[History Arc - A Battuta] 4 of 5  
Just as we were all about to manage to get on our feet, a sudden, grueling pain brought us to our knees once more; a sudden, overwhelming choking sensation. All the breath was lost from us and stayed from our lungs. Our throats burned and heaved reflexively as the mass, solid like rock, slowly made its way up and out of our throats. It was grueling and gut-wrenching, the sensation to vomit was so overpowering we could think of nothing else. When the sensation of panic and asphyxiation passed, we noticed the small reddish stones we had evicted from our throats. Lying at our feet were our gemstones, bright and crimson yet pulsating and dying. This world was nearly dead in magic and we could now feel it through the hunger pains.