1. We've dealt with bandits before, but this is [cdb]worse than anything I could've imagined.
  2. Indeed. The damage done to the larger towns was [cdb]upsetting enough, but the horrors unleashed upon [cdb]some of the villages borders on the unspeakable.
  3. We saw entire fields trampled and destroyed, [cdb]whole villages burned to their foundations...
  4. Attacking innocent civilians like that... It's inhuman!
  5. How could anyone be so cruel? To torment people [cdb]like this and then walk away laughing... It's horrible!
  6. I'm convinced that those who slither in the dark are [cdb]behind this, pulling the strings.
  7. It makes perfect sense, seeing as they already [cdb]know Ordelia territory so well.
  8. What do you mean?
  9. Many years ago, the Empire accused House Ordelia [cdb]of participating in the Hrym Rebellion. This was just [cdb]an excuse to begin meddling in our affairs.
  10. During that time, they sent a group of strange mages [cdb]into Ordelia territory.
  11. Everything about them felt wrong, from the way [cdb]they looked to the powers they possessed. It was [cdb]clear they weren't regular people.
  12. Are you saying they were really those who slither [cdb]in the dark?
  13. I believe so, now that I look back on it. Though it's [cdb]not exactly a memory I care to relive.
  14. And now they've wormed their way into Ordelia and Hrym territories again...
  15. This is just a guess, but their base of operations could [cdb]be somewhere near here.
  16. Do you remember ever having lived in this area?
  17. Yeah, my mom and I spent a few years in a mountain [cdb]village somewhere in Ordelia territory.
  18. Yeah, my mom and I spent a few years in a mountain [cdb]village somewhere in Ordelia territory.
  19. But she wasn't born there, and I dunno where she [cdb]lived before that.
  20. But she wasn't born there, and I don't know where [cdb]she lived before that.
  21. Hmm... There could be a connection there. Or maybe it's nothing.
  22. Either way, dealing with them needs to be our top [cdb]priority. We gave them this opening.
  23. They're despicable. But I can't deny we gave them [cdb]this opening.
  24. They never would've been able to take advantage of [cdb]us like this if we hadn't been at war.
  25. Just another reason why we have to end this conflict [cdb]as quickly as possible. We have to ensure nothing [cdb]like this ever happens again.