A Foreboding Arrival

[Bluebird]

It was within the dead of night, not too long after the events at the Tower.
A local village found itself raided - it's people kidnapped and devoured, leaving naught but the bones and the charred ashes of the village behind them.

A disturbing series of news that carried itself throughout Meranthe, as they would soon find out that would not be the only time it'd happen.
More villages would be dealt the hand of total destruction - yet, for some reason, not all would be devoured as the first was.

Warriors from each major settlement would be sent out to investigate, and for a good while, they struggled to find much of anything.
That is, until they had caught the tail-end of last night's most recent destruction, catching sight of an Ookami fleeing the scene.
As they chased after their would-be assailant, they came across a talisman.

One depicting a Black Wolf with red eyes.
One of these warriors did not make it back from their initial chase, but the survivors held tightly onto the talisman with bloodied hands, recalling the sudden assault by a tall ookami woman with an icy blade; one that seemed to carry a portion of dread and winter with it.

Scholars hurry themselves to figure out what this talisman was, and what the meaning of these sudden raids meant.
The assault on smaller-scale villages would not cease for a while, and those upon Meranthe cannot help but feel something terrible is brewing.

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