Weekly Portents

June 11, 2030

Good morning, everyone.
Once again I’ll be dispensing with the pleasantries and melodrama and just get right down to it.
In my last article I wrote about loads of doom and gloom coming our way in the near future and I believe I said to expect it early June. Well here we are and the castle is still standing. We’re all still alive. 

But why?
Did I lead you astray?
Did I lie to you?
Am I just a fraud seeking attention?
No.

What I, myself, saw in my vision that night was very real and still haunts me to this day. I still dream about the castle burning every bloody night. Still dream about the ministry in rubble. Still dream of the creatures in the forest being controlled by some madman and slaughtering all of us. And it’s only gotten worse, not better, compared to even just a week ago. 

I’m of the firm belief that the dragon’s ‘activity’ that we saw in the forest last Sunday was all part of our enemy’s plan and it was only just the beginning. This was one part of the vision that I intentionally omitted from my previous article. We already had one student get themselves ‘missing-and-presumed/obviously-dead’ by traipsing into the forest after this bloody thing. Last thing I needed was another of you adding to this year’s pile of bodies.

Right, anyway… that special magical ring was buried in the dragon’s nest but our enemy managed to drive the dragon out just long enough to carry out his plan. I cannot say for certain if he was successful or not but the horrible twisting feeling in my gut tells me to prepare for the worst.

So what do we do now? I’ve no bloody idea, if I’m being honest. 
Reckon the first thing we need to do is not bloody panic. If we panic we stop thinking straight and all that does is tip things in our enemy’s favour. As always, be prepared, keep your eyes open, practise your spells, and rely on each other but don’t trust who/what hasn’t yet earned your trust! 

And bring your torches because there’s dark days ahead, my friends.

-Riven Redwhisper