Acaria Village Noticeboard

THEY COULD HAVE STABILISED HER.

Public Healing Notice

Corruption-related injuries will not be treated.

Do not bring afflicted persons into the healing house.

Blackened wounds, altered behaviour, unstable magic and violent delusion place all other patients at risk.

Families must seek assistance beyond village boundaries.

Corruption-related injuries will not be treated by this establishment.

Residents are instructed not to bring afflicted relatives, neighbours or travellers inside the healing house.

Anyone displaying branching black wounds, violent magical discharge, altered speech or sudden aggression will be denied entry.

This measure has been enacted for the safety of healers, patients and the wider village.

The healing house accepts no responsibility for deaths caused by delayed travel to another settlement.

NO BODY WAS EVER RECOVERED.

In Loving Memory

Lissidae Umbralich

Beloved mother. Keeper of songs. Gentle neighbour.

Presumed lost following the tragedy at the Umbralich household.

Irises may be left in her memory.

Lissidae Umbralich

We gather in the absence of her body to honour a warm and soft-spoken woman remembered for her strawberry-blonde hair, her lyre and the songs she carried through the fields.

She leaves behind two children: Everlie and Oswin.

No remains were recovered from the Umbralich home.

Funeral rites were conducted in absence of the deceased.

I CARRIED YOU AS FAR AS I COULD.

Remembering Everlie

Everlie Umbralich

Sixteen years old.

Remembered for her courage and for standing between danger and those she loved.

Sunflowers may be left beneath the chapel window.

Everlie Umbralich

Remembered for her courage, her sharp tongue and the way she placed herself between danger and those she loved.

Everlie suffered extensive corruption injuries and was carried beyond the village in search of treatment.

Assistance arrived too late.

Sunflowers may be left beneath the old chapel window.

I was told the next village could save you. Then the next. Then the next.

REPORT YOUR OWN BLOOD.

Warning

Corruption magic is forbidden.

Report blackened wounds, erratic behaviour, secret ritual work or unexplained magical residue.

Households are expected to report relatives as well as strangers.

Concealment will be treated as participation.

Corruption magic is forbidden throughout Acaria.

Known signs include violent behavioural changes, branching wounds, unstable magical discharge, compulsive secrecy and voices without visible source.

Any resident knowingly sheltering a practitioner may be charged as an accomplice.

Do not attempt intervention without trained support.

SUNFLOWERS FOR EVERLIE. IRISES FOR OSWIN.

Fresh Flowers

Sunflowers and irises available.

Bundles tied while you wait. Late requests may be left at the side gate if the cottage lantern is lit.

Please close the gate. The chickens will follow you.

Leave coin in the blue jar.

Fresh flowers available from the cottage plot.

Sunflowers for warm rooms. Irises for remembrance.

Please close the garden gate behind you. The yellow chicken is friendly. The black one steals ribbon.

Late orders may be left beside the lyre case.

Sunflowers for Everlie.
Irises for Oswin.

Do not let either garden die.

NO FAMILY PRESENT.

A Home For Every Child

The Children’s House welcomes orphaned, displaced, and unaccompanied young people in need of shelter, warm meals, and proper care. Our dormitories are supervised by trusted matrons, with lessons in letters, numbers, household crafts, and suitable trades provided throughout the week. Donations of blankets, preserved food, soap, firewood, and children’s clothing are gratefully accepted at the western gate. Those seeking placement for a child must bring any known family records, medical notes, or proof of village residence. No child should be left to face the road alone.

Shared sleeping quarters may be assigned during periods of limited capacity.

The Children’s House provides temporary and long-term placement for young people who have lost their families, been displaced by conflict, or arrived in the village without a guardian.

New arrivals receive clean clothing, meals, basic medical assessment, and a place within the supervised dormitories.

Lessons are provided throughout the week, with older residents offered training in suitable household crafts and village trades.

Families seeking information about a resident should speak to the western gate matron and provide proof of relation.

TOO LATE.

Wanted

Adult male high elf

Dangerous corruption practitioner.

Wanted in connection with violence against members of his family.

Do not approach.

The adult male head of the Umbralich household is wanted for questioning.

Suspected offences include forbidden corruption practice, domestic violence and attempted murder.

Last seen near the eastern fields after neighbours reported shouting and violent magical discharge.

Notice later marked inactive. Cause was not publicly listed.

Too late.

He's dead.

Fresh Bread

Rye, oat and honey loaves.

Come early. The children keep stealing the warm ends.

Yesterday's crusts available for soup.

Payment in coin or eggs.

Fresh bread available Saturday morning beside the mill.

Rye loaves, oat rounds, honey bread and day-old crusts for soup.

Please bring your own cloth. Paper has become expensive again.

Well Closure

North well closed until dusk.

Repairs are underway. Do not draw water while the pulley is being replaced.

Children found climbing the frame will be sent home.

Use the chapel pump.

The north well will remain closed until dusk while the pulley, rope and stone lip are repaired.

A rope was found cut rather than worn through.

Report unusual activity near the well after dark.

Livestock Warning

Keep chickens, goats and young animals indoors after sundown.

Large tracks were found beside the eastern fence.

Children are not to wander near the tree line.

Possibly wolf.

Residents are advised to secure smaller livestock before nightfall.

Large tracks have been found beside the eastern fence.

One witness claims the prints stopped midway across the mud.

Report missing livestock to the farmers' cooperative.

Lyre Lessons

Beginners welcome.

Old songs, field songs, mourning songs.

Lessons move indoors when the weather turns.

No payment required.

Weekly lyre lessons will be held at the red-roofed cottage.

Bring your own instrument if possible. The old village lyre is available to those without one.

Students may request any song except the one sung at the Umbralich funeral.

Found

Woven friendship bracelet.

Blue and cream thread. Found beside the chapel steps.

No blood. Slight mud staining. One side pulled loose.

Describe the knot to claim.

A handmade friendship bracelet was found beside the chapel.

Blue and cream thread. One side has come loose.

Someone has checked this notice every morning, but no one has taken it down.

THIS INK WAS NOT HERE YESTERDAY.

Warning to Every Household

Oswin Umbralich is not to be trusted.

Do not offer him shelter, work, food, prayer or sympathy.

His father carried corruption. Death followed his household. The son is no cleaner than the blood he came from.

If he returns, do not permit him to leave again.

Kill the sickness before it learns another name.

Oswin Umbralich is a blight pretending to be a son.

His father rotted from corruption and the boy is no cleaner. Look at what followed him: blood in the house, a dead sister, a dead mother and a field that would not grow afterward.

Do not be fooled by grief.

Some grief grows teeth.

Do not let him through your door. Do not let him sleep in your barn. Do not let him near your children.

Kill the sickness where it stands, before it learns your name.

HE WILL PAY

HE WILL PAYHEWILL PAY