Hello and welcome back to Arois.

Next time the crew of the Storm Chaser, or perhaps soon to be the crew of the Star Chaser,

finished examining the upgrades to their airship by the inigmatic and unusual Lady Azaria.

Then they made preparations to take off and head to the Hawksdorn Archipelago to deal with

one of three major events taking place on Arois currently.

On arrival at Porto Sovrano, the party witnessed the effect the erupting volcanoes tidal currents

and earthquakes had been having.

Seeking out Duke Sovrano himself as well as Baroness Aaron Coralsong of the Tritons,

they got their bearings, learnt more information about the situation,

and then went in pursuit of strange V-mount dwarves made out of gemstones.

Finding a group on a small island dismantling old Solven ruins,

the party approached and was surprised to be recognised.

One of the dwarves, a construct like creation, seemed to connect their consciousness to

another who called herself D1, a cheerful dwarven personality,

informed the party that they were en route.

D1, appearing from the Earth via magic, is a construct called a maiden of Valena.

Made entirely of diamond, also known as diamond one,

D1 revealed that the maidens are attempting to finish the last two of Valena's great works.

These projects are causing fluctuations with the heat and sonar outputs of the world

engine and causing environmental issues in the archipelago.

The maidens and Valena are determined to continue their work,

but D1 does mention that there are two possible ways to reduce the environmental impact,

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