#major Event

[hhg2a]

Guide Entry: The Second Destruction of Dalaran (Major Event; Catastrophe)

Image of Dalaran's Fall via Quark's recording mechanisms.

Khaz Algar was rediscovered due to the ongoing machinations of the powerful void-aligned entity known as the Harbinger, later revealed to be Xal'atath. In response, the champions of Azeroth along with the Kirin Tor proceeded to teleport the great city of Dalaran to the new lands’ shores. However, this action apparently played right into Xal'atath's hands and was the catalyst for the city's second, and likely final, destruction.

Osbern aids in the defense of the city.

After its arrival, the city was invaded and besieged by an unknown Neuribian queen and her army, aided by numerous portals opened by Xal'atath.

Invading Nerubians

After abducting numerous citizens and bystanders, the Neuribians withdrew underground through these portals. Shortly after, city was destroyed by Xal’atath in a massive explosion (or implosion) of void energies.

Nerubian abduction of citizens and defenders

This destruction led to the loss of countless lives and the scattering of what remained of the floating city across the northwestern portion of the Isle of Dorn.

Crumbled remains of the Spire of the Guardian on the northwestern shore of the Isle of Dorn

[ladybeediva]

[bentanx]

I personally believe that the United States should be swallowed by a surprisingly large alligator/fish

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

guy who's stuck in a timeloop for so long he stops wanting to leave it. guy who started out trying to escape but slowly grew used to and became comforted by the familiarity of the repeating day. guy who is no longer who he was before the timeloop. guy who is offered a way out and violently refuses it because he can't leave, doesn't want to leave. guy who escapes the timeloop by chance or force or accident and doesn't know how to live anymore. guy who keeps going through motions that don't match the situation and keeps having conversations that aren't actually occurring. guy who panics every time he realizes he can't predict the next instant. guy who left the timeloop but still lives with it.

[writersbeware]

Walking in Water

            About ten years ago, rains pounded almost the entire state in what was called a major storm cycle.             Winds blew down entire trees, blocking roads and bringing down power lines. Branches landed on top of cars, breaking windows, and on roofs, punching huge holes that demolished buildings. Mushy leaves formed a slippery mush and tiny sticks littered the ground.             It…

[chawsl]

[taratarotgreene]

Aries Solar Eclipse, U.S. in the Belly of the Whale, is biblical

The HUGE Aries Total Very Long Solar Eclipse criss-crossing Mexico, 15 states in US and parts of Eastern Canada is at 19 degrees 24 minutes conjuncts a Fixed Star, Baten Kaitos at 21 degrees 57′ Aries in Tropical astrology. This is in the Constellation of Cetus, The Whale. File:Sidney Hall – Urania’s Mirror – Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Fornax Chemica, and…

[amrev250]

The Boston Tea Party

12/16/1773

It can be argued that the first memorable action taken by the American colonists against the authority of the British crown in the Revolutionary period was the Boston Tea Party.  And that action set off a chain of events that eventually led to the creation of the United States of America.  That memorable event, forever burned into our national consciousness, occurred 250 years ago today.

In the years leading up to the Boston Tea Party, tensions between the American colonies and the British government had been escalating.*  The Tea Act of 1773, imposed by the British Parliament, granted the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies and allowed them to sell surplus tea directly to the colonies through consignees at a reduced tax. This move was seen by the colonists as a ploy to undercut local merchants and smugglers. In response to these perceived injustices, colonial leaders organized Committees of Correspondence, a network that facilitated communication between the colonies and fostered a sense of unity. Figures like Samuel Adams played a crucial role in galvanizing public opinion against British policies, using newspapers and pamphlets to disseminate information about threats to colonial liberties.

Protesters throughout many of the colonies were able to force the tea consignees to resign or to return the tea to England. However, in Massachusetts (Boston in particular), Governor Thomas Hutchinson was determined enforce royal authority. He urged the tea consignees not to give in to the bully tactics of the patriots.  Actions of the British troops enforcing earlier laws and the Boston Massacre in 1770 only fueled the patriots resolve.  It was a standoff.  

The Dartmouth arrived in late November with a hull full of tea prompting Samuel Adams to hold a mass meeting that drew thousands. The meeting passed a resolution urging the captain of the ship to turn around and go home.  But Governor Hutchinson refused to grant permission for the ship to depart. The captain legally had to unload his cargo by December 17 or disobey orders and leave. The Eleanor arrived with its cargo of tea and faced a similar dilemma. On December 15, Beaver arrived.  Three ships, full of tea, sat in Boston Harbor; their captains feeling like they were sitting on a powder keg.

On the evening of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams held another mass meeting where approximately 6,000 people out of a population of 16,000 showed up.  They were informed that Governor Hutchinson still refused to allow the ships to depart. The tea was scheduled for offload in the morning. Samuel Adams said, “This meeting can do nothing further to save the country.”  Shortly after he said that, the meeting began to break up.  According to eyewitnesses, Adams tried to keep the meeting together, but failed.

A small group of colonists (reports vary between 30-130 men), most disguised as Mohawk natives to conceal their identities, boarded the three British ships anchored in Boston Harbor. They politely requested the keys to the holds and were given them. For three hours, the protesters “unloaded” 342 chests of tea (92,000 pounds) into the icy waters of Boston Harbor. They used their tomahawks to break open the locked chests to ensure that the tea was ruined by the salt water. However, they meticulously refused to do any other damage to the ships and did not harm the crews.  The damage done was entirely to the East India Company and the British government.  The cost of the evening was roughly $1.7 million in today's money.

*We’ll be looking at events in American history in the years before the Boston Tea Party in blog posts that will be called “Look Backs.” These posts will be made during periods on the calendar when there wasn’t much else going on.

[aniseandspearmint]

I am curious, bc I just ran across one of those, 'everyone remembers where they were when 9/11 happened!' things so-

This isn't meant to be a commentary on the event, just whether or not you remember where you were/what you were doing when the news hit.

As an example, I was home sick, doing dishes, when mom yelled for me to get in the living room RIGHT NOW.

[stemmmm]

ok a third one. i've got a third one

context: 1 2 3

[kaysdenofchaos]

cough so i read that future rise comic

and thinking back on the battle scars au, i always wanted it to be canon compliant with just some adjustments and well

haha ill go see myself out now

[ohitslen]

Average university experience

[navree]

i think more people need to realize that the circumstances of how jason todd died would make him deeply untrusting of not only other people, not only himself and his own instincts, but specifically other people's proclamations of what they feel about/for him and how he reacts to that in turn

[puwumats]

critical role c3e64 || the last supper - leonardo da vinci

[moron-rights]

​dyes armor, dyes armor, dyes armor, rummages basket full of equipment, dyes armor, dyes arm—

[doccywhomst]

the actual literal meaning of TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension[s] in Space) is so funny cause it’s just…. a very succinct description of what the vehicle travels through? “hello i’m a human and this is my CAR (Concrete and Roads)” uh yeah i sure hope it do