The Disease Behind the Rumors

The story’s disease thread moves from a local mine tragedy through a royal attack to a question about transmission, resistance, and human control.

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An Ancient Catastrophe

Otawalle’s Fall A fever becomes an epidemic Black Wolf Fever once devastated Otawalle after infected animals and their parasites helped carry disease into crowded settlements. Exodus and inheritance Takaluhalu abandoned the capital to save those who remained uninfected. The kingdom’s collapse left a historical warning that Hohsalle must confront when similar symptoms appear again.

The Royal Hunt Attack

A Public Assault Violence at the pavilion Rochai break into the royal falcon hunt, biting people from both the Zolian and Aquafaese sides. The attack turns a distant disease concern into an immediate political crisis. The threat takes shape Hohsalle treats the wounded while officials fear further deaths and rumors. The event suggests that the animals may be directed, making human intention part of the mystery.

The Outbreak’s Pattern

Looking Beyond the Bite Uneven outcomes Some patients die, while others resist or survive with treatment. The difference cannot be explained simply by status, faith, or political identity. A wider map Reports from scattered settlements suggest isolated cases stretching back years. Hohsalle and Tomasolle begin asking whether the pattern is natural, engineered, or connected to the movement of animals and people.

About two hundred and fifty years before the present

Autumn, after Van settles in Oki

The weeks after the hunt