And fire fell from the sky. Great clouds of smoke rose above the trees, concealing the stars behind a hazy veil. Brilliant streaks of green light, descending from some unknown source above the smoke, cut swathes into the forests that surrounded the settlement, sparking new fires as old ones burned forth. Trees across the small moon were swallowed up by the inferno, each one serving as a conduit and passing on the deathly embers to other, healthy trees. The fires transformed the mighty forest from a shield that concealed the settlement below from outsiders into a burning wall that kept all within trapped. There would be no escape for its inhabitants, lest they try to navigate the wildfire blazing strong just beyond their homes.