01.14.2016
The streets eventually cleared, even though it took several hours and required the insistence of the town’s army to ensure all complied. Once the streets were clear, the Mayor sent summons to his Council to convene at his manor. They arrived promptly, all five of them, seeing as they all lived in the well-to-do area not far from the Mayor’s manor.
The first question for their discussion was what had happened. The rumor of the travelers and their apocalyptic wolf had made their way around to their ears. But it did not seem possible. One of the council related how she had tried to find out what had happened to the people who told that story, but all she got was, “Headed toward Bansuth.”
With some of the afternoon left, the council sent out a runner whose job it was to stay on the path to Bansuth and find these rumored people. Once the runner was gone, the group turned toward other inquiry. Many ideas were thrown into the mix: a monstrous wolf was real; a natural disaster; an attack by raiders; mass disease; mass panic. But none seemed to make any sense. It was hard to believe that with how close Toupil and Soulsil were to Chustal, Foulal, and Harsenth that none of the happenings had impacted anyone else.
As the evening drew on and the runner had not returned, the mayer felt compelled to do something that would assuage the worries of the town’s people, at least until they had something more to go on. A group of the army was dispatched immediately to search the towns for any evidence of what had truly happened.
Each person in the detail was told a specific trait to keep a watch for. The raiders, flood, fire, bodies with telling marks. Once they had been dismissed, the Mayor required that all army personelle within the area be mustered and put on duty, filly armed through the night. Each squadron(?) of soldiers would patrol a certain part of town for the evening. The Council and Mayor decided to stay at the manor through the night and the Mayor arranged for food and drink to be brought in. They would be able to keep an eye on the soldiers and be ready if either group sent out to search returned with news that would help them better prepare.