Day 2 Weather

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For one story I'm planning to do it centered around the traditional 5 elements: fire, water, air, earth and spirit and I was thinking that the heroes would need to retrieve 4 artifacts that will allow them to enter the spirit world and complete their quest (not sure what that will be at this stage) so I could also tie in the seasons for each artifact:

Spring - Air
Summer - Fire
Autumn - Earth
Winter - Water

This would be good in showing the passage of time, and will also help define the period of time covered in the story.

Other plot ideas relating to weather:
1. Flashflood, the heroes get prior warning that a flash flood (perhaps the result of magic, or destruction of a dam?) is about to hit a town/village and have to try to get them evacuated/take percautions, in a race against time.

2. Heroes are hit by a blizzard, and are forced to take shelter in a cave, one which leads them to a long forgotten underground passage.

3. Town is cursed either to constant rain or with drought, the heroes need to investigate and find a way to remove the curse.

4. Dust storm causes the heroes to get lost where they are captured by bandits and must find a way to escape.

5. A severe thunderstorm isolate the heroes inside until the storm is past, perhaps causing a delay in something that is time critical, the heroes emotions mirror the storm outside, as there emotions bring to the surface the fears they have been struggling not to face.

6. Cyclone divides the party and they will need to use all thier skills in survival and theirs wits to find and stay together in the midst of chaos

7. Magical opponent causes Hail and lightning to strike at the party, dividing them and sapping their strength.

8. A fog takes them offcourse leading them to somewhere unexpected

9. Heatwave strikes the city, as the temperature raises the city's supply of water becomes mysteriously low.

10. a town suddenly seems to have an unusual abundance of perfect conditions, while a nearby (rival) town has the opposite. The town folk have become very secretive and definately seem to be hiding something, something that allows them to control the weather perhaps?