Sept. 23, 2023
There have been lots of activity from the Swift Claw recently. Minor skirmishes seems to be happening all the time now. The good news is that we've received a magic scroll from the other side that should help protect us. The instructions we were given were to find magical reagents here to power the spell and cast it around our settlement. This would keep out any unwanted visitors and protect those inside its boarders.
This proved to be more difficult than expected with increased danger from the Swift Claw. We were fortunate indeed that some mercenaries were able to negotiate with some of the Swift Claw forces and got the ingredients we needed for the spell of protection. They charged me a fortune for them though! They had a noble quest to protect the innocent from violent beasts and all they cared about was the money! I had to pay them, though in my mind I wished there were another way...
I gave the scroll to a newly arrived Runeblade to cast around the town. I found his methods curious, but they were effective. Hopefully now we can all rest easy in the knowledge there is something keeping us all safe.
-William MacBane