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Five spirits, past members of past packs, have made their appearance in the lands. With their emergence into the realm of the living, new lands have also come forth. They have each chosen a pack to guide, but their motives are unclear. They have made it apparent that they will not reveal anything but their names. Why have they arrived now? Why have they chosen to guard the packs, and most importantly - from what?

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Strangely, in the season they are most abundant, all forms of large prey have suddenly moved on. Only rabbits, mice and other small game are left, but they are well-hidden and rarely venture into the open. Even the wolves feel a strange sort of menace upon the breeze. What do the animals fear so greatly?

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New, empty lands have been discovered, ripe for the taking. Who will claim them? They have been dubbed Caladur by the spirits, and reserved for those who are sly and cunning. Surely more than one wolf wants to be the alpha of this bountiful new terra.

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As summer wore on and temperatures rose, the land started to turn from a luscious green to a dull yellow. Grasses begged for rain to come and the earth crumbled to dust in the heat. All this was also happening in the Eldor Plains. Once such a beautiful green expanse, it now lay parched and unhappy, and even the river looked sad and at a loss. No rain had fallen for weeks, and a feeling hung in the air that not all was as it should be.

Then one day, just past noon, it started. At first only a wisp, a tiny hint of smoke barely visible, curled into the dead air. But soon, heat waves shimmered above the ground as it heated up and, suddenly, the orange and red flicker of a flame appeared…and grew. Eating up the dry grass like a hungry animal, it came, edging it’s way closer and closer to the parched forest. And as it ate, it grew, and as it grew, it became angrier and angrier. It wanted that forest.

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The fire has reached the Ceon Meadow, and is proceeding quickly towards the Orden Forest.

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The fire is in the Orden Forest. it has split, and is stretching towards both the Veren and Tyrehl packs. It carefully avoids the home of the spirits in a very un-fire-like way.

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Having taken its fill of the Orden Forest, the fire is now in the process of burning through the woods of the Tyrehl and Veren packs.

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The fire moved quickly through the Ton'osy Forest and is now taking on the Erkeni lands.

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The fire had passed through the Veren and Erkeni lands, heading towards the Zehr forest from two directions. But strangely, the fire stopped. It continued to burn at the Zehr borders, but it remained there, as if it didn't want to go on.

And then it began to snow. Nature's power combined with that of the spirits has extinguished the furious inferno and cleansed the smoke-filled air, but nothing except time can repair the damage done to the lands.

With the fire gone, the prey has also returned, and food is plentiful once more.

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A slightly dangerous, mischief-making spirit is on the loose, and it will choose unsuspected wolves to tease and taunt. The packs have been warned; it is not safe to be alone or in small groups. The spirit will target any wolf that is unprotected. So far, nothing truly bad has resulted from these 'attacks', but who can tell how long that will last?

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The spirit of Mischief has been killed by Kehme, former alpha of the Erkeni pack. But in the struggle, his own life was taken, and Kirin has been left in control of the pack. The spirits are weakening as they try to contain the demon; who knows how much longer they will last?

The packs are being informed of the impending doom; some take it seriously, while others brush it off as nonsense. Who will be proven correct?

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The wolf Tristan, a member of the Erkeni, has returned from a meeting with the spirits, but he is not the same. The pack has noticed his change; he is now rude and arrogant, whereas once he was gentle and humble. And now wolves fall prey to strange symptoms, suggestions of a disease that follows no pattern and favors no wolf. Pack members and loners alike are affected by its spread. The peace of the lands has been broken; suspicion and fear abound, fed by the sudden actions of their unknown enemy. But their time is running out; before long, they will all have to choose sides and face their loved ones in battle.

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The prolonged absence of the previous Caladur alpha has led to a shift in power, resulting in Nyx seizing control. Lakota and Vyess, the previous Tyrehl alphas, have moved to the neutral territories in search of solitude. They have left Celestia as caretaker of their lands, though she does not wish to be alpha of the pack.

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The rest of the plot has been summarized in this thread.