#960
The Warriors mocked the little chapel, and members of the Solahma went in, and dragged the Priest and his staff out into daylight, they'd refused to show up for reassignment to a Caste, and that's resistance, and after the resistance they'd suppressed elsewhere, well, they knew what to do.
Well, they thought so, anyway.
They didn't know what was being kept contained in the basement.
The first signs of something going wrong, were work parties going missing in the hours of darkness. First, it was one or two, but then, it was whole residential quarters, followed by blocks.
People missing. The initial assumption was runaways, who could be found later. A few desultory searches by Clan Police revealed no solid leads, but occasionally, there were hints of violence.
Some kind of animal, maybe?
Then, at a remote posting, the warriors came up missing.
All of them.
WEapons still on the racks, beds unmade or half made or left fully and tightly made, cups of Tea or Clan Coffee left to mold on counters and desks. a Few toilets left un-flushed.
and blood.
so much blood, and not all of it was human.
but...
no bodies.
The village nearby, it's empty. vehicles parked wherever they were, a few farm trucks stopped in the middle of the road, door open., farmer gone.
For [insert character name here], Star Captain, Clan Watch, it's the worst thing possible-a mystery with no easy answer.
Where did they go? what took them? what if...
What unholy thing, kept quiescent for centuries, has been awakened with a terrible hunger?
