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A dark elf mage surrounded by crackling lightning rode a full-sized red dragon with blood-dripping wings in an assault on the western gate of Hamley. Several guards were slain and both the gates and some of the surrounding forest were set ablaze by the dragon's fire, before both reptile and rider flew into the night.
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Spiders from the Adumral Woods, and their large mutated kin, have been seen moving east into Feywood.
Is this due to the recent fires near Hamley and the gates? Or something else?
The only thing for certain is that the group of spiders seen in Feywood is usually accompanied by one that is large, even compared to the other spiders of the Adumbral.
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Surging numbers of Vandal Hawks storm the Blood Lake Battlefield, running directly from the Crater Lake Fort, absolutely decimating the Kreis Alliance forces stationed there at the time.
Word travels quickly from the front; the Raven Pact are victorious over Blood Lake!
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Rumours spread shortly after the victory at Crater Lake is confirmed. Four assailants including two Ashen Knights somehow breached Krel's tower in Raven's Watch and assassinated the lord by throwing him from his balcony.
While it seems they escaped, there are conflicting stories as to how.
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Caravans and travelers of the western road report increased activity on the hills occupied by the bugbears. Strangely enough there are not an increase in hostility more that they seem to work, carrying logs and piles them into large bonfires.
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Rumours spread, of a lightning raid that crashed up against the very barricades at the foot of Fort Crater. Dozens of slavering orcs screaming their battle-cries quickly amassed a bodycount, then disappeared like smoke on the wind, the raiders fading back into the mountains. Pact soldiers whisper about the gigantic, steel-clad monstrosity that led them, its eyes blazing like hellfire.
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A few of the caravans leaving the Grey Iron Mines have recently suffered attacks from the drow. Quick raids occur on those that move during the night. The caravans are stripped of any mithral ores, but the rest are left alone.
The wildlife in Feywood East and West has suffered from an unknown predator that butchers deer and boars by the dozens. Tau'otharie scouts have reported sightings of a very large wolf in the area, but it has not yet been confirmed whether this canine is the beast responsible for the carnage.
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Children of the Kreis
A Steinkreis Knight!
Clothed in white!
Went upstairs to kiss his bride-er!
Saw his lark!
In the dark!
Missed the mark and kissed a spider!
Had an ache!
Started to shake!
How many clerics did it take?!
One, two, three, four-...
"Lauren, come away from there." One of the adults beckoned her away from the others. Pulling her out of the skip-rope game with some reluctance. The other children continued their playful chant, the steady smack of the rope hitting cobblestone accompanying each line as one of the children jumped the rope each time. "Is that a new song?"
"The dark lady taught it to us!" The young child was smiling proudly. Still breathing hard from her own turn skipping the rope.
"What dark lady?"
"The dark lady! She's our friend! She has the prettiest skin and she's always smiling."
"I've never seen her..."
"She disappears whenever grown-ups come!"
"Lauren, are you making this up?"
"She's real! I've touched her."
"I think you should stay away from her..."
"She loves all the children! I know she'd never hurt us..."
"Are you sure?"
Around the city, other groups of children report the same. A beautiful dark lady who has come to play with them. None of the children seem to have been harmed, and the adults of the city never saw her come or go.
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Rumor has it that Thain's tiniest superhero, Benny "Bloodstar" Deepdale has been seen snooping around Raven's Watch, despite their most earnest efforts to kill him since the beginning of the Kinswar.
Apparently team evil have something (or someone) that means a lot to the halfling. A lone sentry foolish enough to try and surprise Benny was later found with a bruised jaw and the following note:
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