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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4097041" data-attributes="member: 3285">Herald of the Yellow King - Part 1b: Derek’s HoldingInside the house was a scene of horror.  The bodies of six or more villages lay torn and savaged upon the floor.  Chairs and tables were overturned.  Snow had blown into the house.  “You couldn’t have warned me about this before I got in here?” asked Kham in disgust.“I tried.” Dril stood up from where he was inspecting the tracks. “They finally broke down the door.”“They?” asked Vlad.“Wolves.”  Dril pointed at the bodies.  They had all been fed upon, some to the bone in places.  The entire room carried the stench of a wolf den.Ilmarė wrinkled her nose.  “So the wolves killed them all.”“No,” said Dril. “I’ve broken into a few of the other homes.  There are scratches and gnaw marks on some of the doors, but they didn’t get in.  You’re right about one thing though: they’re all dead.”“Dead of what?” asked Vlad.“I’m not sure,” said Dril.  He turned to look out the doorway.  The snow fell heavier than before.  “They were all frozen solid.  Every corpse had a swollen tongue, sunken eyes, and cracked and broken skin inside their mouths. It’s almost as if they died of thirst.”“How is that possible?” asked Vlad.  “We passed a well coming in.”Dril shook his head.  “That well has been filled in.  There was something else too…not a single container was in anyone’s home.  No cups, no pots, no water skins, nothing.”“So we’ve got a case of wolves and thieves.  That’s not that uncommon,” said Kham, “especially in a little armpit of a village like this.”“Oh, I found the containers.  They were buried in a mound out in one of the fields.”“This doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Vlad.  “Why would they do that?”“I don’t know,” said Dril. “All I do know is that Cael’s not here. I found his dwelling.  Someone painted the Yellow Sign on one of the walls.”“Well then, I think we have our answer as to what happened,” said Kham. “Can we go home now?”Vlad gulped.  “I will have to make a report to Duke Adolphos.”There was a loud, mournful howl in the distance. Everyone stopped speaking to listen.The first howl was answered by a second, much closer.  It sounded like it was right behind the hut.“We’ve got bigger problems,” said Ilmarė.</blockquote>

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