Well, through some conversation with our beloved ST and reading through his latest posts there is going to be an assault on the manses of the city.  This will disrupt the essence flow and grid, leaving behind some nastiness and truly weakening the city.  Likely this could lead to some explosions and a multitude of deaths to form a shadowland.  My character is in an obvious position to know of this situation.<br/><br/>My thought is that I can put up a post where she is communicating with her djala allies back at the Koshak's camp.  Now that we have established her meeting with Madder, perhaps we can tie these cult practices and suicides into this effort.  Perhaps stating that the suicides are occurring near or at these manses, thereby helping to taint the essence.  May hap the "suicides" are actually part of rituals conducted by the Abyssals to taint the essence of the manse and also assist them in destroying the system.<br/><br/>Using this, we can bring Koshak and Madder together.  Gears is trying to keep the manse grid safe, Madder wants to protect her home from these insidious cults and Koshak wants to defend the people from the walking dead here.  So maybe we can write in that Madder has an idea to setup an ambush at one of these manses.  Gears can figure out which one based on the fluctuations, Madder can gather her people to confirm and help setup the attack and Koshak can rush in with his troops so that we can engage the threat.<br/><br/>At the time our characters wouldn't know this is an Abyssal threat.  There are rumors of the dead rising, but of course Death Knights are still a strange threat for us to face.  So when our characters comes forward to shut down this threat to the city, the Death Knight(s) reveal themselves with a massive battle ensuing.  This event could trigger a more open conflict over the city.