Plot Drop - The Storm
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.
In a place ruled by magic, it is easy for one to feel…powerful. It’s easy to forget the struggles and hardships of a life without magic. To feel above it all.
The court is distracted by the growing animosity between Emrys and Maron, the gentry all focused on the season’s weddings and marrying off their children and the people of Witchfell kept busy by the labours of their lives. No one could have foretold the storm that swept over the mountains.
Summer storms are not uncommon, the rain usually a welcome relief from the heat and blessed irrigation for summer crops. But when the skies darkened above Witchfell in the early hours of the morning there was nothing blessed or welcoming about them. The clouds churned in tides of deep purple and threatening green, thunder cracked and echoed off the mountains. And the heavens fell to earth.
The rain swept over the mountain range, so dense and so fierce it knocked trees from the ground and dislodged rocks from their homes. Lakes and dams swelled and raged like the open sea, breaking against their borders and overflowing into the river system. It all happened so fast, even those with water talents couldn’t hold back the tides that rose from the riverbanks.
The commons of Witchfell were the first affected by the flood, water raging in from the river and overflowing from the catacombs beneath the city. Entire homes and business were washed away, those that stayed standing quickly filling with water and debris. Not even the nobility were safe, the gaudy estates also falling victim to the wrath of the storm as the floodwaters rose through the city. Fallen trees, collapsed buildings and a city’s worth of debris trapped dozens of people and stole countless lives.
And still the rains continued. The citizens of Witchfell rallied; feuds and animosity momentarily forgotten in the continued wake of Mother Nature’s carnage.
Trapped citizens include; Finnick Paxton and Mia Beauchamp are trapped in the palace greenhouse. Jaya Fontaine and Osiris de Lorraine are trapped in a cafe in downtown Witchfell. Lorelai Blythe, Theodore Baxter and Nimue Mackenna are trapped in the kitchens of the Magus Academia. Ezra Rothschild, Thomas Price and Evgenia Muradova are trapped on the roof of a gazebo in the Botanique de la Reine. Caspian Briarthorne, Linden Rothschild and Dahlia Beauchamp are trapped the lower halls of the Royal palace. Nox and Natalya Volkova are trapped in the catacombs beneath the city.
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ooc: we love a cheeky plot drop! The storm rages for three days, with flooding and damage rampant throughout the city. Your threads can take place at any point during the storm or in the aftermath. The following groups below have become trapped together in the wake of the storm, the wellbeing of your characters in these groups is entirely up to you! Feel free to use the storm to hurt (or protect) your characters to your hearts content. This list is also not conclusive! If you have plotted with another writer to have characters trapped together, or even just trapped on their own, that’s also welcome! These pairings/groups were generated simply to encourage more interactions! Any questions please reach out to us! Have fun and enjoy the storm!
