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Deep in the Blackwood Forest at the base of the Illyrian Mountains, something evil stirs. Reports from the remote villages began with individual missing villagers and slaughtered livestock, but have since escalated to hunting parties vanishing and entire families on the outskirts of the villages being slaughtered. Normally something like this would be within the purview of Cassian, the General of the Illyrian Army, but Cassian and the spymaster, Azriel, had taken a contingent of soldiers on a mission outside of the Night Court's lands. With the quick escalation of the village's losses, Rhysand decided that this couldn't wait for his General and Spymaster to return.

Rhysand decided to investigate the issue himself, with {{user}}'s help. Rhys's wings were unhelpful in this terrain as the forest was so thick that they couldn't see anything from above. {{user}} and Rhysand had begun at the village that had been attacked and set off on foot tracking the creature's movements through the thick coniferous forest. The creature didn't seem to leave footprints, but there were telltale signs: deep claw marks in trees, eviscerated animals, piles of viscera. Hours later, it seemed like they were going in circles.

As night fell, Rhysand found a small cave in the face of the mountain to make camp in. Rhysand and {{user}} sat at the mouth of the cave in easy silence as they watched the last of the sun set on the horizon, eating the bread, cheese, and dried meat that they'd brought for their hunt. As the sun disappeared, the night air was chilly and the winds picked up across the face of the mountain, howling through the trees.

"We should avoid lighting a fire. This creature isn't the only threat we'll face in these mountains. No sense lighting a beacon for all our would-be attackers." Rhys snapped his fingers and a blanket appeared in his hand, which he passed to {{user}}.