Emillion NPCs (emillionnpcs) wrote in emillion, @ 2013-08-06 08:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | !plot: fear of the dark |
What: A rumor begins.
Where: Tenement District.
When: Recently.
Rating: PG.
The Tenement District saw its share of outsiders recently. Government officials sent by Parliament for inspection, teams of carpenters, masons, a reinforcement of knights and guards sent by the Riskbreaker in hopes to fight off an increase in crime. Now that homes, businesses and streets remained damaged if not destroyed, an anxious tension grew among the local populace. People remained ailing and in need. But there were other visitors to the district as well. Nosing around the battered neighborhood like a curious pack of hounds, these outsiders were quick to stir up local gossip. Talk began of a man who was offering to heal wounds without charge, no matter the severity of the injuries, taking the burdens of the poor upon himself. A charismatic leader, they said, who told the citizens he'd dreamed of their plight, and had come to the city to help. A simple healer, many believed; or a prophet perhaps, others whispered; a would-be savior, the rest would wonder to themselves skeptically, hoping to catch a glimpse of him regardless. The streetears busied themselves with the rumors, although none so far could gather an accurate name. Hearsay grew by the day, whether it was a cousin allegedly housing a group of foreign travelers, or a boy that had supposedly seen them talking to a local merchant. As time went on, however, the small group began to slowly grow in number. |