The Mood of the Flanaess
Very tired, the Moderator comes online to post this, then goes back offline:
The mood of Oerth is surreal.
Forrester, scrying Oerth, sees the following:
Alyx:
Celene, the Lendore Isles, the Celestial Imperium, and Nippon are empty of civilians.
Homes, villages, entire cities are empty.
There is no sign of where the civilians went, and no scrying will discover it (same for all the below.)
Great armies of elves, on ship and on land, are visible.
They and their dragon allies are on the highest state of alert.
Anabstercorian:
The Solistarim are simply GONE.
Even 20 miles below sea level, under the Godspires, their great cities Below, caverns, mines, tunnels, are all deserted.
Alzem:
Alzem and his Celestials are fortifying the new Isle of Hope, putting all the magical defenses on it they can.
A small number of civilians from various Powers have come here; surprisingly few.
Alzem's military force is on highest alert.
Black Omega:
There is a surreal air of normalcy in the Vesve, where the Faerie maintain the integrity of the forest.
Outside of that forest, Perrenland and the Sepia Uplands are deserted.
The domain of Highfolk is also deserted, and the city of Highfolk is gone; obliterated on Turn 4.
Creamsteak:
The elves of the Delrunian alliance are dealing with radiation sickness, and a great part of their effort is going into fighting it.
Their giantish allies are quiet in the mountains.
Dagger:
The people of the Kingdom of Keoland, those that remain, all entirely in the military.
Every man and woman who can fight, is either ready to fight or training to fight.
Those who cannot fight, have taken shelter in deep bunkers or heavily fortified mountain refuges.
Darkness:
The Baklunish Alliance has massed it's armies on it's eastern borders.
Behind it's defenses, it's civilian population has taken cover in shelters, basements, and fortified castles and structures.
Mr Draco / Serpenteye
There is no civilian population in the Union of Oerth.
Every man and woman of the age of 13 and up has voluntarily joined the army (unprecedented.)
Those of 6 to 12 are being trained in the arts of war, and serve as camp followers, and are taking care of those of age 5 and under.
Every city and fortress in the Union is feverishly active, producing the necessities of war, along with newer and better weapons to fight the war with.
Festy Dog
Everything seems normal and peaceful with the Underdark Races of Festy Dog.
Which means that things can't be normal and peaceful.
Forsaken One
The Hive Cluster has disappeared (without a trace as to where it went.)
Individual formians can be seen by those scrying, and they are attacking and clearing out the Underdark in a wide radius around where the Hive Cluster used to be: no exceptions, all are killed. Even the other evil Underdark races.
Forrester
The Angels of Hope Island are doing something unprecedented.
They leave Hope Island - at least, most of them do - and fly to every conceivable place that could serve as an entry point to Realmspace from Greyspace.
The Angels then DRAW their swords, slender long swords that shimmer with a gentle, soft white light.
The Angels then stand, as motionless as statues, their shining hair and gauzy robes blown by breezes none can feel.
They are on guard.
Forrester, all efforts to figure out the superscience end in frustration.
It will take years for even the United Commonwealth to figure out how to make these weapons work, much less manufacture them.
The UC doesn't have years. The UC, might have only a few months.
The World Forum is now very concerned by the situation on Toril and in the Eternal Empire.
They are releasing another 1,000 PL to Forrester (in addition to his current PL) to protect Realmspace and the United Commonwealth.
GnomeWorks:
The entire Lortmil Technomancy is empty. Deserted. Papers lie on the floors of offices. Coffee cups are still half full. Typewriters still have stationary in them, with letters half finished.
All the power has been cut, and everything is dark in the underground realm of the Lortmil Technomancy.
Dark, silent, and empty.
Kalanyr:
The drow have set up in Ishtarland, along with huge numbers of yuan-ti, hempmonalanders, humanoids, giants, and others who came with them in the great exodus.
They are trying with sincerity to work with Ishtarland, and Ishtarland is working with them.
But it is difficult, in the last month of autumn, with so many transplanted peoples, so great magic is being used to create homes for the throngs of beings that have arrived here.
Maudlin:
Not a trace of Acererak.
Not a trace of Acererak's Minions.
Not a trace of the Scarlet Brotherhood.
Not a trace of the chromatic dragons who went to Acererak's aid.
Nothing. Literally nothing (even the Moderator has not heard anything.)
Melkor:
Nothing.
No sign of the Shade.
o'Skoteinos
The Pomarj is on full military alert.
It's civilian people are being housed in deep caves and bunkers.
The allies of the Pomarj are all on high alert, from one end of the Flanaess to the other.
Rhialto
A number of Black Brotherhood agents have been found and killed.
Everyone knows now where the rest of them are ... and the knowing is worse, perhaps, than the not knowing.
Sollir
The entire population of the League of Warlords, military and civilian alike, is GONE (without a trace as to where it went.)
Their massive fortifications protecting Riftcrag, their splendid, decadent cities within Riftcrag, are empty of all things, and all sounds but the wind.
Tokiwong:
The Empire of Malacki is a timebomb that hasn't gone off.
Every last man and woman is ready to attack.
Every army unit is ready to march.
Every spellcaster has his full arsenal of spells.
Every magical item in the realm has been readied.
There is no sign of any civilian population.
The great cities are empty. Railroads are silent and closed. Pipelines are shut off. Electricity is shut down except for the military.
Uvenelei:
The surviving population of Lyrn is trying to rebuild their country.
Ishtarland and Aaqa are maintaining a facade of normalcy, and civilians have not taken cover here.
There is still commerce in progress, still economic activity, still the bustle of a normal civilization.
Valkys:
The Unseelie have rarely been seen, and now is the rule, not the exception.
If the Unseelie have some secret base, they haven't come out of it.
The few Unseelie that can be sighted by scrying are (painfully) obviously not a part of Valky's force.
Williams:
The Kevellond League is totally deserted.
Cities and towns are ghost towns.
All the power grid has been shut down.
Pipelines, aren't flowing.
Radio antenna, are not transmitting.
Roads are empty, abandoned engines and freight cars sit on empty railways.
Great bunkers, meant to withstand even nuclear assaults, are empty.
Gone with the population is everything of value, taken to someplace else.
Zelda
The barbarians, of all people, are acting relatively normal.
They are continuing commerce amongst themselves.
They are continuing their fishing expeditions.
But they have armed all their male population, and the Snow Barbarians have armed all their female population also.
They do not appear to have any special sanctuarys or hideaways, the barbarians, although appearances can be deceptive.
The Storm-Riders, up in their glacial surroundings, are on full military readiness. Immune to the incredible cold, they are practicing the arts of war, preparing for the day of reckoning.
Fireland:
These indolent, lazy, decadent people have sent all those who wanted to fight, to fight.
Those that remain are engaged in one long hedonistic celebration, with a devil-may-care attitude.
AnaKeris
The native peoples of AnaKeris have retreated to underground or magically protected hideaways, terrified of the 5 million strong army of the Eternal Empire that has come to their land.
Equally terrified, but for different reasons, the 5 million man and woman army of the Eternal Empire has retreated behind the strongest defenses they could possibly build, and they continue to build more defenses as the onlooker watches.
The forces from Oerik on AnaKeris are, I would assume, hunkered down, waiting to see what happens.
Polaris:
The expeditions from Kalanyr's people and Serpenteye's people have found a continent empty of people, be they human, demihuman, or humanoid.
The two groups have just discovered each other's presence.
The rest of Telchuria.
The coastal people are hunkered down to survive Telchuria's terrible 7 month winter.
In the far interior, nothing is to be seen but an endless icecap, locked in winter's night.
Greyspace:
The expeditionary force from the Union of Oerth to Luna has found an empty, green land.
They have hunkered down, built heavily fortified shelters, and are engaged in their business.
The Elven Imperial Navy of Greyspace is in orbit around Oerth, warily watching the enemy fleet.
The Dwarven Mountain Spelljammers are with them.
The Gnomish Sidewheeler Fleet is with them.
The Mercenary Gith Fleet is also with them.
The Scro are watching back, their ships ready for anything.
The Illithid Starfleet of Greyspace is watching back cautiously, probing psionically when they dare.
The Neogi Fleet is watching with hatred and fear, waiting for the next move in the war.
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