In the winter of 1318 EP, every mage on Gaera with even a remote connection to the astral (say, Mag 2 or greater in PhilSys) felt a powerful magical surge run over the surface of the world. The effects of this surge seem to have been inconsequential in the physical world, though any delicate magical experiments might have to be adjusted or scrapped and restarted entirely because of it.
Some months later, word would begin ...
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