Posted, but wait...there's more! After conferring with dragonmancer, here's our first 'World Event.' Feel free to respond to it as you like.

[b][color=ff0000]WORLD EVENT-Welcome Back![/color][/b]

Unbeknownst to the Pantheon, Erathel, the largest landmass on Gaea, has become a battlefield between four powerful demon lords. During the Silence, each of these fearsome individuals tried to conquer the continent, but they were too evenly matched and a fragile peace fell across the land. One of these demonic lords, Azmodan, also known as the Bane of Ermio and the Malady That Walks, has just learned the gods and goddesses have returned to Gaea. Although his mystical abilities are impressive enough to give a deity pause, Azmodan knows he’d probably be destroyed if he openly fought the members of the Pantheon. Fearing the loss of his status as Demon Lord of the South, Azmodan has dispatched small groups of bloodthirsters, mighty warriors sworn to serve the demon lords, to gauge the strength of Erathel’s southern settlements. While these scouting parties haven’t taken any aggressive action, bloodthirsters aren’t known for their restraint or good humor. Thus far, these lesser demons have been seen near Ha’zufel, Talpike, River Deep and Mumue.

Each group of bloodthirsters is led by a demon carrying a teardrop-shaped sapphire pendant attached to a fine silver chain. A watery black fluid sloshes around inside the gemstone, though no god or mortal knows the purpose of this unusual object. Even the god of sorcery, Dormammus, would be unable to discern what the item can do. This is because only a demon can use these mindstones to converse with Azmodan, though a god or goddess could unravel the artifact’s secrets if given enough time.