The Sea surrounding the Portal is filled with the sound and sight of sea warfare!
Once the Dovaa outside of the Plane realize that the Portal is under siege, they take boats to go and try to break the siege. But the Mara now have a small area of ground upon which they can stand. The Mara Mages have combined their power to create a small spire of earth that rises from the ocean floor to form a new platform that replaces the wreaked one destroyed in the initial contact. They now have a foot hold outside the portal in which to stand and draw power from.
Those outside the portal have noticed that the Mara cannot swim: they sink. Once they sink, it takes a day or two, but the glowing orbs of magic that represent a Mara's life force flees the stick rock body and flies back towards Eowyn to return to the Mara King.
There are none with army ranks outside the Portal! Marcus cannot reach you to grant the rank! But perhaps you have a great enough personality to gather about you a squad of loyal fighters. You must perform raids, try to break the siege on your home, and keep any more Mara from arriving to join the siege.
Hunting Mara's
You may still roll for Mara encounters! Roll the dice in this thread and at the end of the meta, claim all your loot and EXP!
At the bottom of your post keep track of the Word count for the hunts (you still need 300 per Mara!), the EXP gained and so on.
The encounters must be in the sea all around the Portal: you cannot get inside just yet!
Sometimes the Mule will quote and tell you that you are being ambushed or attacked by Mara, treat these like normal Mara hunts and follow the prompt given.
