110 years after Galucca was founded, something terrible happened! It was late at night, but at Pettonta Castle they were still awake. In Old Town the small streets were pretty empty, and most residents were ending their busy day.
Then the sounds could be heard from nearly every corner of the Countship. Rumbling from the mountains. Was it an earth quake? How would they know? Was it the old volcano that was about to come to life? How would they know? For more than 100 years they experienced nothing like this!
They noticed it very well at the castle, but the movements were even stronger where the farmland meets the industrial area, down by the old mines. Where Gal River starts its journey down to Ucca Island.
The poor farmers and workers were terrified. Outside, the stars could no longer be seen. A smoky carpet covered the area.
Huge rocks fell out from the steep mountain side, a couple small worker homes were smashed. Some of the factories were damaged, too. Luckily, there were no workers in the factories this late. But in the mines... miners work night and day because there is no daylight inside the mountain anyway. Now the night shift had just walked in there... for the very last time...
Then the unbelievable happened! The ground... sank...! As if there was a huge hole to fill underground. Within minutes the area was filled with smelly water.
Such a terrible night! I don't know yet who were in the mines, or if anyone were killed or wounded elsewhere. Although the catastrophe was announced in previous updates, I'm now feeling quite guilty for letting this happen. Anyway, finally the cat is out! But there will be consequences - to be dealt with in the coming updates...
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