Incident at Damascus

The Incident at Damascus, or The Syrian Incident, or the Damascus Incident, was an unsuccesful attack by Chaota and her army on the Syrian capital of Damascus. It is the battle that made Thalia Calor awed and respected. It took place on June 18, 2004.

The Battle
Thalia, Duncan, Iona, and Christopher, the current Primes of fire, water, air, and earth (respectively), followed a trail to a bazaar in an empty Damascus. The Ancient gem of Terra, or the Earth Stone, is kept somewhere around the bazaar. The Earth Stone can lead to unimaginable power, and the Primes were sent to find it and take it back, so that Chaota couldn't use it. All the Primes were skeptical about Thalia's power, and quietly decided it would be easier to get the stone if Thalia wasn't around, leaving Thalia stranded in the middle of the Bazaar. Thalia, knowing a lot more than she was letting on, followed a scent to a jewelry shop, which happened to be open. The woman there introduced herself as Annika, but Thalia knew that though Annika was a real person, Chaota had taken over her body. Chaota, knowing that Thalia knew, attacks her, but Thalia turns into her idol form and incinerates the whole bazaar. Chaota, not being able to withstand such power, leaves. It is later revealed that she had taken the Earth Stone with her. Thalia was then described as the most powerful student the Academy has ever known.