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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 9191981" data-attributes="member: 12388"><p><h3>Marpenoth - Leaffall</h3><h3>Sixth day of the first tenday</h3><h3>1500 DR - Year of the Sea's Secrets Revealed.</h3><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Street collapses in Arabel. Villagers prepare for Mistwalk. Necromancer apprehended in Suzail.</span></p><p></p><p>ARABEL - A street between two warehouses collapsed this morning. One wagon hauling goods meant for sale in Eveningstar was caught in the collapse, resulting in the deaths of the driver and two of their packbeasts. The bodies of at least three other people were visible in the rubble, which revealed someone had been covertly digging a tunnel that would likely have connected the two warehouses if not for the mishap. By nightfall there were still Purple Dragons guarding the scene, and more than the usual number of war wizards were seen lowering themselves by means of magic into the sinkhole. Word has since spread between day workers that the tunnel leads to a network of passages between warehouses and, perhaps, the cellars of nearby residences and shops.</p><p></p><p>BLUSTICH - Naranralee, Bard of the Dead, has returned to Blustich in anticipation of the yearly Mistwalk. Folk in nearby Marsember discount the stories of ghosts appearing in the fog that cloaks Blustich after the seasons turn as “yet one more folktale among many spun by villagers with too much spare time and too little work to do.” Such opinions are not shared by all, however. Lady Tallashae Keskrel (nee Mallowbridge) is rumored to have gathered her four children and bundled them into a Keskrel-owned vessel and set sail to Blustich to attend “this most important of Deadwalks.” The unnamed servant that supplied this information wished to emphasize their Lady uses “only the correct words for things; the term “Mistwalk” was coined long ago by the leaders of Blustich to keep prying eyes and dark rumors from driving the ghosts away.” The Bard of the Dead is expected to lead the harp song played on the graveyard plateau overlooking Blustich, while the eldest women of each family join in song to call the spirits of their departed family members into the mists, so they may descend into the village and enter through open doors into their old homes. No fires are lit during this time, lest the ghost-gathered mists melt and the spirits fade away.</p><p></p><p>SUZAIL - Alashendal, a necromancer based in Marsember, was escorted into the Royal Court in the company of two armed and armored Purple Dragons. Onlookers were quick to notice that each Dragon wore a ring on their left index finger that glowed an angry purple. Swirling rumor claims the rings allow Dragons to keep wizards in close proximity from casting spells. While there were no Wizards of War present, most folk assumed there were concealed war wizards either watching from the Royal Court or from positions along the Promenade.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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