Angelina and Zephia
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From your investigations you conclude that there were some sort of flying creatures which attacked the procession. There are no prints indicating walking creatures in the soft earth, and it looks like the lighter, unarmored humans were grabbed and pulled up into the air and carried off. The heavier armored dead and the overweight woman who did her utmost to hold on inside the litter were too difficult to carry away. You have heard tales of large, flying insectoids that can carry off people and small animals, paralyzing them with a stinger and feeding them to their young while still alive. It's a grissly fate and the woman and her guards likely got off easier than the porters. Likely the long rain caused the flying creatures, called Lri, to hunker down and when the rains finally stopped the swamps were extended unto the roads allowing the now hungry creatures to fly further from their nests than they might normally. As you contemplate this, your ears detect the buzzing sounds of large wings south of you, but rapidly approaching. It would seem you will soon have company...
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Briony was engrossed in the gore at the scene. She poked her stick at the bloated maggoty corpse one more time. When Zephia cursed, Briony stood up and looked around. 
