--- related: - "[[2021-12-15 Shock]]" ---%% universe:: [[Verraine]] year:: status:: complete market:: [[The Iceberg]], [twitter](https://twitter.com/EleanorKonik/status/1433471264702730245) [[vss365]] protagonist:: Surzi mentions:: location:: aetherglass desert length:: pitch:: Mages come to kill Surzi and discover that their magic is what fuels his deathtrap. character-arc:: %% Mages summoned lightning to pry Surzi from his desert den, but the hoary beast chuffed a laugh filled with power & caught the magic in his own. As lilac lightning eroded in the air, they learned their efforts to dislodge him were why the desert lingered. ## Analysis - [I] That lightning stone from the desert is cool, right about that. Desert rose. Got one for Christmas one year. [[2021.12.15a Deserts are cool]]