It was a warm summer morning like so many before that fateful day. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Guards patrolled the perimeter of
Naeve to keep the citizens safe, and the 2 meter high wooden fence stood firmly in place keeping
Inflicted out. All seemed well except for the dense fog rolling in from the main land. As the fog reached the town the nightmare started. The guards who stood at the gate were the first to fall to the ravenous horde of Inflicted who had been advancing upon the town obscured from view by the fog.
The town quickly became a battlefield. Although that word suggests the people of Naeve had any chance to defend themselves against the hungry beasts. They did not. Equipped with supernatural strength and speed the Inflicted beasts ran amok, tearing humans apart with their claws and teeth, only pausing to satisfy their hunger. Doors were ripped from their hinges just to get to those hiding inside their homes. Some people fled to the Ageless Tower at the edge of town, hoping it would be able to keep them safe. They could not get the massive doors closed in time however and the Horde forced their way in. In response the people started running in all directions, fleeing into rooms or up the stairs. The beasts managed to find everyone inside though leaving no survivors.
Miraculously one eleven year old boy managed to reach the docks and escaped on a small boat that belonged to his family. Why no one else managed to escape remains a mystery. Remnants of boats were later found however suggesting that some people did reach the boats but were still caught by the beasts. Presumably before they managed to set sail. The boy who did manage to escape the massacre was offered sanctuary in Sajhdula and was taken in by the
Oracle. There is very little we know about this boy besides a few manuscripts who mention him and one eyewitness report about his survival that day. Some belief the trauma of what he went through broke his mind and the boy had to be locked away to keep himself and others safe. But there has never been any proof of that.
Awesome article! It has a very dark mood and captures the dispair of those people well. I am curious now what became of that poor boy though.
Thank you very much. I think the boy was traumatized. Who would not be, but he did go on to live a nice life in Sajhdula. He probably became a guard, and might have even made it into the Oracle Guard.