Log of Abnormal Events, 1st
Council Scribe Arnhalt 
545 C.D. Mid Winter

Due to the growing number of abnormal events I've decided to start a log as well as compile all of the past incidents. Hopefully this will be useful in illuminating the cause of these abnormalities. I'll start with past incidents.


Early Spring - 544 C.D. 
The first recorded incidence of the gruesome 'Black Killings'.
A merchant's cart was found abandoned on the roadside and a small group of soldiers from the capital were sent to investigate the area. After entering a small cave in the forest they were attacked by the perpetrators. A squire was lightly injured in the initial attack but they were otherwise dispatched without incident. The merchant family had all been murdered and desecrated in various ways, save for their young son who still drew breath but was otherwise unresponsive.

The perpetrators identities were traced back to a several separate villages, one a great distance away. They seemed to have no connection to each other or motive for committing such crimes. They had all gone missing several days prior.

Casualties were as follows:

Alant Williams - Middle Aged Male Merchant - Killed, Several limbs were severed.
Pella Williams - Middle Aged Woman - Killed, eyes missing.
Christa Williams - Young Woman - Killed
Jirin Williams - Unresponsive on retrieval, later sent to the Crystal Cathedral by order of the Senechal.
Squire Evans - Head and arm lightly injured

Perpetrators were as follows:

Lilly Redstone - Young Girl - Killed
Rena Highwater - Seamstress - Killed
Jeran Smithson - Elderly Man - Killed
Garth Fairfield - Young Male Farmer - Killed
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Early Spring - 544 C.D. 
Priests are sent to retrieve the bodies from the first incident, but are unable to locate any corpses. It was assumed at the time that animals had dragged them away.
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Mid Spring - 544 C.D. 
The second recorded incidence of 'Black Killings'.

Squire Evans abruptly and brutally murdered several of his comrades in their sleep before being killed. A journal was later found that seemed to have been written by Squire Evans, most of it is incomprehensible and violent.
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Casualties were as follows:

Squire Jeanson- Killed and decapitated
Squire Loran - Killed
Squire Fielding - Killed
Knight Uther - Injured

Perpetrators were as follows:

Squire Evans - Killed

