After a mildly inspiring sending, the panic eases off for now. With commoners turning to the Temple of Tymora for comfort and inspiration for boldness. Wide eyed adventures pays tithe to Lady Luck, praying to be the one to save Arabel from this new danger.

Wanderers to the North East of Arabel take note of strange oozing corpses being sighted in the woods, with no clear sign of the disease's origin or source.

The Hullack Forest grows wilder by each day, fauna and flora reclaiming open areas and the forest turns even more dangerous

Haunted by the reveal of the Hunters Union being a mere cover for the infamous Ghosts, the nobility is shaken to have been played for so many years. Peasants and adventurers may find brief amusement in the nobility's squirming, but even they are somewhat surprised that they were so close all along.

Mist lingers whilst blood stains the Wyvernstones..

Much to the dismay of eager wedding planners, the proposal of the Dragon Bastard seem to have either been rejected or stalled for further negotiations. Some suggest the First Peer has already found herself a lover and potential life partner, whilst others are dead set that the First Peer is far too free spirited for such things as marriage, whilst older and wiser people suspect she probably don't want another assassin traitor for fiancée. The odd rabble rouser claims that she has already wedded him, turned her cloak and is to sell Arabel to Cormyr tomorrow.

The Helmlands has once again suffered from collapses and expanding pits, with the local "wild life" growing more vicious and dangerous.

...More whispers are heard of the vile Black Orc Tribe. Curiosities that most had never given a thought to now are noticed. A pile of stones splashed with blood... An old tree stump seeping ichor.... Animal carcasses untouched by wildlife, rotting in the land....

...Not all talk is dire though, some bring word of brave adventurers roaming the country in search of something or someone and taking the fight to the Orcs while White stag are seen in greater numbers than ever before...