Some would later claim that the storms were particularly violent, that first half of Charlatos in the year 5120. That the icy winds, hail, and snow that swirled around within and came down from the Dragonsclaw Range(and in particular the harsh, craggy Sentoph Mountain) were especially virulent, seeming to almost contain sentience among themselves. One specific night is often recalled in the hushed tones in which such things are spoken. A night no colder than any other, but unusual for the fact that in the midst of the seasonal storms the bare faces of the fourth brother Sentoph were strangely calm for some period of hours.

The sharpest of sharp-eyed Eagles, if sitting on the bell tower of the Wehnimer's Landing Temple, might that night have even been able to pick out the massive Obsidian Tower that sat on Sentophs northern slope. The mana storm swirling around it as it always had and likely always would.

The sharpest of sharp-eared Owls, if nested in the eaves of the Raging Thrak Inn, might that night have been able to pick out the sounds of a thunder that came not from the ever-present mana storm, but from... under the ground?

Some days later a rumor spread around the streets of the city there on the shore of Darkstone Bay.

Among the Dhe'nar(those strange dark-skinned tribal elves that had migrated from beyond the Southron Wastes) a challenge had been issued. A Challenge approved by the Obsidian Council. The door to the Chamber of Fate had been opened and closed behind two, and when opened again the one known as Avaia(she who had always referred to herself as Lo'mah when asked, a Dhe'nari word meaning Priestess she was sometimes heard to explain) had emerged as only the second High Lady of the Dhe'nar of the North.

For some time after that there was occasionally seen flying high in the skies above Wehnimer's Landing an unusual sight. Unusual mostly for the fact that it was always seen alone, and seemed to circle the town for a number of hours and then head back south towards bare-boned old Sentoph.

A single Black Swan.