Brightening the skies above Sapience, a veil of crimson light flooded
the heavens, heralding a time of fortune and celebration. Called the
aurora supernalis, the phenomenon marks fifteen cycles of the Dance of
the Vault since the beginning of the modern age: 172 years after the
fall of the Seleucarian Empire.

Accompanying the auspicious omen, the mysterious merchants of the
itinerant bazaar arrived in Sapience, offering rare goods to discerning
customers; the benevolent dwarf Ironbeard made a number of surprise
visits, bearing gifts for lucky adventurers; and far in the north,
Sarapis, the Logos, returned to mortal perception, holding audience in
his temple in the Valley of Saoghal.

Alas, the heavenly reign of the aurora supernalis was all too brief, but
astronomers look forward to its return approximately 29 years from now!

Penned by My hand on the 21st of Sarapin, in the year 606 AF.