The Hollowed Ground's History

In Big A(spire)ations a group of individuals consisting of Ronin, Ashetta, Koel, and Roana approach The Spire. They’re quickly intercepted by the guard of the Spire, a monster that appears to be…inorganic. Despite failing to defeat it, they gain relevant information for the future.

Following the defeat of the demon, dissent spread like wildfire among the inhabitants of the Hollowed Grounds. Two factions emerged - those who wished to breach the Spire, like, yesterday and those who wished to wait and to learn more about it.   Eventually, the Spire was breached by members of both groups, - the Ascended proved the key to opening the monolith. And in they went...Roana, Are, Maea, Lucas, Kristopher, Jigano, Amalia, and Rory heading down into the Spire, and Samuel, Ashetta, Aedion, and Zariah going up. Both Kristopher and Aedion perished within.   Below the Spire a strange pillar of light was glimpsed (Roana jumped in it and was spat out in the The Greatwood, huh) but the others were blocked from further exploration when the air decided to be poisonous.   Faith was tested at the very top of the Spire, and Zariah promised her life in exchange for passage through to the final chamber. Her willingness to sacrifice herself and her courage proved to be just what was needed to open the door, and Zariah survived the encounter.   Within, the group were confronted with the Core, the physical counterpart to the Voice who, after three hundred years powering the Spire (and thus causing her own entrapment) was nothing more than a mummified child. 108 sacrificed herself by removing the power cell from the Core... and thus the barrier dropped. The Voice explained that she was the reason for the Outlanders being dropped into Caido. Using the last vestiges of her willpower, she scanned worlds and realities for those who might best be able to free her. And here you all are!   Following the defeat of the demon, dissent spread like wildfire among the inhabitants of the Hollowed Grounds. Two factions emerged - those who wished to breach the Spire, like, yesterday and those who wished to wait and to learn more about it.   Eventually, the Spire was breached by members of both groups, - the Ascended proved the key to opening the monolith. And in they went...Roana, Are, Maea, Lucas, Kristopher, Jigano, Amalia, and Rory heading down into the Spire, and Samuel, Ashetta, Aedion, and Zariah going up. Both Kristopher and Aedion perished within.   Below the Spire a strange pillar of light was glimpsed (Roana jumped in it and was spat out in the The Greatwood, huh) but the others were blocked from further exploration when the air decided to be poisonous.   Faith was tested at the very top of the Spire, and Zariah promised her life in exchange for passage through to the final chamber. Her willingness to sacrifice herself and her courage proved to be just what was needed to open the door, and Zariah survived the encounter.   Within, the group were confronted with the Core, the physical counterpart to the Voice who, after three hundred years powering the Spire (and thus causing her own entrapment) was nothing more than a mummified child. 108 sacrificed herself by removing the power cell from the Core... and thus the barrier dropped. The Voice explained that she was the reason for the Outlanders being dropped into Caido. Using the last vestiges of her willpower, she scanned worlds and realities for those who might best be able to free her. And here you all are!   Read about it here

A sickness has taken over the The Greatwood, called The Blight.   Learn more about it.

Delah summoned Wessex to account for the murder of the Mathair and its five Fae guards. The meeting of the queens ended with fractured alliances and closed borders, with Delah declaring she would not allow Grounders into the woods until the Wraith stepped down.  

The Voice has given the Ascended a choice to make in. Either slay the LongNight monsters or let them live. Wessex hosts a meeting in the safe house for them all to try and come to a unanimous decision, only to have that backfire thanks to Neron and Samuel, and the Ascended receive a patch to help them survive against the monsters of LongNight rather than to extinguish them all. They don't agree unanimously, and requested a year to get prepared. A request that the Voice agrees to in a robot congress.

LongNight begins with a bang, as Rexanna leaves The Temple when she realizes Clemente is stuck outside. Both manage to survive through the monsters, but Safrin's Door results in both of their deaths, the moment they touch it (Deimos (with the help of Safrin and Samuel) created a door that would help protect against the LongNight monsters, by making it impassable by the LongNight monsters.)   This leaves the Grounds without a Queen. In the wake of Rexanna’s death, another must take her place, and Evie Wordsworth is crowned in a new queen.   In {DROP} cleverly and quietly , Amalia, Ronin, and Wessex go to The Spire. Trauma runs abound as Wessex nearly dies in the top of the Spire, and Ronin and Amalia try to rescue a child who is 'chained' within. Ronin tries to mercy kill the boy, but the child detonates in Amalia's arms.   Joshua meets his demise during LongNight in Who is Knocking, Me oh My?.   Eventually, the Sparkbird arrives to the Hollowed Grounds in {RE} over and over again. Oia'i'o and Kaimana perish from venturing too far into the shadows.

Wessex opts to step down from leadership and into military status, holding conversations with Isla and Bastien, and passing them into the sovereign roles in why the most dangerous thing is to love.   An official board notice goes here.   Later, Bastien decides to step down from leadership, and take on an ambassador role in a Notice Board post here.