The Falling

The Falling occurred on Day 20 of Rose Moon, Year 343 of Coal in the city of Torrine.

## The Falling

On a warm summer day in Torrine, citizens noted a bright light in the sky descending to the earth. An unknown object collided and at that moment the whole of the city was engulfed in a bright white light for just a moment before everything returned to normal. No citizens noted any damage to the city, and none at the time were able to locate the crash site of the unidentified object that fell. After this event, scholars and academics of the time would note a higher level of magical energy about the city from that moment on which greatly aided alchemical studies at the time.

## Wandered Off

Wander Hemrillick went missing on the day of The Falling. He had breakfast at home and attended his morning classes before kissing his mother goodbye and grabbing his fishing gear before leaving to meet with his lover, Marlon, on the beaches. He was seen by citizens in town sporting said fishing gear and heading towards the cliffs where he always met Marlon for their fishing trips. Shortly after this sighting, the object fell from the sky and blinded all for mere seconds before life resumed to normal. Marlon, who was near the cliffside staircases that lead to the beaches at the time, waited there for Wander until the sun went down but his lover never showed up.

The family noticed his disappearance when he didn't arrive home for dinner that night, but figured he must be with Marlon in a rare instance of rebellion from the teen and thus were not initially worried. However, when Wander failed to come home the next day for his classes, Laudia and Leo, Wander's parents, went to Marlon's home to see if he was still there. It's then that they discover that Wander never made it to the meeting spot on the beach the previous day.

The Hemrillicks rallied the town together to search the city and surrounding areas. Search parties combed the cliffs, beaches, surrounding forests, and suburban neighborhoods with no luck in finding any trace of Wander or the unknown object that had fallen. The search parties continued for weeks with no leads or signs of Wander which lead many parties to stop searching and begin grieving for the family. Though some dedicated search parties did persist for many months, though were ultimately unable to locate anything about the boy and also quit their searches after much time.

The family did hold a memorial for Wander 36 years after his disappearance, but had ostensibly refused to ever note a death date in their records as a symbol of hope that may still be found.

## Further Invstigation

The city of Torrine quit searching for Wander a little over a year after his disappearance, erecting a small memorial for him on the cliff in honor of him and the Hemrillick family, though the family never stopped sending out small groups to investigate in the hopes that something would one day turn up to help them discover what happened.

It wasn't until many years later when Alia Hemrillick had grown older, a scholar in her own right and talented academic, decided to dedicate herself and her life to searching for the older brother that she had never met that any new information would arise.

Alia would discover the crash site of the object that fell, and confirm that the object was a star or meteorite of some kind. She would also discover evidence of Wander at the crash site, along with further evidence that he was alive when he disappeared. Alia may have discovered what happened to Wander, but her records have been lost to time, no more information preserved about the disappearance of Wander Hemrillick.