Ryon's and Erin's dire warnings send a wave of unease through the nearby crowd - which quickly turn to screams and general panic as the ground begins to shake and a rumbling begins to fill the air. At first, the shaking is no worse than a faint wobbling, but it quickly turns into a heaving, stuttering upheaval as most of the crowd lose their balance and fall to the ground. As the earthquake reaches its most violent point, the rumbling suddenly intensifies until the air is rent by the sound of a massive explosion. Screams fill the air as first one person, then another, then the whole crowd points northwest.
The mountains are on fire.
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[sblock=OOC earthquake results]Enko, Cleyra, Ryon, Growl, and Erin lose their footing and tumble to the ground, but manage to catch themselves and aren't hurt. Thane hits his head on a nearby stall as he falls, taking 3 nolethal damage. Alistia twists her ankle in her fall, taking 2 points of nonlethal damage.
Many of the people in the square are knocked unconcious as they hit their heads or faint. None of the buildings in the immediate area seem overly damaged, but surely the outlying areas aren't so well off. All of the buildings in the river's flood zone are built on stilts, and can't possibly have withstood the violent earthquake.[/sblock]
