In recent days individuals have appeared within the guildhouses of the land, offering their services as tutors to their guilds. These masters of their arts are able to teach all of their guild skills to the highest levels, a service they will willingly provide to any guild members.

In a daring move today, some intrepid explorers from Elysium and Ysallyra first broke through the southern edge of the jungle of Sian Dorah into the vast expanse of the Southern Swamps, little knowing the horror that awaited them within its boundaries.

Advancing deeper into the swamp they soon came across a circle of standing stones, the intrepid duo stepping within, realising too late that the stones were the home of the Hydra, a beast of unimaginable strength that soon slew them, their bones the first of many to mark its lair.