Handed down from mother to daughter and father to son, the Vigil scrawled a silent and unobtrusive line through history. Doomed to never be notable, always watching for the opportunity, these loyalists of Pazuzu did bide their time, awaiting the perfect chance to finally secure their King's release.

With the death of Agatheis the elemental lords of the farthest planes fell into turmoil, their conflict disturbing the order woven throughout Creation. Upon Achaea, Jeramun, the World Flame, shattered his armour. It was this that presented the Vigil with their long awaited chance.

Months later, Tiamenjiara heard the shattering of glass from her tower in the palace. The Mistral met Jeramun upon the mainland and it was time. Swiftly she made the journey and gathered her sacrifices. With stern tones she bade Bataoac open his mouth, and they entered the cave that the Northern Giant provided.

In keeping with their charade that lead most to believe they sought the dead Agatheis, a crystal was fashioned, and upon its cardinal facets the symbol of each element was wrought. Then the ritual took a darker turn.

The conjuror's four companions each called to an element before killing him or herself, their proffered blood was then daubed upon the diamond. Upon completion, the Vigil leader cast aside all pretense and confirmed suspicions held across the land as she loosed a maniacal laugh before plunging a dagger into the empowered stone.

It was at this point that their host, Bataoac, the Northern Giant, closed his mouth, cutting off the laugh with a decisive crunch.

Despite Tiamenjiara's death, the Vigil ritual completed, the living began to bleed and the skies erupted in a rain of blood that deluged across the world, filling rivers, lakes, swamps, and turning the oceans to a hellscape of gore.

To Be Continued...

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Summary:
The Vigil conducted a ritual during which all five of their present members perished. The ritual however completed and the land was bathed in blood. To Be Continued.

Penned by My hand on the 17th of Scarlatan, in the year 758 AF.