Waterdeep City. a bustling city on the east coast, purpose built to ease the growing fear. Waterdeep City was home to Acquisitions Incorporated. The first fifteen years of the century were a turbulent time. Tensions reached their height during Shadespire expansion, the newer area of Waterdeep. Right at the heart of this maelstrom of anger was Waterdeep City.

Despite his powers, Jim had always enjoyed summer. It did not last very long in Waterdeep. At the moment, the sun's rays shone through the large window of Omin Dran's office lighting up the room. Clad in blue and silver, Omin sat at his desk.

Strix looked up from her work and eyed the window. She got up, went over to it, and opened it. Sounds of birds chirping and people out in the main town area floated through the window. A wave of warm air washed over Strix.

That's better, Strix thought. She went back to her seat and resumed her writing tasks.

"Omin?"

"What?"

Strix smiled. "Have you checked in on Viari?"

"No, but im also not obligated to heal or check on him either"

For the next few minutes, the sounds of Omin's pen could be heard scribbling about, giving his signature for trade documents and various other documents. He was just about to sign his name for a seed shipment when a knock came on the door.

"Omin?"

The voice was much deeper than Strix's, but Omin recognized it immediately.

"What Jim"

Jim Darkmagic walked over, "I have news."

"Can it wait?"

"It's urgent."

Strix gave a small sigh. "What's the news."

Jim moved aside, letting Viari slide into a seat next to Strix.

"Something terrible has happened at that farm, you know the one near Darkwater" he replied.

"I'm afraid I don't have the time for that. Why don't you just tell me the problem?"

"It is better that I show you. Please, I am not trying anything funny. It is something you ought to see for yourself."

Omin thought for a moment. It was a nice day out, and this was a way for him to enjoy the weather without feeling like he was shirking his duties. And he could always finish his paperwork later, plus his greed to acquire things got the better of him.

"Very well. What do you guys think?."

"Sounds good." Strix said

" Yea, i will get the coach" Viari said.

The coach made its way down the dirt road, They made their way down past the farmer's home and stopped near the cornfield. The Group stepped out.

"Be on your guard," Omin instructed to the others.

Jim then started to walk towards the cornfield. He beckoned to the others.

"This way."

The three of them followed Jim through the numerous, still-growing stalks of corn until they came to a large, circular clearing. Strix looked down at the ground, and saw that the stalks in the area had been flattened, yet each one was still perfectly intact; they had not been broken at all. Omin noticed the look of curiosity on Strix's face.

"Strange, isn't it? This is just one area, I've been finding other clearings just like this one. This is the biggest circle, but there's smaller ones nearby. C'mon."

The four of them walked further, leaving the main clearing and moving through a small path of more flattened stalks. At the end, it led out into another clearing, not quite as large as the first.

Jim surveyed the clearing, then looked back at the small path they had just come from.

"Give me a moment."

With a wave of his hand, a flying carper materialized. Jim stepped onto it and began to manipulate it upwards. It carried him up, up, until he was about a hundred feet above the ground. From his elevated position, Jim was able to look down on the entire field and see the clearings from the air. There was seven circles in total. The largest circle was in the center of the cornfield, with six smaller ones around it. Two were on top, two were on the bottom, and two more were on either side of the center circle, on the left and right. Each small circle was connected to the large one via a path of flattened stalks, like the one They had just walked through. Whoever had made these patterns must have had knowledge of geometry; each small circle was the exact same size, and the paths on the top and bottom of the large circle formed an exact 33-degree angle.

Jim made the carpet float back down, gently lowering himself to the ground. Once it had finished its descent, Jim teleported the carpet with another wave of his hand. He turned to the others.

"This is all very odd, but why did you feel it necessary to show me this? This sort of issue is more appropriate for a agriculture minister."

"That is not all that's happened, There is...something I found."

In the space of a single night, all of the farmer's cows had been slaughtered. Each one was missing their entire set of internal organs; brain, heart, lungs, liver, everything. Even their eyes and tongues were gone. Every cow had also been completely drained of blood. However, other than that there wasn't a single scratch anywhere on the carcasses. Someone, or something, had somehow managed to remove all of that without making a single cut. It wasn't until after Viari sliced open a cow's chest that they could even see it was missing its innards. At least the missing organs made it easier for the carcasses to be disposed of, there was less to burn to ashes and bury.

Strix opened her eyes wide and looked at the sky. It was starting to get cloudy, and what had been a bright summer day was now shadowy and ominous.

" Ok Jim, youve got my attention" Omin said.