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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1981522" data-attributes="member: 2020">The Reality of War... seems imminent to the people of the Theocracy of the Pale, Ratik, and the Lendore Isles.  Across the Theocracy of the Pale, every able bodied man is drafted, while the women are sent the the Cathedral Fortresses of the Priest-Lords.  All the fields are abandoned, tools lay unused, homes and hovels are empty, and cattle graze uninterrupted and uncontrolled across field and neighbors' field alike.  The capital city of Wintershiven overflows with soldiers and refugees.  Food is rationed, water is rationed, stringent measures are taken to isolate diseases.    Other towns and cities in the Theocracy, such as Holdworthy, Hatherleigh, Hawkburgh, Landrigard, Elitson, and Stradsett are likewise filled with refugees as the peasant population flees behind their walls for safety, and the local lords muster all their troops and mobilize the militia.  In the cities and towns, every underground wine cellar, vegetable cellar, basement, storm shelter, and anything else that would count is being used to house people.  And more underground shelters are being built, as fast as is physically possible.  Nobody wants to stay above ground, not even in the great stone cathedral fortresses.   Eventually, if there is sufficient time, the population of the Theocracy will work in 3 shifts, with only one shift above ground at any given time, and the rest in shelters dug out of the solid stone.  The elves of Aliador send great forces to help with the excavation of these shelters, the fortification of cities and towns, and the creation and laying of heavy tarps, soaked  with water, on building tops.  They also bring in enormous amounts of food and safe water, and they prepare Wintershiven for an assault by fire.  Given the grim reality of Apocalypse from the Sky, there is great fear, and men and elves alike hurry to build the underground shelters.  For Wintershiven cannot be protected by an Aerial Shield in the way Varna was, and even were it possible, all the elven mages are currently busy in Varna.  In Ratik, the famed Swanmay Sororities of that country move to guard the border, and the famed Rangers of Ratik join them.  Men and women alike mobilize, Marner the capital becomes a sea of spears and swords, underground shelters are built, and a careful watch on the sea is maintained by Ratiks' small fleet.  Across the country, men and women put down their tools and take up their swords.  They move their children and infirm to the safety of the fortress city of Ratikhill, the capital of Marner, and other walled towns of the country.  The Faerie of Ratik, a small and potent force, join up with the Swanmay and Rangers along the borders.  In the Lendore Isles, the elves and faerie alike fortify their sacred places.  There are no cities here except Lo Reltarma, so the elves retreat to their mystical refuges deep in the forests, warded by the strongest magic the elves could create.    In Lo Reltarma, the elves that remain there remain underground, and attempt to maintain a network of communication through the isles and with Aliador.</blockquote>

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