Nicholas's+Report1

Dear Fox,

I am writing to inform you of what is going on in Grieum. As part of the Runners I see much of the region and what happens within. On a recent job I had to investigate an area where strange chanting was coming from deep in the forest. When I got there they were still there standing around this large glowing circle and there was a shadow standing in the middle speaking in a low rasping but powerful voice. I couldn’t make out the words but I knew that I couldn’t take them all on myself and it wasn’t my job to kill them. I snuck in closer but all I caught was “The time of the Phoenix Sun is here! I shall throw of my shackles and become free at last!” With that the shadow faded into the ground and the large purple circle around him faded. For the first time I looked at the people standing around the circle and they looked like normal people you’d find on the streets. They began walking away from the circle (perhaps it was an alter of some sort?) and through a door leading into a cavern. Once they were all inside I realized how much I was sweating and I couldn’t shake this feeling that deep down inside me something knows that voice. And it fears it. Besides the alter summoning I witnessed there is something else going on in Grieum. There is talk of civil unrest. The people are not liking how this king has been ruling. He has done a few bad things but nothing all that major. I think someone might be stirring up trouble against King Mulach The Third and wants him gone or slandered. I have no proof but it something I thought I’d include in the report anyways. Do you know what the Phoenix Sun is Fox? Or what it could possibly mean for Grieum, perhaps even the world?

Yours Truly, Nicholas Thorpe