Rangers have reported to the plutocratic government of the Outpost a mass suicide a fortnight's old, amongs the well-travelled roads from neighbouring farms and cottages beyond the Outpost.
Most recently a cottage fifteen miles from the outpost has reported an anomaly within their abode. Allegedly a traveling merchant had traded with the man of the house, Cicero; for books of lore in exchange for a glass of milk. Ever since the exchange the man has been paranoid, and uttering giberish during nightfall in his unconscious state, his human wife Evalyn has requested sages to look at what is disturbing the natural law of their daily lives.