Crisis Cycles

The Federated Tribes sent two emissaries, as was their custom. One was a Gadesu chief named Karak, the other a Ranitesian orator called Yeledi Horodi. They came with an escort, not of warriors, but of mystics, who stationed themselves around the meeting and sat in meditative silence. Yeledi Horodi explained that they have discovered that the disease is a spiritual one, and indeed linked to the Listeners. Deep in the swamps, some scouts discovered a terrible crime. The mosquitos had swarmed and made a hive above a group of dead Listeners - murdered, it seemed, for the bodies bore marks of violence. Karak theorized that this disease may have been caused by some nefarious force that was murdering the Listeners.