A Time for Mourning

Lindoryn couldn’t believe it. Mother? This cant be true. "This cant be happening," she stammers out, tears starting to form in her eyes. "Do..Do you know if there were any survivors?" Her voice all broken and showing the signs of her breaking into a cry imminently.

"There were no immediate survivors, but those reports are very sketchy," the town patrol officer replied "We sent out scouts last night to see the damage, they should be back within the hour." As the patrol officer left the room, the King Mayor asked the rest of the council to leave the room so he could talk to them in private.

" I know that this is a hard time for you, but we should just hope for the best." As the King Mayor was just about to leave the room, there was a loud knock at the door. The mayor replied and in came the scout captain and a guard.

"Any news of the missing caravan?" questioned the Mayor, as he gave the captain a seat.

"Well sir, as we arrived at the location of where the missing caravan should have been, we saw four dead bodies…guards. It looks like some sort of animal or creature. Two of the guards were missing their heads, while another was missing a leg, and the third one was missing his lower torso."

"By the gods!" whispered out the mayor "what could have done this…there is no creature in this region that could have done this."

As the mayor and captain continued to talk, Felsem was holding Lindoryn, preparing for the worst. Eventually he got up and asked the captain "What about the caravan?"

The captain stopped for a moment before continuing. "There was a trail leading off into the small brush off the road. We followed it and found the rest of the caravan, in the standard circle defensive position…"

"Were there any survivors!" Feslem shouted out "Did you see any people who were a part of the caravan?"

"We did, and I’m terribly sorry, but everyone was dead, there were no survivors."

The captain, being well respected for his fighting in the War of the houses, and his scouting before the battle of Icewind Dale, knew everybody in the town of Silvanesti. He remembered everyone’s name, and what they looked like.

"What about my wife, was she there?" asked Felsem, tears now rolling down his face, being comforted by Lindoryn who is also starting to cry.

"I don’t know how to say this but.." he paused and took a deep breath and slowly continued, "I saw what was left of her, and it wasn’t good. I’m sorry Felsem but there’s nothing I could have done."

By this time, both Lindoryn and Felsem were in tears, the room filled with silence, except for the shouting and complaining outside in the reception area.