In the fourth cycle of Jena Year 2551, the disastrous consequences of the drought in the Burning Desert came to a climax. At the beginning of the cycle, the desert tribes were protesting outside the Fyros cities, and frahar were swarming over two of the desert regions. By the end of the cycle, the tribes had all gone home, and the frahar problem had been mostly solved.

This didn't happen easily or quickly though. After the events of the second cycle, most of the Akenak resigned in protest. And with nobody to take action anymore, the problems only worsened during the third cycle. It was only after foreign intervention and the election of a new Akenak that the problems started getting resolved.

The tribes were one by one negotiated with until they could be convinced to withdraw their forces. The frahar however were a bigger problem. A detailed investigation had to be launched to find why they were multiplying so quickly, before a large expedition could finally put a stop to it.

Buildup

Buildup for this event continued on from Water Perils, Saturday, 3 July, 2010.

The events of the second cycle had left the desert tribes protesting outside the Fyros towns Dyron and Thesos, and aggressive frahar camping at the oasis. In the third cycle, the situation escalated further as some of these tribes moved to blockade the gates of Pyr itself.

And still the Senate refused a military action. Ofcourse this didn't stop some citizens of the desert from attempting to remove the tribes by force themselves. But they only obtained temporary successes, the tribes always returning with reinforcements. Thought after the first skirmishes they did move further away from Pyr.

In the last months of the third cycle, the Matis chamber of Nobles, perhaps feeling regret over their earlier actions, invited the tribes of the desert to move to Virginia Falls in Hidden Source to last out the drought there. The three tribes that were blockading Thesos at the time accepted this invitation and made camp in Hidden Source for the rest of the drought, clearing Thesos of tribal blockade.

Dyron and Pyr remained under siege, however.

Because all attention was focussed on these tribes, nobody noticed the frahar...

Akenak Assembly

The Akenak assembly started at 23:00 GMT, Wednesday, 21 July, 2010.

NPC speeches

Exhausted Homin

Why? Because no one believes me!

*imploring tone*

I have seem him! Believe me!
A huge Frahar as big as a mighty Kincher!

*gives a discouraging sigh*

But all think I'm crazy...
It was only a few hundred meters from here that it marched past.

Well, it was dark. But its enormous eyes flashed at me! Then I immediately took flight. But that's understandable... or not?

I will never forget the sight ...

*stares at the ground and starts shaking*