Challenge #04884-M136: Testing Ground

After a long, winding journey, Wraithvine approaches a brand new settlement along a trading river for a well deserved rest. Only, the streets are unpaved, the carpentry is shoddy, and the only populace are scarecrows. Irritated, Wraithvine searches for “Mayor Bodembgin” to give a piece of hir mind… -- Deathshead419

The point was that there had been a village in this location. Or within the same idea of the location. Fresh water. Arable land. Excellent climate. Wraithvine found it by memory, but found it less than what ze remembered.

The buildings only looked like they should. They were cobbled together for appearance's sake. The walls were painted paper or card. The structures were hollow. The people were animated scarecrows. Even the stones of the foundations were papier mache. Some covered rough sacks of dirt that bolstered the uprights.

This was wrong. Very wrong.

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