Worries in Daggerford

"Adventurers you say?",  questioned Captain Awkins.

"Yes Captain, they left the city 5 days ago, Captain", replied the Sergeant. Formalities were not usually necessary between these two, but the Captain was obviously nervous, so the wise Gate Sergeant judge prudent to stick to protocol.

"Why is that we barely even heard of stray zombies except in kid stories, but when Adventurers come asking for some, then they start roaming about like a bad disease!", added an obviously frustrated Captain.

The last three days have been puzzling for the guards of Daggerford. They had sent scouts on a routine mission after the alarming rumors reported by a few adventurers, and the scout had all come back with good news, except for one who never came back. These adventurers went looking for him, and turned out the poor sod had been killed by goblins. But the same day they got that news from Trollaxe's lumber camp, the first wounded arrived at the gates. Travelling merchants had been ambushed by zombies. AMBUSHED, as if they had been waiting like bandits. Then the same evening, scared farmers came asking protection and refuge in Daggerford from zombies they have seen shambling around in their corn fields.

Then this morning, a patrol of guard came bloodied, with one of them dying, after a patrol along the river in search of these zombies, which they found. Then from the bloody WALLS of the city, the Watch spotted 2 skeletal figures in broad daylight, tripping their way toward the city. 

"Double the guards at dusk, and close the gates at night. Curfew an hour past sunset. Send scouts about to warn the locals. And send fast horses to our various camps along the coast", ordered the Captain to various officers surrounding him. "And find these adventurers. I want to know what this is about". 

He fell silent a second, watching the horizon toward the coast. Miles and miles away a storm was darkening the sky. As he was thinking, all voices fell silent around him. He thought they were waiting for his next order, then the sky darkened slowly. He looked at the officers surrounding him and they were all gawking, staring at the sky like a bloody castle had come floating around.

The Captain turned around and looked up....

To see a bloody Castle, floating in the sky, close to the city.

"By the nine fucking hells, what is that thing?".