ch- so foul that it made my eyes watered and I felt

rom; famous for its beautiful canals and rivers, now lay in ruins. Home to tens of thousands of citizens in its heydays, it was merely an emp

losing my nose with a pie

with a frown on his face as he

it

e entire streets, and what used to be the clear, translucent water of the Semaht River, once renown as the

finally reached the town centr

belly, who seemed to be in his mid 40's cried

e what's going on," said Cassiu

attributing it to the negligence of our night watchmen who had the job of removing the filth from our cesspools. However, the stench got worse and worse over the preceding months. It got s

pass out pale, watery, white stools in large quantities. After several days, they were reduced only to their skin and bones with horrible sunken eyes, as if their life force were sucked out of them... and then the terrible THIRST will start... Oh you

archment paper before he continued, "Most of the victims spoke of an entity during their dying breath. They recounted how they saw

versions of it. Some drawings depicted it as a black cloud of gas with a serpentine-like body an

e killed by this 'th

my Lady-" be

for formalities," Cassius interr

a disappr

s upon the table, while the mayor sat down heavily on

s... where were they most conce

," said the mayor as he pointed toward a tiny pla

n," said Cassius with a chuckle as he gra

h a haunted look on his face, he whispered, "Beware of the st