BROADLEAF-EVENT. Intro to Nadja/Gunnr for Wellspring.
NREACH-219.BROADLEAF-EVENT
- PREPARER(S)
- ████ ██████ (WHISPERS)
- ██████ ██████ (R&D.AA)
- ██. █████ ██████ (R&D.AA)
The Broadleaf Event was a large arcane detonation occurring deep in the Erkunian Forest, Northern Reaches. At ████ (CCT1) the Hornisgrinde station noted what they initially classified as a ”significant equipment malfunction” across all of their arcanometers (see TRANSCRIPT-01). The overall output of the event rivals ██████ and was the largest unexpected event in the past 9 years.
The detonation dug a crater 183 feet across with a max depth of 19 ft2. The edges appeared compacted but did not show signs of much temperature change. The surrounding forest was pushed back an additional 41 feet with downed trees forming a natural wall around the site. The center of the blast showed signs of a strong temperature gradient, falling off sharply with past 5 feet.
An initial team (ASSET-01) arrived on site at ████3. A-01.1 reports delays due to difficult terrain. Team members scaled the tree wall in attempts to minimize scene contamination. A-01’s circumnavigation of the crater discovered SUBJECT-01, S-02, and ARTIFACT-01 (see attachments). Tracks leading away from the site indicate a likely S-03, though their presence could not be confirmed.
NREACH-219.TRANSCRIPT-01
- Hornisgrinde Station (HS)
- +00:00 - Reporting significant equipment malfunction.
- +00:12 - ACM wide failure. All reporting +3000/4000 over baseline sustained.
- +00:54 - ACM deviation increasing. +7500 over.
- +01:19 - Please advise.
- Whispers Central (WC)
- +01:40 - ACK. DO NOT RESET EQUIPMENT.
- +01:49 - Coordinating. Continue to record.
- HS
- +03:04 - ACM readings appear to have peaked. +8104 reached at ████ and has begun dropping. +6981 now.
- +03:19 - ACM falling off a cliff. Only +106.
- WC
- +03:38 - Other stations confirm rough magnitude. Expect a team.
- +03:44 - You are ordered to begin LOCKDOWN. Recall any personnel that have left since event began. CONFIRM.
- HS
- +04:07 - Confirmed. LOCKDOWN initiated.
NREACH-219.ASSET-01
A recovery team from the Operations department. 4/6 local to Hornisginde Station. Roster:
- A-01.1
- █████ ███
- OPS.██
- A-01.2
- ███ ███
- R&D.FSS
- A-01.3
- Yannick Khez
- OPS
- A-01.4
- Dominick Gutman
- OPS
- A-01.5
- Sarah McLear
- OPS
- A-01.6
- Marcus Velmar
- OPS
NREACH-219.SUBJECT-01
- CLASSIFICATION
- Human
S-01 is a young human female. She was found alive but unconscious 14 feet north west of the crater. Her body bore numerous wounds, many obviously pre-dating the event itself. A-01.2 administered ████ to ensure S-01 did not regain consciousness during investigation.
After processing, S-01 was remanded to ██████ for ████ ██████████████ while ████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. Subject was then released and allowed to regain full consciousness.
NREACH-219.SUBJECT-02
- CLASSIFICATION
- Beast / Ancient / DECEASED
S-02 was a large male boar, of unrecognized origin to A-01 members local to the area. Later matching against records by the Whispers department have concluded significant similarities to statues found at ████████ leading to the ancient classification being added.
S-02 was found impaled on the tree wall, though it is unclear if this was before or after it perished. The creature’s ribs and many internal organs were crushed and it had suffered massive exsanguination.
The creature began rotting before a team capable of properly handling it reached the site, so it was partially cremated and the remaining bones have been archived (ART-B3181).
NREACH-219.SUBJECT-03
- CLASSIFICATION
- Unknown / Likely humanoid
S-03’s existence is likely based on evidence on site. Humanoid tracks and a blood trail lead south-south-west of the crater, though they ended at the tree wall. Unfortunately, the blood trail was contaminated and laboratory testing indicated many different animals.
NREACH-219.ARTIFACT-01
- CLASSIFICATION
- Ancient / Humanoid / Remains
ART-01 is the inscribed skull of an ancient humanoid creature. The skull is 1.3x as large as a typical human’s, specifically with an enlarged brow ridge and occipital bone. Additionally the mandible portion includes a pair of tusk-like protrusions.
NREACH-219.ATTACHMENT-01
- AGE
- 16-18 APPROX
- BUILD
- 5’5” 85lbs
- FEATURES
- Local
- Heterochromia (Blue / Violet)
- Hair - Black / Long
- Arcane tattooing across most of body
- Severe burn scars on both arms
- PERSONAL EFFECTS
- Ratty loose fitting clothes with hood
- Worn fur trimmed coat (many pockets)
- Bandages wound around arms and hands
- Athame
- Brushes and ink
- Bone needles and thread of silver
- Power sink crystals (jet and acanthite)
RAW NOTES
Arcane binding system around heart, insulating it from the normal negative effects, but dispersing them throughout the rest of her body.
Was being prepared as a vessel for some elder thing (like Jovian) but during the ritual had a mental break and fucked shit up, which is what caused the personality split between Nadja and Gunnr.