<strong>Aliera</strong><br/><br/>As the door opened, the slightly exotic older woman stepped into the room.  "I'm not sure yet . . . everything magic just went dead a minute ago," she explained, "The lights at the Tower are out too, and I can't reach any of the adepts or other magi telepathically either."  It was Aliera's job to oversee the dorm, make sure nothing untoward happened and all that stuff.