Chance sent the following report to TMN:
Hail Para!
Chance here with a few sketches from the recent strange invasion of a host of "random" creatures, ranging from Skels to Ember Wyrms and Lava Beetles! I thought those who missed it might be interested to see how the invasion began. Well, I actually missed sketching the first wave of Abyssal Hunters, but soon after that wave, a huge crowd of skels appeared near the Sentinel (see above).
Strangely, the monsters were quite threatening toward Law'n.
But some of those in town did not seem too worried about losing her!
A couple of exiles entered the "zoo" area and started slaughtering the skels, which seemed to trigger a wider invasion of them.
This was followed by several more waves, including more AHs, Lava Beetles, Ember Wyrms, Lava Wurms (I think!) and many others. I can't even remember them all. After some time, when many exiles were gathered in the free library healing up, we all received a strange feeling...
Shortly after, the gods generously granted experience to everyone involved in the battle.
It took a while for the effects to die down, though. I moseyed north and was surrounded in north forest by a huge swarm of vermine, mostly regular ones with a few larges thrown in. I had to call for some help! There were also an unusually large amount of vermine, including LVs and GVs, in the orchard and the snell one north of orchard. Then, in the first NWF snell, I was surrounded again by GVs, DVs and Artaks. I had to call for help again, and luckily, numerous exiles came to my aid.
One of the groups that came to help consisted of Trymon, Lily Fren, D'Ead and Zaerion. Trymon had been having difficulty since the invasion earlier. He kept coughing and choking, and he had coughed up a chulie in town. Now he fell right before our eyes!
Lily Fren made a momentous announcement.
But Trymon wasn't having much of it. For the rest of the time I was out of the library, I could hear Trymon and his companions arguing about his future dietary needs.
Best of luck to Thoom Trymon with that fish problem...
Cheers,
-Chance