Old Svalich Road - Raduta Farms

[qwertyuioppp]

The lake's edge runs the colour of luxurious wine, tainted by sacrificial blood. The scene is quiet, only the chittering of water insects, and the barking of hungry birds.

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[DM Tarokka]

A Vistani Vardo has stopped in a grove by the farms. It is surrounded by thick fog. No one, at the moment, has been seen going in and out from it.

[DM Tarokka]

Rumours are going wild about the visit of Bastion Otrava of the Second Sect in Vallaki. It is not clear if she's spending time in the Refuge of the Fifth Light, but it's given for granted she's going to be the one to celebrate the mass for the First Epiphany (5th of May) in former Von Zeklos, now Raduta, Keep.

[DM Tarokka]

More movements have been seen in the direction of a little grove by a pond, on the northern side of the Old Svalich Road, in that countryside commonly known still as Raduta Farms. After some months, a couple of Vistani vardoes have taken again temporary residence there. The local madman claims "the one who knows things" is again there, repeating the word "there" more than once. Other times Rugar greets the birds and calls some children upon, clearly stating he has seen a baby taken in the camp. Local farmers try not to pay attention to his lunacy, and they actually do not want to mingle with Vistani business.

[DM Tarokka]

Rugdar has claimed that he heard the word Vishnadd more than once during the night, while he was sleeping. He decided it is the name of some species of birds. On the other hand, the nearby camp of Vistani has been visited a couple of times by unfriendly people, and it seems two Vistani people are dead. No child was hurt.

[DM Tarokka]

After the assault, the camp seems to have been moved. Rudgar will not miss it.

[Facilis]

Various corpses of slaughtered farmers begin to crop up.  Some look tortured to death... others are more gruesome... deaths ranging from being ripped in half, their intestines lying in the bloody grass, heads torn off, eyes gouged out, tongues ripped out...  Some are even hung by their own line of intestines or their throats ripped out...even one with it's spine ripped out.   There are some survivors... all have bite wounds...

[Desordre]

Where recently a comely vardo and it's team of mules had been seen a note is pinned upon a tree, affixed by a dagger.

Old Crone

I know what you have done.
I know that you cannot be trusted.
If you think you have gotten away with it, you will find yourself wrong
- unless you are afraid to change the stakes of your little game.
I will be waiting for you.

- C

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[DM Macabre]

-: Many Barovians from the fields arounds Zeklos , Raduta and the Wachter lands lately seem to be rejuvenated with a new vigor of faith. Their devotion can be clearly seen as farmers and other workers alike can be encountered often praying to her lady in the mists and praising the saints at the Redoubtable Chapel of our Eternal Guardian... :-

[Sithican Salt Mink]

[Through the dark hours, long after sensible folk have bolted themselves in their homes for the night, tortured screams echo across the farmlands of Raduta. In the wake of this terrible chorus, shadowy forms are left to twist and creak in the light breeze, awaiting a morning they will never see.]



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[remnar]

In an area off the road towards Krezk, near Raduta, a memorial of sorts is raised.  The memorial is simple and surrounded by flowers.  The pillar is covered in rough carvings of flowers.  A single line of words is etched into the middle.

"In Memory of a Friend"

At the base of the pillar is a ruined note.  All the ink has run and splotched together, becoming unreadable.  Only a single word could be read.

"Goodbye"

[DM Despot]

The woods encroaching on the farms are filled with choruses of wolf howls throughout the early hours of the night. As the sun barely breaks the gray, cloudy skies and rain pours heavily down, a gruesome sight is found on the winding dirt path leading towards Raduta Keep.

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[softdrink]

During the dead of night, screaming, shouting and even barking can be heard from the farms near Raduta Keep.
It is not long before all three are silenced, pointedly ending with a yelp ringing out into the night.

Those that stumbled upon the site of the commotion would see a slaughter laid out before them.

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[MsDianaQueen]

Along the path just outside the Raduta Farms lies a horrific scene of wolves ritualistically and brutally killed by having their skulls caved in by a blunt object.

[Maiyannah]

Travellers along the road by Raduta might spy themselves a gathering collection of memorial offerings, along a specific grave, left by the passing Wardens and Templars, as they go about their duties.

[Maiyannah]

Two travellers to Raduta would stop by a familiar grave, where the anchorite stoops to relight the candle, tend the grave, and say a prayer.  When they leave, the other woman would be quiet, eyes downcast.

[Wu Tang Dan]

[Late into the night, a small group may be seen assembling by a row of gravestones. Headed by an Anchorite in green, the priestess of Ezra was seen lofting a censer, circling the grave, and sprinkling holy water upon the grounds as part of a sacred rite.

Yet after its conclusion, something emerged from the darkness, towering and carrying with it the stench of death and stagnant water. This stranger traded words with the small group, and the Anchorite grew increasingly furious as the conversation progressed. Finally, a black cloud of rot and muck spread through the air to cover the death-touched figure's escape. The robed servant of Ezra could be heard shouting an ultimatum into the trees. The stranger was not seen again that night.

The miasma of detritus and decay thin and dissolved, and the stench the mysterious creature brought with it inevitably faded. However, the faint smell of incense still lingers about the area, surrounding the graves like a cloud.]