes and was extended to reach the coast.

## Havir

Havir was completely unaffected by this event, besides being a little shaken up. Perhaps it was the Gods protecting them?