Spring came and went, and summer began to rear its head... until that fateful day, in late Desnus...<br/><br/>The report came from the west - an enormous whirlpool had suddenly appeared overnight in Lake Hooktongue. Nearly a tenth of a mile across, this enormous, swirling whirlpool seems to churn endlessly. Even more disturbing, the reports come in that swarms of jet-black swans drift endlessly around the whirlpool, being drawn into it and immediately fluttering away to its outer edges, allowing themselves to be pulled inward again. The water affected by it seems to be growing tainted and foul, and reeks of filth.<br/><br/>And, worst of all, it seems to be growing.