A sound like thunder and a sight like lightning ripped through the woodlands. The nearby vegetation ripped and burned as arcane energy tore them apart. This took merely a fraction of a second before it was over and had it not been for young woman lying unconscious on the smoldering grass one might assume it had never happened at all.<br/><br/>Fortunately the woman was uninjured and after a few moments she began to stir. She was atop a small hill or rise in the terrain and, as she slowly regained her senses, she would soon be able to spot what appeared to be a dirt road some distance from her. In the other directions lightly forested woodlands stretched on seemingly endlessly though the sound of water emanated from the opposite direction of the road. The midday sun illuminated the area well despite the shade provided by the thin, green trees and the smell of the burned flora filled her nostrils.