Zhent Crackdown!!
They just walked in and starting grabbing everyone in black!
After last night’s North Ward bloodbath, the City Watch has finally found their misplaced manacles and have begun a sweep of known or suspected Zhentarim gathering places, snatching up anyone who might know something of the murderous assault on Villa Gralhund.
Even prominent locales such as the Yawning Portal were not immune from the sweep. “We were just having some drinks after mid-day when the Watch arrived in force. Some people began to scatter, but the Watch was everywhere. My friends and I just settled in and watched the fireworks!” one Portal regular reported.
This Season of Blood has seen open warfare between the Black Network and another faction that some believe is affiliated with the rumored Xanathar Guild. The body count was high all through the long, hot summer. Most Waterdhavians placed hope in an easing of hostilities once the snow began to fall.
Instead, the Zhents have now moved on to wholesale murder against even the nobles of the North. Can anyone think themselves safe?
What has prompted this Black Network campaign of death is unknown. What can they hope to achieve?
At least the Watch has finally, if too late for Lady Gralhund, determined that enough is enough.
“We consider it our highest duty to protect the lives and livelihoods of our citizens,” North Ward Watch Civilar Emmer Jundhyl stated.