Tuesday August 26, between Tallow and Willow Creek
With no small risk to ourselves, we managed to rescue the villagers from
certain death. The endless rain and nightmarish parade of living corpses has
left an indelible imprint of the events of yesterday on my mind.
As we hurried back to Willow Creek, Rurik, one of the village leaders, demanded
to be taken to see the mayor of Tallow. When questioned, he offered us little,
save that he had important information about the recent grave robberies. Rurik
is well respected by the townspeople, so Cruniac chose not to press him further
for information.
Willow Creek was attacked repeatedly last night. Cruniac stationed archers on
the perimeter of the town, and the bowmen were able to pick off the stumbling
corpse-men as they approached. But there seemed to be no end to them. We have
even seen Soulless and Ghols skulking about on the outskirts of town. All of us
are beginning to worry, including Cruniac.
When we departed, the commander left a handful of men to protect the village.
The rest of us are headed to Tallow with Rurik.