As the first light of dawn breaks over the horizon, smoke rises into the pale sky, with distant flames visible along the Old Svalich Road between Vallaki and Raduta Keep.
Those who arrive first at the scene are confronted with a harrowing sight... Charred bodies burning in the morning air. Beside the pyre, a severed head impaled on a spike bears a grim adornment... A necklace carrying the holy symbol of Ezra, blackened by the heat.