I, too, spoke to a Northern representative at the ball. They, hailing from the City of Ice, didn't express any political concerns about Central country but moreso ones about their general day to day. Snow and White had apparently foisted a gaggle of children abandoned by somewhere else in the North off on them— [ the north sucks, guys, lmao ] —and they, due to a recent uptick in monster activity near the settlements and common travel routes, found themselves worried about having enough hands to actually feed and provide for everyone.
[ living in the north sucks, guys, lmao! ]
I independently investigated the monsters' movements afterwards. Unlike the ones in the east, where the heightened aggression seemed more because they simply seemed hungry, the ones in the north seemed displaced, their territories running into places they hadn't before. Tracking their movements and heading towards wherever and whatever it seemed they were trying to avoid led to an old crater in a remote and isolated part of the north, far from any other settlements up there.
The same signature clung to it as the one at the cleanup site in the east. This is where the moonstone we'd dealt with originated from, as an almost absolute certainty. By my estimation, judging by the way the fresher snowfall left in the crater lay ... The stone was moved from the crater some weeks before the ball. I would hazard to say that the rough timeframe coincides approximately with when we were summoned here, but it's difficult to get much more accurate than that at the point I came across it.
I asked Ithaqua along on a repeat visit just to see if he'd catch anything I missed. We've checked on the site since, just in case there were signs of movement nearby, but I can't say we ever found anything. I believe I've informed a few about this already. Our Sage, at the least, though ...
[ hm. ]
I will note— on the stone we purified and recovered, it seemed there was something deliberate done to it. There's an odd, angular cut on it where it seems there's a sliver missing, and not just by happenstance.
I believe Jing Yuan inquired about whether it might be worth it to track the chimera's movement back. My opinion was that it could not hurt, given the oddities of the situation. I cannot say what became of his efforts.
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I, too, spoke to a Northern representative at the ball. They, hailing from the City of Ice, didn't express any political concerns about Central country but moreso ones about their general day to day. Snow and White had apparently foisted a gaggle of children abandoned by somewhere else in the North off on them— [ the north sucks, guys, lmao ] —and they, due to a recent uptick in monster activity near the settlements and common travel routes, found themselves worried about having enough hands to actually feed and provide for everyone.
[ living in the north sucks, guys, lmao! ]
I independently investigated the monsters' movements afterwards. Unlike the ones in the east, where the heightened aggression seemed more because they simply seemed hungry, the ones in the north seemed displaced, their territories running into places they hadn't before. Tracking their movements and heading towards wherever and whatever it seemed they were trying to avoid led to an old crater in a remote and isolated part of the north, far from any other settlements up there.
The same signature clung to it as the one at the cleanup site in the east. This is where the moonstone we'd dealt with originated from, as an almost absolute certainty. By my estimation, judging by the way the fresher snowfall left in the crater lay ... The stone was moved from the crater some weeks before the ball. I would hazard to say that the rough timeframe coincides approximately with when we were summoned here, but it's difficult to get much more accurate than that at the point I came across it.
I asked Ithaqua along on a repeat visit just to see if he'd catch anything I missed. We've checked on the site since, just in case there were signs of movement nearby, but I can't say we ever found anything. I believe I've informed a few about this already. Our Sage, at the least, though ...
[ hm. ]
I will note— on the stone we purified and recovered, it seemed there was something deliberate done to it. There's an odd, angular cut on it where it seems there's a sliver missing, and not just by happenstance.
I believe Jing Yuan inquired about whether it might be worth it to track the chimera's movement back. My opinion was that it could not hurt, given the oddities of the situation. I cannot say what became of his efforts.