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Everyone in his dominion has gotten used to seeing their Count teleport around here and there, and without any pomp or ceremony or fancy bodyguards, and several people wave as he walks by. He is a leader that resonates with the workers and common people. He tends to be really popular among people like Riverton, where almost everyone is a normal laborer who is just trying to make things better, and Alzar’s personal investment of his money, his regular appearances, and the lack of any noble aires or manners is refreshing to these folks.
Alzar hasn’t been to Riverton in a few weeks, so he given another tour of the village. There’s a general store along the river with a variety of goods, run by Tholas Dramon, and over there is the Butcher’s Paradise, run by Tamerick Beyl and her husband is the proprietor of the Knotty Pine, the only Inn in Riverton. Their daughter runs all of the financial and commercial aspects of the inn, including ordering food and buying supplies and such.
The Sherriff tells Alzar that a pair of wizards arrived here in Riverton three days ago to hire assistance to escort them to head into the nearby hills and check things out.
Alzar is escorted to a home where a couple took a herd of sheep out a few days. They came across an odd object that had just appeared overnight, a state, plain as day, sitting right on a pedestal in the middle of a clearing – the bust of a man.
The Sheriff tells Alzar that there have been a few disappearances in the last three months – four folks from the village have just up and vanished from the hills. No tracks, no blood, nothing left behind.
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