Ancient maritime defences beneath Port Sovereign activate without warning, sealing the harbour. No one understands the Nagarin mechanisms well enough to deactivate them. Ships are trapped, trade halts, and something in the deep water may have triggered the response.

A sea elf delegation warns that something is moving through the deep channels of the Shattered Coast — something that has frightened the underwater communities into silence. The Confederacy navy investigates and finds their ships are being watched from below.

The Night Market of Shadowfen is selling artefacts that shouldn't exist — items bearing markings from a civilisation no scholar can identify. Investigation reveals a smuggling network reaching into ruins beneath the marshlands.

Rivalry between the Merchant King and the High Council erupts when a trade agreement with the Draconic Dominion threatens to destabilise the balance of power. Both sides recruit agents to sabotage the other's negotiations.

The Tower of Vigilance goes dark for the first time in centuries. Highcrown's military scrambles to determine whether it's mechanical failure, sabotage, or something worse — the tower was built to warn of a specific threat, and its silence may mean that threat has arrived.