A few spouses would be seen going around the flower valley, asking if anyone has seen their partners, while putting up posters with their descriptions. As they haven't been back in over a week now. Which is unlike them without at least sending a letter to let them know they'll be gone longer. They're worried something might have happened to them and are growing restless with each passing day.


[[OOC]]
[[Hello all. This is the start of a semi type of event line. However, this will be different than typical ones. As this is going to be a high stakes PVP type of story event, where instead of a DMNPC, it will be my PC, Alison, as the 'big bad'. This isn't a sign up post, but if you are interested in partaking, either on the side of the "good" guys, to defeat me and possible allies, or the "bad" guys to join me. Reach out to me on discord ((boogiewoogie)). However, only do so if you are /okay/ with PVP as that will be the focus of this. 

[OOC: All participants within the event line are now finalized. No one else may join.]

Another week has passed and their partners have still yet to return. In fact, more people gone missing. They're scared something is happening within the flower valley. Their unrest continues to grow as men and women alike seemingly vanish. Talks of bandits or worse, vampires begin to make it's way through the rumor mill. 

Throughout the next week, people in the spire seem to now also being going missing. Sounds of screams could be heard. More of the town grew scared as it seems a danger is lurking around the corner in every shadow, too afraid to leave their homes.

While the change of scenery of missing folks happens, what is happening within the flower valley continues to grow worse.

People are now being attacked near the the edge of the flower valley on the road out of town and various spots within. 
The unfortunate or perhaps fortunate souls of Kai, the lovely bartender with a mustache was harmed, barely getting away with some deep scaring on his back. His friend Nergui in a rage went to hunt down who hurt him, coming to blows with a masked figure. The fight brutal but they forced the monster to run away, though not without their own injury as one of the greatlings horns got cleaved off. They got some revenge but at a cost, and whoever it or they were, are still at large. 
 Not more than a few days later, the agonizing scream of Serimei would be heard within the trees north of the kirin brewery.
Yet another victim in a long string of violence, left with a permanent reminder of the encounter as whoever attacked them, took their ring finger as a trophy.

The air within the flower valley carries a heavy weight of fear and melancholy.

There seems to be no signs of any of these attacks stopping. All of the folks who live in the flower valley,(npcs) have become too terrified to stay so far out from the spire, that they all moved into houses within the towns walls. Terrified looks always being seen by those that moved in. 

However, even with the moving, that hasn't slowed down the vampiric attacks and it seems they're no longer staying just in the flower valley.
Nia Beholt learned that lesson the hard way, when they found Eta late at night on the shoreline, and started to fight before the unknown and unnamed accomplice appeared and didn't let the fiery woman escape, without lasting consequences.

Blythe would be attacked by another over in the flower valley, after someone said they needed help to find their friend, only to be attacked and then /captured/ for quite some time. Nobody able to find where she's at to know what was happening to her while missing. 

Though, thanks to her connection to the Ember Swords, Falliren and a new recruit, Lena would go out on a search for Blythe, but the vampires were a step ahead and laid an ambush, out near the woods outside of the flower valley. Making Falliren leave behind Lena to be captured by the vampires as he escapes. 

Lena and Blythe vanishing from the spire, having who knows what happen to them until /very/ recently when Blythe was found deep in the woods, beaten, battered, bruised and with long and deep scars down their back. Returned by horseback thanks to Ser Gallavan Aster that brought her to the hospital. 

Lena still has yet to be found. 
Then the most recent night, another fight would happen with the friendly red-head Nergui who was attacked by someone wearing a mask. Unable to escape, they fall victim to the vampire and left to rot out in the street all night, covered in bruises and acid burns throughout their skin. 

People whispering everywhere that they're worried there's far more vampires to worry about now than before with all of these attacks. They don't feel safe anywhere. 

[I'm lazy now, so getting bullet point recap until I can get the energy to make this written more story wise]

 Lena and Blythe are found, battered or bruised out in the woods outside of the flower valley several days later. Both either brought in by someone for help, or they brought themselves into the spire. 

Another attack happened further away from the town late in night. Those that went to check it out would see what would look like a blood bath or an animalistic attack with how much stained the grass

Blythe, still recovering being attacked once again but this time in /daylight/ at the beach by the same vampires. Seems no where is truly safe from them 

Nia in her search to hunt down the vampires, would have a run in with another masked vampire down in the undercity. Hard fought battle but the warrior mage ended up the victim

An intense fight in front of the Kirin Brewery took place late one evening. Where Artimisa and Lama were attacked by three vampires. Have their numbers grown, or was there always this many? How many more is there? 

 Artimisa ends up going missing as Lama winds up in the hospital the following morning 

 Then it goes quiet for some time, until the unfortunate soul known as Suzume would come face to face with the "armored" one, right outside the gate leading to the flower field. Left beaten battered and bruised, long scaring and missing a finger. 

And not few days passes before a confrontation between two vampires takes place in the graveyard. Friends turned enemies as descriptions of Eta and Aoi were hushed about from passing by citizens. Seeing Aoi get tossed from the top of a mausoleum as Eta vanishes into the night once more.  

What, if any is the goal of all these attacks, or is there even a goal at all?