Excerpt from a letter written by Ellie Briar regarding the threat from the North…
“I write now because I believe the threat is becoming manifest. There are whispers from the North, that the Anchorhold and whatever resides there is moving. An increase in its foot soldiers, leaders deposed in the few powerful cities and anarchy left to reign, and rumours of a black miracle to come and the Darklands set free of the border that keeps us all safe.
Our friends on the other side of that self-same border do their best to discover more, but are hampered by their condition, and their source inside the Anchorhold fell silent some weeks since. I am told, however, that the two who come have been set into play, or shall be very soon. The Hidden One will, with luck and our best contrivances, make haste to you. We beg and bid you render them any and all aid – the gods know they’ll need it.
Should the border fall, Silverton will be first in its path. Should the border fall, the Briar Witches may well be safe from the predations of the Leech Lords, however we will no longer have protection against the malice of the church, and there will be nothing to save us from the god-hounds.
Be ready: dark times are coming, my sister in shadow. I fear it will take all our resources and more to survive them.”