The Veritas :: Homura

I. On the side of one of the Midnight Mountains of the Spectral Dusk, a Plexus point began to form from out of the Dimension Gate, pouring a great deal of energy into the land as it passed over the mountains. The Myst was drawn up from around the base of the mountain and upward into the air as the new energy from beyond seeped inside, dragging up the fog and covering the height of the mountains with nothing but Myst.

II. The Midnight Mountains were just beyond the Mysti Jungle, which had vegetation that branched from its primary growth area toward the base of the mountain and all alongside it, filling it with forests teeming with Myst. The temperate environment kept the vegetation alive, something like a jungle, yet with a stale and pale air like that of a cemetery.

III. Myst covered the full expanse of the sky and the ground in different layers -- thick clouds above were Myst and the rolling fog below was Myst -- with a thin layer of clarity in between the two surfaces of Myst. The land was murky and groggy.

IV. The foreign energy pouring into the Veritas from beyond seeped into the Midnight Mountains and pooled up as a lake of poison that was both a life source and energy source for the ambiguous one -- something like a home base and fuel supply. The area was filled with this energy the more it poured in, which altered the natural environment and ecosystem slightly from the new energy and its effect on the land.

V. Much of the wildlife that roamed about the continent was reptilian or amphibian given the climate, terrain and ecosystem, which was more hospitable to reptiles considering much of the continent was flatland if not jungle. Numerous creatures both Beast and Beastkin roamed the Midnight Mountains, and around the area where the energy from the Dimension Gate poured, a greater serpent manifested from the forest that harbored much of the amphibious and reptilian life, attracted to the energy. Winding around some of the lesser peaks of the mountain, it curled around the point of attraction, sealing it off with its body as it kept keen interest on the accumulation of the great deal of energy.

VI. Other lesser creatures than the great serpent also were attracted to the pooling energy and hopped into or within the proximity of the lake. When they touched it, they were exposed to the foreign energy that ended up mutating them in a way that only occurred when they touched this pooling foreign energy. The mutations were unknown, but they were apparent in various ways.

VII. Because of the chemical makeup of the foreign particles setting in the earth upon the Midnight Mountains, the earth itself reacted in a manner that was different from its normal activity. The land hardened beyond the point of its normal natural texture and became filled with many types of unnatural elements that rooted themselves to the isolated area, causing the air to fill with a presence and energy that drew forth hazardous intent in the air. The mountain trail in the area where the air became exposed to this foreign energy became more hazardous than the other areas, as did the terrain become more unstable everywhere beyond the hardened land. The air was filled with a hallucinogenic air that would draw those who walked into it toward the more hazardous traps and inhibitions all around the designated location.

VIII. Finally, when the land was secure and all of the streaming energy from beyond came to a halt, a strange laboratory was created out of the resources left over from the energetic downpour, piecing the land together particle at a time. It stood tall at the side of the Midnight Mountains with its poisonous lake of natural energy nearby and numerous strange creatures littered about the area beyond it. The air supported the life of the foreigner that established it and the Plexus point was inserted on the Veritas.