<div align="center">(https://wheninyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Powerful-Lightning-Monsoon.jpg?x18368)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Location: Expedition Camp</strong></span></div><hr/>Darkness fell quicker than was expected, the mass of clouds that had been building on the horizon rushing toward the island. When the rain began, there was barely any buildup before it was pouring. Lightning crashed in the distance, rumbling thunder vibrating the air around the expedition. And then a bolt of electricity smashed into the center of the camp, sending flaming tent debris flying. One might expect the rain to put out the flames, but the wind seemed just as intent to keep it burning.<br/><br/>Those in the<strong>mess tent</strong>would be close enough to the first strike that they were knocked off their feet for a moment. The camp itself soon devolved into chaos, with various warriors yelling words that were swallowed by the howling air. Eventually, the storm seemed to lessen enough that the gist of the facts could be heard by everyone: the camp was under attack.<br/><br/>And those on the<strong>outskirts</strong>of the camp would have a better view of the assailants - mostly because they came face-to-face with them first. They were hunched-over beings unlike any humans or demons. Around their heads was a mane of thick, coarse hair that extended over their scalps, and their thin, wiry limbs belied the speed and power with which they moved. They held crudely forged weapons, barbed and wicked, in each of the hands at the end of their four arms. Their eyes were wild, crazed, and when one stood at its full height it would be at least nine-foot tall.<br/><br/><em>"Sssstorm god disssspleasssed. Desssstroy the intruderssss."</em>The one that spoke was heavily ornamented, with glowing markings over its body. The words could be heard by everyone as if they were carried on the winds themselves. Then a mass of the beings charged at the camp, some stopping to attack Fredrick and the others, while the rest flowed around them to strike at the camp itself.