It was a good thing they were able to return and recover - for no sooner had the dawn come, when a terrifying sight appeared, just north of the city. A sudden and explosive growth of twisted trees, thorny vines, and evil-looking fungi, while protruding from the center of this bloom is a ghostly image of an impossibly tall alabaster tower atop a hill that looks too round to be natural. Within minutes, the ghostly image of an enormous, black dragon emerges from the peak of the tower, and begins circling over the city - while it may not be here physically, the sight of such a terrible foe sends many citizens fleeing in terror... and not the least of all, Amvarean.<br/><br/>By the end of the hour, though, the true threat is apparent; an unholy horde of monsters of all sorts - murderous beasts, crazed satyrs, giant worms, slavering deformed wyverns, lumbering giants, and blood-drinking plants - have emerged from the base of the tower, and set their eyes on the city, awaiting some unseen signal before they struck.